World + 6 more
NEW YORK, 27 February 2012 – The world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in history. VIDEO: 31 January 2012 - UNICEF correspondent Chris Niles reports on this year's 'State of the World's Children' report. This year's report focuses attention on the needs of...
Syria + 4 more
Elizabeth Ferris, Co-Director, Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement The Brookings Institution As the violence in Syria drags into its twelfth month, there is growing evidence that a humanitarian disaster is taking place and there are painfully few options for effective response. More...
Somalia + 1 more
By Ellie Matthews Southern Somalia is no longer in famine. While this is an improvement, it is not the end of the story. Nearly a third of Somalia’s population remains in crisis. That means 250,000 people still risk starving to death. Moreover, if the causes of this famine are not addressed, it...
By Denis McClean GENEVA, 27 February 2012 - The repercussions from the deadly earthquake and tsunami which hit Chile two years ago continue to play out in the country's courts and in expressions of frustration at the pace of reconstruction. Nonetheless, Deputy President, Felipe Kast, said...
Uganda + 1 more
KAMPALA, 27 February 2012 (IRIN) - An influx of refugees fleeing a mix of increased post-election related violence and continued militia activity in parts of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is stretching the capacity of refugee camps in western Uganda to host them, say...
HIGHLIGHTS The peace process between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberabon Front remains on track. Securing land for the construction of temporary shelters remains the biggest challenge for the Tropical Storm Washi response. Heavy rains flood tents in Cagayan de Oro...
Afghanistan + 1 more
Irrigation projects offer residents a meaningful alternative to work with insurgent groups 25 February 2012 | Kunar, Afghanistan CHALLENGE Roughly 120,000 residents from Kunar Province in Afghanistan travel to Pakistan in search of work each year. 97 percent of these residents are men in their...
CHF 175,704 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Kazakhstan National Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 4,000 beneficiaries. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged. Summary: On 18-20 February, 2012 quick melting of snow...
MÉXICO, D.F. 24 de febrero de 2012 (ACNUR) - En una ceremonia protocolaria, el Secretario de Gobernación en México, el Dr. Alejandro Poiré presentó la publicación del Reglamento de la Ley de Refugiados y Protección Complementaria, el cual desarrolla los derechos y obligaciones de los...
At least 61 reported killed on Saturday ICRC talks reach "no concrete reuslts" Government condemns Tunis meeting as "enemies of Syria" Syria to hold constitutional referendum on Sunday By Erika Solomon BEIRUT, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The Red Cross said on Saturday it was still...