CARE report "Suffering in Silence" highlights humanitarian crises around the world that rarely made the news: North Korea, Eritrea and Burundi were the least covered by media.
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CARE report "Suffering in Silence" highlights humanitarian crises around the world that rarely made the news: North Korea, Eritrea and Burundi were the least covered by media.
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Of the 9.1 million new internal displacements, 4.6 million were caused by conflict, a figure which is already two-thirds of last year’s total. Disaster displacement continues at an unabated pace too.
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Severe rains have triggered landslides in the Chittagong Hills, reportedly killing more than 40 people and leaving dozens missing. This latest disaster comes in the wake of Cyclone Mora.
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Cyclone Mora in Myanmar and Bangladesh, and torrential monsoon rains across Sri Lanka have left children homeless and in need of protection, nutrition and health services.
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An estimated 503,560 people in 15 of Sri Lanka’s 25 districts have been affected by floods and landslides, with 82,998 people displaced. A total of 156 deaths has been confirmed.
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In 2013, CERF enabled the UN and NGOs to respond to crises in 45 countries, including high-level emergencies in the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Syria.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Snapshot 08 – 15 October In Syria, heavy fighting is ongoing in Rural Damascus, Dar’a, Aleppo, Idleb and Homs, with government forces making gains in Rural Damascus while the opposition has won ground in Dar’a. Despite the call of al-Qaeda’s leader for opposition fighters to unite,...
The population is at risk of waterborne diseases as wells are contaminated by flooding. The health and hygiene training that volunteers received during the 2012 floods is paying off as IFRC mobilizes returning volunteers.
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As of 8 October, almost 3 million people living across 30 of Thailand’s 77 provinces were affected by floods caused by heavier than usual monsoon rains.
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The UN Security Council endorsed the Russia-US agreement on the elimination of Syria’s chemical stockpile. Heavier than usual monsoon rains have resulted in floods in large parts of Thailand.
The strikes caused severe restrictions on mobility in many areas, rapid depletion of food stockpiles in several major cities that were cut off and infractions against medical missions.
A report by the <em>Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica</em> estimates more than 200,000 people were killed in the armed conflict between 1958 and 2012, of whom over 80% were civilians.
Desde el 8 de julio fuertes precipitaciones han causado inundaciones en el departamento de Putumayo, frontera con Ecuador. Se requiere asistencia alimentaria para las personas afectadas.
Fuertes precipitaciones en el departamento de Putumayo han afectado al menos a 12.330 personas debido al desbordamiento de los ríos Caquetá y Putumayo.
Humanitarian incidents such as displacement, forced recruitment and disappearances continue unabated, but receive less visibility.
The Government of Colombia’s Unified Victim’s Registry has released highly anticipated figures on the country's displacement situation. The totals are preliminary and expected to increase.
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Most of the disasters were a result of regular rainy seasons in South America, cold weather in Central America and drought in North America. Bolivia and Peru were hit hardest.
Colombia's propensity for natural disasters combined with the long-running armed conflict creates a double vulnerability for much of the population.
56.770 el número de personas afectadas por inundaciones y deslizamientos de tierra en el departamento de Chocó. Organismos locales, nacionales e internacionales continúan evaluando daños y necesidades en las zonas afectadas.