Twenty "investigators" from OpenStreetMap Niger – students and young professionals who are developing a digital map of the country – have been plotting flood-prone areas on their smartphones.
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Niger floods leave tens of thousands homeless as rebuilding lags
According to the interior ministry, widespread flooding has killed at least 56 people in Niger since the rainy season began in June, and left over 185,000 homeless.
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Protection incidents, gender-based violence on the rise in Chad’s Lac region
The majority of victims are displaced women and girls. The figures represent only part of the situation, as monitoring mechanisms are in place only in a few sites, out of 140 displacement locations.
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Rainy season adds disease to Lake Chad crisis
Hundreds of thousands are living in camps without adequate water access or waste management. Typhoid, cholera, malaria and hepatitis E tend to become more widespread in the rainy season.
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Caucasus, Central Asia and Ukraine: 2014, a year of conflict
Conflict in Ukraine led to mass displacements and rising needs. In the region, refugees sought protection while cross-border tensions continued.
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South Caucasus and Central Asia Region still vulnerable to seasonal disasters and man-made crises
In the first half of 2014, cross-border tensions continued in the Fergana valley, while multiple disasters hit Tajikistan. Authorities are warning that drought is looming over Kyrgyzstan.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights crisis in Gaza, Syria and Iraq
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights crisis in Gaza, rising displacement in DR Congo
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights displacement in Pakistan, access problems in Iraq
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights resurgence of the Ebola disaster in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights violence in Iraq and displacement in Pakistan
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights violence in Iraq and flooding in Paraguay
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights violence in Iraq and cholera in South Sudan
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights crises in Syria, Iraq and CAR
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights the Balkan floods and CAR conflict
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights cholera outbreak in South Sudan and shelling in Fallujah
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights peace talks in South Sudan; civilian returns to Homs
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights violence in Syria and South Sudan; landslides, floods in Afghanistan
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights violence in CAR, Syria and Sudan; floods in Afghanistan
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IFRC responds to deadly floods and landslides in Tajikistan
Some 427 families have been affected. Local government and Red Cross agencies are mobilizing to conduct search and rescue operations, as well as provide evacuation and cleaning activities.