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26 May 2012
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Kenya
Cash in Kenya helps create food security

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World Food Programme

WFP is working with communities on a variety of asset-creation projects - rainwater harvesting for human and livestock use, soil and water conservation, rehabilitation of degraded land and the production of drought-tolerant crops. These assets and the development of related skills enable communities to improve their resilience and increase food sufficiency.

26 May 2012
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Somalia
Somalia Emergency Weekly Health Update - Reporting dates 19-25 May 2012

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World Health Organization
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(reflecting Epidemiological week 20)

BULLETIN HIGHLIGHTS

  • Of 37 stool samples collected from patients in Mogadishu during the reporting week, 19% tested positive for cholera on lab culture. Current armed conflict affecting the Afgooye corridor and parts of Mogadishu resulting in renewed population displacement could accelerate the spread of cholera in Mogadishu.
26 May 2012
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Somalia
Somali Islamists vow revenge after fall of rebel bastion

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Agence France-Presse

05/26/2012 09:34 GMT

MOGADISHU, May 26, 2012 (AFP) - Al-Qaeda-linked Somali militants vowed Saturday to intensify the war against government and African Union troops, despite the fall of their key stronghold of Afgoye, the latest in a string of military losses.

"God willing we will continue the war and we will win the battle without doubt," said Sheik Abdiaziz Abu Musab, spokesman for the hardline Shebab, a day after AU and Somali troops entered Afgoye, a former strategic rebel base.

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26 May 2012
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Afghanistan
Sari Pul Province, Gosfandi District Flash Flood Incident Report No.1

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

  1. According to ANDMA, preliminary information indicate that 2 persons have died and 40 houses destroyed as a result of flash floods that occurred in the afternoon of 25 May in Kariz village of Gosfandi District, Sari Pul Province,

  2. ANDMA has also informed that though there was heavy rainfall in Sari Pul City late in the afternoon, flooding was not reported.

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26 May 2012
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Somalia
and 6 others
Humanitarian Bulletin Eastern Africa No. 6, 11 – 25 May 2012

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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HIGHLIGHTS

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26 May 2012
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Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
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Fighting erupts again in eastern DR Congo

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Agence France-Presse

05/26/2012 12:43 GMT

JOMBA, DR Congo, May 26, 2012 (AFP) - Mutinous troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Saturday they had repulsed attacks by government forces in heavy fighting in the eastern Nord-Kivu province.

Lieutenant Colonel Vianney Kazarama, spokesman of the rebel March 23 Movement (M23), said government troops using both light and heavy weapons were trying to capture Mbuzi, a hilltop base of the deserters.

"But they failed this morning, we beat them back," he added.

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26 May 2012
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Indonesia
Eight killed in Indonesia landslide

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Agence France-Presse

05/26/2012 02:58 GMT

JAKARTA, May 26, 2012 (AFP) - A landslide in Indonesia killed eight people, an official said Saturday, after days of heavy rain hit a mountainous part of the country's main island.

"The landslide occurred on Thursday night and killed eight people. We were able to retrieve all eight bodies by late Friday night," Bogor Disaster Mitigation Agency official Makmur Rozak told AFP.

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26 May 2012
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the)
N. Korea suffering severe drought: state media

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Agence France-Presse

05/26/2012 07:42 GMT

by Park Chan-Kyong

Seoul, May 26, 2012 (AFP) - North Korea is suffering a prolonged and widespread drought, state media says, raising fears it will worsen already dire food shortages in the impoverished communist country.

If the unusually dry weather persists to the end of the month, it will be the driest May in 50 years in western coastal areas, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, warning: "The drought is expected to get more serious."

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26 May 2012
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Afghanistan
Death toll from Afghan flood hits 50: official

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Agence France-Presse

05/26/2012

Kabul, May 26, 2012 (AFP) - The death toll from flash floods in a northern Afghan province has hit 50 -- most of them women and children -- an official said on Saturday, a week after the disaster struck.

The floods that inundated Sari Pul province were triggered by torrential rain and have left thousands of people homeless, provincial governor Abdul Jabar Haqbeen told AFP.

"The floods have killed 50 people so far, mostly women and children," he said.

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26 May 2012
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Mexico
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Bud becomes depression, new storm forms in Atlantic

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Agence France-Presse

05/26/2012 09:16 GMT

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, May 26, 2012 (AFP) - Storm Bud weakened further early Saturday and was downgraded to a tropical depression, but it continued to batter Mexico's coast with strong winds and torrential rain.

