ROMA –Por más de dos años el mundo ha visto como millones de sirios han dejado sus casas para huir de la violencia y buscar un refugio seguro. Muchas familias han sido obligadas a desplazarse más de una vez, llevando consigo solo lo que pueden cargar. Las necesidades de los sirios son enormes, demasiado grandes para ser comprendidas: al finalizar el año, el Programa Mundial de Alimentos de las Naciones (PMA) planea proveer asistencia alimentaria a siete millones de personas, de las cuales la mayoría son desplazados internos o que buscan refugio en países vecinos.

06/19/2013 19:26 GMT

Par Serge DANIEL

BAMAKO, 19 juin 2013 (AFP) - L'accord conclu entre le gouvernement malien et les rebelles touareg a ouvert la voie à la présidentielle prévue le mois prochain au Mali, mais Bamako, pressé par le temps, dispose de moins de 40 jours pour organiser ce scrutin crucial pour sortir le pays de la crise.

L'accord signé mardi à Ouagadougou après dix jours de négociations avec les Touareg qui occupent Kidal, leur fief du nord-est du pays, a été bien accueilli au Mali et à l'étranger.

The livestock sector is central to the economic and cultural life of the Somali people. The sector provides food and income to over 60 percent of the country’s population. Burao and Galkayo are the largest livestock markets in the Horn of Africa especially for export sheep and goats from the Somali region of Ethiopia and parts of southern Somalia. The majority of the livestock exported through Berbera and Bosasso seaports transit or pass through these markets.

Mediante Decreto Supremo el Gobierno declaró Emergencia Nacional por la sequía presentada en 12 municipios de los departamentos de Tarija, Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz y Cochabamba, informó el Ministro de Defensa, Rubén Saavedra Soto, al término de la reunión de Gabinete de Ministros.

El Ministro Saavedra precisó que debido al impacto que ha generado el déficit de agua en la zona del Chaco, el Consejo Nacional para la Reducción de Riesgos y Atención de Desastres (CONARADE) recomendó al Jefe de Estado la declaratoria de Emergencia Nacional.

WASHINGTON, June 19, 2013 – Haiti’s key public institutions and service provision to the population will improve as a result of the implementation of a grant to increase efficiency and transparency in the use of public resources. The US$20 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) approved by the World Bank Board of Directors supports key actions in the areas of public financial management, public procurement, and electricity sector performance.

Summary: 286,608 Swiss francs were allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Ecuadorian Red Cross (ERC) in delivering humanitarian assistance to 6,020 beneficiaries in the provinces of Manabí, Guayas and Los Rios, as well as to carry out dengue-prevention activities that benefited a total of 12,664 families in Manabí and Guayas.

Reports of land grabbing from various parts of the world continue to come in: land grabbing for agriculture to produce food, feed, biofuels and other industrial products; “green grabbing” or land grabbing for environmental ends; and water grabbing for the irrigation of large-scale monocultures, hydroelectricity and other corporate uses. Understanding contemporary land grabs requires grasping the changing context in which they occur: the emergence of “flex crops”, the rise of BRICS and middle-income countries, and the revalued role of nation-states.

The astonishing sight of school children huddled around street lights on school nights has become a familiar sight in the world’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab. This is where most school assignments get done. Oblivious to the evening rush, the youngsters train their eyes on their ruled notebooks.

‘When we installed the street lamps, it was for the purpose of improving general security, because the camp becomes pitch dark at night,’ says Firas Budeiri of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in Dadaab.

For over a century, the British Red Cross has been helping protect and support people in the UK and abroad who have been forced to leave their country fearing persecution. Today, we provide a range of services for refugees and asylum seekers and advocate on their behalf.

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