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Emergency food assistance projected for several countries
In Somalia, needs will be highest among IDPs and the pastoral destitute when the lean season approaches in October.
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Global emergency overview highlights magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Iran, Typhoon Bopha
An earthquake with magnitude 5.6 has hit South Khorasan province in Iran, killing at least eight people and injuring 12. As of 6 December, no further information available
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Global emergency overview highlights Storm Bopha heading for the Philippines, severe rains in Panama
The Global Overview is a weekly update that provides a snapshot of current humanitarian priorities and recent events. Its primary objective is to rapidly inform humanitarian decision makers by presenting a summary of major humanitarian crises, both recent and protracted.
Guatemala: After earthquake $1.6 million needed for food assistance
The earthquake has complicated recovery from the 2012 drought that affected 53,000 families and resulted in estimated losses of $1.03 million
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Global Emergency Overview highlights damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, Cyclone Nilam and Typhoon Son-Tinh
Despite a four-day truce which was supposed to come into effect on Friday 26 October, fighting has continued to escalate in Damascus province, Aleppo, Idlib, Daara and Deir Ezzor in Syria manifested by a new wave of airstrikes by the Syrian forces and attacks by the rebels on strategic army...
Guatemala: Zero hunger plan still grounded
By Danilo Valladares GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 29 2012 (IPS) - “I heard about the Zero Hunger plan on television, but unfortunately it has not arrived here,” complained Elías Ruíz, a small farmer in the southern community of Santa Odilia, about the Guatemalan government’s flagship programme to end...
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Global emergency overview highlights violence in Myanmar and Syria, flooding in Cameroon and Chad
This week, renewed violence between Arakan Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims took place in Rahkin state in Myanmar, affecting an estimated 28,000 people. Sectarian violence between the two communities in June already left more than 75,000 people displaced. Despite a four-day truce that was supposed to...
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Global emergency overview highlights crises in Syria and Sudan, flooding in Nigeria and drought in Sri Lanka
This week, armed violence continued to escalate in Syria with heavy fighting occurring in Homs, Daraa, Deir Ezzor, Idlib, Latakia, Aleppo and Damascus. The Government has been accused of using cluster munitions in populated areas. There is an increasing risk of regional spill over, the most recent...
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Guatemala: More than 242,000 people affected by drought, in need of food assistance
HIGHLIGHTS New data by the Secretariat of Food Security and Nutrition (SESAN) has increased the caseload from 34,158 households to 47,196 households (approx. 242,490 individuals). On October, there have been significant amounts of rainfall in much of the country. INSIVUMEH, reports that landslides...
Guatemala: Crop damage caused by drought affects over 50,000 families
Prolonged canícula affects households in the eastern and central regions of the country Key points The Government of Guatemala (GoG) is implementing a response plan to provide food assistance to households at greatest risk of food and nutritional insecurity, particularly those affected by this...
Guatemala: Más de 39,000 afectados por la sequía reciben alimentos del PMA
GUATEMALA – El Programa Mundial de Alimentos de las Naciones Unidas (PMA), en colaboración con el Gobierno de Guatemala, ha iniciado la primera fase de entrega de raciones alimentarias para más de 39,000 personas que han sido afectadas por la sequía en los departamentos de Baja Verapaz, El...
Guatemala: El déficit de lluvia afecta los cultivos de subsistencia; gobierno planea entrega de ayuda alimentaria
El déficit de lluvia en julio afectó los cultivos de subsistencia, especialmente en oriente Mensajes principales El déficit de lluvias durante julio afectó los cultivos de granos básicos en los departamentos del oriente, el centro y algunos de occidente. Según datos preliminares del...