Somalia: Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in...
Source: UN General Assembly, UN Human Rights CouncilCountry: SomaliaHuman Rights Council Twenty-fourth session Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-buildingSummarySince presenting his ninth...
View ArticleLebanon: Syrian children: Coping with trauma through drawing
Source: World VisionCountry: Lebanon, Syrian Arab RepublicPosted on August 22, 2013 by Betsy Baldwin in Disaster ReliefBetsy Baldwin, program management officer for World Vision’s humanitarian and...
View ArticlePhilippines: 1 million hit by Philippines floods
Source: Save the ChildrenCountry: PhilippinesBy Anna Lindenfors, Country Director for Save the Children in the PhilippinesI’m in my home, hip-deep in water and on the phone, discussing relief supplies,...
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Guatemala: Guatemala Food Security Outlook July through December 2013
Source: Famine Early Warning System NetworkCountry: GuatemalaThe Primera harvest will ease the lack of reserves and reduction in incomeKEY MESSAGESFood security conditions across the country are...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: UNFPA Alarmed over Impact of Growing Violence in Syria...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Syrian Arab RepublicUNITED NATIONS, New York – UNFPA is concerned about the impact of the recent escalation of violence in and around Damascus, particularly on women,...
View ArticleJordan: Q+A: How we're protecting Syrian refugee kids
Source: Save the ChildrenCountry: Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab RepublicChildren who have escaped Syria still carry the emotional scars of war, and now face new struggles as refugees. Many are not able...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: Safety for a family that fled war in Sudan only to end...
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Netherlands, Romania, Sudan, Syrian Arab RepublicTIMISOARA, Romania, 26 August, (UNHCR) – After escaping war in Sudan only to get caught up in the...
View ArticleSomalia: No school, because you’re a girl
Source: SOS Children's Villages InternationalCountry: SomaliaSamia was eleven years old in 2009, when she was forced to drop out of school. Her parents could no longer afford to pay school fees for all...
View ArticleSudan: KRCS begins dispatching relief aid to Sudanese flood victims
Source: Kuwait News AgencyCountry: Sudan(With photos) KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) began on Monday delivering humanitarian relief aid to flood victims in Sudan through...
View ArticleMalawi: Save My Mother
Source: SOS Children's Villages InternationalCountry: MalawiCervical cancer was far from Annie’s mind in 2008 when both she and her daughter tested positive for HIV. At the time her concern was for her...
View ArticleSudan: Tainted grain kills 13 in West Darfur camp
Source: Radio DabangaCountry: SudanMURNEI (26 Aug.) -A total of 13 people have reportedly died, including three children and four women, at Murnei camp in West Darfur on Sunday and Monday, apparently...
View ArticleSudan: Two couples assaulted, women gang-raped in Darfur
Source: Radio DabangaCountry: SudanZALINGEI / SARAF OMRA (26 Aug.) -Two couples were allegedly assaulted “by pro-government militiamen” as they returned to Hila Beeda near to Zalingei, capital of...
View ArticleSudan: Murders, robberies by ‘pro-government militias’ in Darfur
Source: Radio DabangaCountry: SudanZALINGEI / EL GENEINA (26 Aug.) -A displaced man from Hamidiyah camp in Central Darfur was allegedly murdered for his motor cycle by “pro government militiamen” on...
View ArticleSomalia: Collective efforts essential for progress as Somalia faces critical...
Source: UN News ServiceCountry: Somalia26 August 2013 – The top United Nations envoy in Somalia today stressed that collective and coordinated efforts from the Government as well as regional and...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: UNRWA Condemns the Killing of UN Staff Member...
Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryStatement by Chris Gunness UNRWA SpokesmanJerusalem 26 August 2013UNRWA deeply regrets...
View ArticleYemen: WFP Receives A U.S. Food Shipment In Support Of Yemen’s Poorest...
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: United States of America, YemenSANA’A – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed the arrival of a consignment of wheat from the government of the...
View ArticleIndia: Southwest monsoon-2013: Daily Flood Situation Report - Summary of...
Source: Government of IndiaCountry: IndiaRAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRYRain/thundershowers has occurred at most places over coastal Karnataka, Konkan & Goa and south interior Karnataka at...
View ArticlePakistan: 400 civilians died in 339 drone attacks, NA told
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanKhawar GhummanISLAMABAD: The government informed the National Assembly on Monday that 339 drone attacks had been recorded in the country since 2004,...
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Syrian Arab Republic: UK AID Syria Response - Aug 12th 2013
Source: Department for International DevelopmentCountry: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandAs conflict continues to rage in Syria,...
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World: Implementing the Roadmap for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst...
Source: International Labour OrganizationCountry: WorldA practical guide for policy makers and practitioners to contribute achieving the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labour.Countries...
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