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16 Sep 2009

Benin + 21 others
Press conference by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs

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— UN Department of Public Information
While donors had responded "remarkably generously" to United Nations consolidated appeals for emergency aid, they had nevertheless provided less than half of what was required this year to address the needs of people facing severe humanitarian crises around the world, the top United Nations relief official said today.

During a press conference at Headquarters today, John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, announced that the $4.6 billion collected in response to the mid-year review of the

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21 Oct 2003

Nigeria
Nigeria: Flooding in Kaduna and Northern States; Cholera control operations Information Bulletin No. 4

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— IFRC
Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) allocated: N/A
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobili zing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org

In Brief

This document is being issued for information only. The Federation is not seeking any funding or other assistance from donors for this operation at this time.

The situation

Since 10 September 2003, the Nigerian

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26 Sep 2003

Nigeria
Nigeria: Floods Information Bulletin No. 3

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— IFRC
Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) allocated: N/A
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org

In Brief

This document is being issued for information only. The Federation is not planning to issue an appeal, but CHF 10,000 is required to cover the cost and transport of the cholera kit that was

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15 Sep 2003

Nigeria
Nigeria: Floods Information Bulletin No. 2

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— IFRC
Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) allocated: N/A
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180 countries.

In Brief

This document is being issued for information only. The Federation is not planning to issue an appeal , but CHF 10,000 is required to cover the cost and transport of the cholera kit that has been dispatched to the national society, and is due to arrive in Lagos

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10 Sep 2003

Nigeria
Nigeria: Floods Information Bulletin No. 1

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— IFRC
Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) alocated: N/A
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org

In Brief

This document is being issued for information only. The Federation is not seeking any funding or other assistance from donors for this operation at this time.

The Situation

In what is considered to be the worst

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10 Sep 2003

Nigeria
Drinking water shortage hits Nigerian flood city, cholera outbreak feared

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— Agence France-Presse
KADUNA, Nigeria, Sept 10 (AFP) - Nigerian authorities on Wednesday warned of a possible cholera outbreak in the northern city of Kaduna, where a major flood has made at left 5,000 people homeless and water supplies contaminated.

The city was facing a serious shortage of drinking water as the state-owned water board stopped pumping water to households, fearing it could spread cholera, typhoid and other water-borne diseases.

Aminu Umar, the agency's head, told AFP that the flood had damaged vital equipment and contaminated the sources

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10 Sep 2003

Benin + 20 others
Africa: Drought and floods hazards assessment: 10 Sep 2003

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— US Agency for International Development


CCA Guidance for East Africa Rainfall in Sep-Nov 2003 at One Month Lead

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09 Sep 2003

Nigeria
Relief materials sent to Nigerian flood victims

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— Deutsche Presse Agentur
Abuja (dpa) - Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), a government agency responsible for aiding victims of natural disasters, sent relief materials Tuesday to victims of Sunday's flood in the northern province of Kaduna.

The River Kaduna flooded its banks following torrential rain Saturday night, washing away thousands of mud houses and rendering up to 100,000 homeless.

The flood also destroyed farmland, a bridge linking Kaduna with its outskirts, a popular stadium and many government buildings situated a good three kilometres from the river.

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09 Sep 2003

Nigeria
Over 5,000 people displaced by flooding in north Nigeria: Red Cross

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— Agence France-Presse
LAGOS, Sept 9 (AFP) - Flooding in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna has forced more than 5,000 people to leave their homes, Nigerian Red Cross officials said Tuesday.

So far 257 families, around 1,300 people, have been evacuated and resettled in three camps located in the Nasarawa and Mado districts of the Kaduna City by Red Cross and army rescuers, the officials told AFP.

There are no reports of deaths yet from the flooding.

The Kaduna River burst its banks on Saturday after heavy rain, in what local officials described as the worst flooding in more than two decades.

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09 Sep 2003

Nigeria
Nigerian state govt resettles 1,500 flood victims

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— Pan African News Agency
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The government of the Nigerian northern state of Kaduna, assisted by the Nigerian Red Cross (NRC), has resettled about 1,500 of those who were displaced by the massive flooding in Kaduna this week, NRC spokesperson Umoh Okon said.
Giving an update on the flooding, which started Sunday after a downpour forced River Kaduna to overflow, Okon told PANA in Lagos that the flooding displaced a total of 5,000 people and submerged 500 houses.

Okon said the displaced people, representing about 300 families, were being sheltered at the government

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08 Sep 2003

Nigeria
At least 100,000 displaced by flooding in northern Nigeria

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— Agence France-Presse
KANO, Nigeria, Sept 8 (AFP) - At least 100,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Kaduna State, northern Nigeria, the state governor's spokesman Murtala Surajo told AFP on Monday.

Farmland, houses and property were destroyed when heavy rain on Saturday caused Kaduna River to burst its banks, he said.

"It is too early to estimate the extent of damage. But it won't be out of place to say at least 100,000 people are now homeless," he said.

He said districts like Barnawa, Sabon Tasha, Tundu Wada and Kigo were most affected, adding that the government

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08 Sep 2003

Nigeria
Thousands displaced by flooding in northern Nigeria

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— Agence France-Presse
KANO, Nigeria, Sept 8 (AFP) - Heavy floods have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, officials and the Nigerian Red Cross said Monday.

The Kaduna River burst its banks over the weekend after heavy rain, in what local officials described as the worst flooding in more than two decades.

And the Nigerian Red Cross warned that rains were continuing and that Kaduna city itself might be affected.

An initial Red Cross report into the crisis listed 3,685 people as displaced and said that at least 500 homes

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