NAIROBI, 1 January 2008 (IRIN) - Kenya is in the throes of a humanitarian "national disaster" amid post-election violence that has left scores dead, tens of thousands displaced beyond reach of...
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Nepal: Challenges of reintegrating former child soldiers
GULERIYA, 31 December 2007 (IRIN) - Thousands of former child soldiers have returned to their communities in Nepal over the past year, but there are huge challenges facing their successful...
Israel-OPT: Aida refugee camp residents say Barrier harming their livelihoods
AIDA REFUGEE CAMP, BETHLEHEM, 31 December 2007 (IRIN) - Behind a luxurious five-star hotel and close to Bethlehem, yet unknown to most visitors who converged on nearby Manger Square for the recent...
Afghanistan: Multiple humanitarian challenges in 2008 - outgoing UN envoy
KABUL, 31 December 2007 (IRIN) - Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), returnees from Iran and Pakistan, food-insecurity, widespread poverty and conflict-related disasters are some of the main...
Sudan: Waiting for peacekeeping muscle in Darfur
SUDAN, 31 December 2007 (IRIN) - The transformation at the start of 2008 of the African Union's peacekeeping force in Darfur into one jointly commanded by the UN will not significantly increase the...
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Israël : L'utilisation des bombes en grappes au Liban est légale - armée israélienne
JERUSALEM, 31 décembre 2007 (IRIN) Malgré les précédentes condamnations des organisations de défense des droits humains et des Nations Unies, l'utilisation par l'armée israélienne des bombes en...
Iraq: Government to give financial aid to displaced in north
BAGHDAD, 31 December 2007 (IRIN) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered financial support for all Kurdish families driven from their homes in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous region of...
Sri Lanka: Monsoon flooding subsides, needs under review
SRI LANKA, 31 December 2007 (IRIN) Eastern Sri Lanka is beginning to dry out from heavy flooding brought on by monsoon rain during much of December which at its height caused the displacement of...
Sri Lanka: Tsunami aid "missing", says anti-corruption group
COLOMBO, 28 December 2007 (IRIN) Over US$500 million in tsunami aid given to Sri Lanka has gone "missing", an anti-corruption organisation has charged. Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL)...
Uganda: Monica Atto, 24, former LRA abductee - "Otti was ruthless"
Monica Atto, 24, was abducted by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) as a child but escaped and now lives with her children in a rehabilitation centre in Gulu, northern Uganda. December 14 The...
Israel-Lebanon: Israeli military clears itself of cluster bomb misuse in Lebanon
JERUSALEM, 28 December 2007 (IRIN) - Israel's military advocate-general, Brig-Gen Avihai Mendelblit, has said the military's use of cluster munitions during the conflict in Lebanon in 2006 was in...
RDC : La conférence sur la paix aux Kivu reportée, Nkunda décrète un cessez-le-feu
KINSHASA, 28 décembre 2007 (IRIN) - Le général congolais déchu Laurent Nkunda, leader du groupe des militaires insurgés qui se battent contre l'armée régulière dans la province du Nord-Kivu en...
Indonesia: Evacuation, rescue efforts under way after landslides, flooding
JAKARTA, 28 December 2007 (IRIN) Torrential rains throughout Indonesia since mid-December have caused numerous landslides in central Java and extensive flooding in most of Java, West Sumatra and West...
Esther Lalam, a teacher in northern Uganda - an Xmas feast and reunion
December 14 We've had a great change here over the last few months. More people are leaving since the last time we spoke and some are even going to their real original place. It happened with the...
Sénégal : Une situation de ni paix, ni guerre en Casamance
ZIGUINCHOR, 28 décembre 2007 (IRIN) - L'assassinat en décembre de l'envoyé spécial du président pour la paix en Casamance, la région sud instable du Sénégal, n'arrêtera pas le processus de paix, ont...
DRC: Nkunda calls ceasefire as Kivu peace conference postponed
KINSHASA, 27 December 2007 (IRIN) - Renegade Congolese Gen Laurent Nkunda, whose forces are battling government troops in eastern DRC's North Kivu Province, has declared a unilateral ceasefire in the...
Senegal: Neither war nor peace in Casamance after 25 years
ZIGUINCHOR, 27 December 2007 (IRIN) The assassination of the presidential peace envoy to Senegal's troubled Casamance region in December will not derail the peace process, government officials say,...
Tchad : Des enfants soldats mobilisés de force, mais pas encore démobilisés
NDJAMENA, 27 décembre 2007 (IRIN) Un programme des Nations Unies pour la démobilisation de centaines d'enfants soldats au Tchad est suspendu depuis le mois de novembre, en raison de la reprise des...
Afghanistan: Blocked roads threaten food security
KABUL, 27 December 2007 (IRIN) - Heavy snowfall has blocked roads to at least 10 districts in Badakhshan Province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monshi Abdul Majid, the governor of Badakhshan, told IRIN...
Iraq: Displaced in north considering alternative livelihoods
BAGHDAD, 26 December 2007 (IRIN) - Nearly 4,000 people have fled their homes in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan over the past two weeks in the wake of Turkish bombardments of...