However, a new storm named Beryl has formed in the Atlantic, threatening to disrupt the plans of thousands of US beachgoers taking advantage of the long Memorial Day weekend.

Mexican authorities breathed a sigh of relief as Bud displayed weaker wind gusts and lower swells than expected.

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26 May 2012
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Syrian Arab Republic (the)
Syria UN observers visit 'massacre' town

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Agence France-Presse

05/26/2012 13:59 GMT

DAMASCUS, May 26, 2012 (AFP) - UN observers rushed on Saturday to a town in central Syria where scores of civilians were reportedly massacred, including 25 children, as the opposition renewed calls for air strikes on regime forces.

The shelling of the town of Houla by regime forces, which began at around midday on Friday and continued until dawn on Saturday, killed more than 90 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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26 May 2012
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World
USAID/DCHA Description of Humanitarian Shelter & Settlements Sector Activities

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US Agency for International Development

DESCRIPTION OF HUMANITARIAN SHELTER AND SETTLEMENTS SECTOR ACTIVITIES

26 May 2012
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Mexico
Eastern Pacific Tropical Depression BUD Advisory Number 22

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National Hurricane Center

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WTPZ32 KNHC 260840
TCPEP2

BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION BUD ADVISORY NUMBER 22
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP022012
200 AM PDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...BUD WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...

SUMMARY OF 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION

LOCATION...20.3N 105.7W
ABOUT 5 MI...10 KM S OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO ABOUT 130 MI...205 KM NW OF MANZANILLO MEXICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES

25 May 2012
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Syrian Arab Republic (the)
'Significant' parts of Syrian cities in opposition hands: UN

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Agence France-Presse

25/05/2012 20h40 GMT

UNITED NATIONS, May 25, 2012 (AFP) - Syrian groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad now control "significant" parts of some cities, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said in his latest report on the worsening conflict.

UN efforts to end the conflict have seen only "small progress" and there is "considerable physical destruction" across Syria, Ban said in a report to the UN Security Council obtained by AFP on Friday.

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25 May 2012
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World
Exercise Region Rap tests emergency telecommunications systems

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Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

Bridgetown, Barbados, May 25, 2012 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) conducted its annual Region Rap Exercise today. This is a telecommunications exercise utilising various means including, telephone, electronic mail, facsimile, radio and satellite phones to test communications procedures, plans and networks of National Disaster Organizations across the Region.

25 May 2012
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Syrian Arab Republic (the)
and 1 other
Syrian doctors turn to smuggling supplies as war rages on

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Christian Science Monitor

Doctors, activists, and aid groups like Doctors Without Borders are teaming up with smugglers in Jordan to supply field hospitals for the injured in Syria's war.

Read the full article in the Christian Science Monitor.

25 May 2012
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World
OCHA en 2012 y 2013 - Plan y Presupuesto

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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PREFACIO

Hace 20 años, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas aprobó la resolución 46/182 sobre “fortalecimiento de la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria de emergencia del sistema de las Naciones Unidas”. En ella se afirmaba que, para lograr una mayor eficacia durante las crisis, las Naciones Unidas debían establecer un sistema de respuesta más coordinado y se aprobaba un plan con ese fin.

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25 May 2012
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World
Le Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires en 2012 and 2013 : plan et budget

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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AVANT-PROPOS

Il y a 20 ans, l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies adoptait sa résolution 46/182, intitulée « Renforcement de la coordination de l’aide humanitaire d’urgence fournie par les organismes des Nations Unies ». Cette résolution disposait que, pour être plus efficace face aux crises, l’Organisation des Nations Unies devait se doter d’un dispositif d’intervention mieux coordonné. Celleci a donc établi un plan en ce sens.

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25 May 2012
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World
and 10 others
United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund 2011 Annual Report

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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FOREWORD

In 2011, millions of people in parts of the Horn of Africa faced the worst food-and-nutrition crises in a generation. For the first time in more than two decades, a famine was declared in Somalia. More than 13 million people desperately needed help, but the humanitarian community struggled to meet the massive needs. CERF played a played a major part in the early response to the crisis. It contributed more than US$126 million across the region, including $53 million to Somalia.

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