China: China flood deaths down in 2013
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaBEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Floods took less of a toll in China last year, with the flood-stricken population down by 30 percent and deaths down by 70 percent compared with...
View ArticlePhilippines: VP Binay thanked private sector for housing aid to Yolanda...
Source: Government of the PhilippinesCountry: PhilippinesMANILA, 10 January (PIA) – Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) chairman Jejomar C. Binay thanked the...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Food Situation Worsens in Zimbabwe
Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: ZimbabweBlessing Zulu, Jonga Kandemiiri09.01.2014WASHINGTON DC — The food crisis in Zimbabwe is set to worsen after the World Food Programme (WFP) conceded that it is...
View ArticleHaiti: Document - Haiti: Failure to deal with the consequences of the 2010...
Source: AmnestyCountry: HaitiAMNESTY INTERNATIONALPUBLIC STATEMENT9 January 2014AI Index: AMR 36/002/2014Haiti: Failure to deal with the consequences of the 2010 devastating earthquakeFour years after...
View ArticleWorld: Los precios mundiales de los alimentos permanecen altos, pero estables
Source: Food and Agriculture OrganizationCountry: WorldEn 2013 se alcanzó el tercer valor anual más alto registrado, según la FAO9 de enero de 2014, Roma - El Índice de precios de los alimentos de la...
View ArticleTonga: OCHA Flash Update - Tonga | Tropical Cyclone Ian, 10 January 2014
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: TongaThis is the second OCHA Flash Update on Severe Tropical Cyclone Ian in the Kingdom of Tonga.TC Ian was upgraded to a Category...
View ArticleSouth Sudan (Republic of): U.S. Senate Hearing on the Situation in South Sudan
Source: Enough ProjectCountry: South Sudan (Republic of)Posted by Katrien Hinderdael on Jan 09, 2014Earlier today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations convened to hear testimony from panel...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Director General de Protección Civil emite nuevas alertas por...
Source: Government of El SalvadorCountry: El SalvadorSan Salvador, 6 de enero de 2014El Secretario para Asuntos de Vulnerabilidad y Director General de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de...
View ArticleHaiti: Haitian Amputee Now Makes Prostheses for Others
Source: Handicap InternationalCountry: Haiti"Why did I lose my leg? Perhaps fate wanted me to give prostheses to other people.”“There were 25 of us in the classroom,” says James Medina, remembering the...
View ArticleJordan: Relief for Syrian refugees
Source: Convoy of HopeCountry: Jordan, Syrian Arab RepublicConvoy of Hope is partnering with Convoy of Hope Europe (COHEU) to aid Syrian refugees in Jordan. Working with a partner church in Amman,...
View ArticleMyanmar: Forgotten Arakanese go thirsty
Source: Democratic Voice of BurmaCountry: Bangladesh, MyanmarLife in Arakan state’s Maungdaw is hard on ethnic Arakanese refugees coming from Bangladesh.The people living here, resettled under a...
View ArticlePhilippines: Back in school, for the first time
Source: World VisionCountry: PhilippinesAside from rebuilding their home, Shiela’s major concern was being able to finish her education after her school was destroyed in the storm surge brought by...
View ArticleBolivia: Lluvias azotan tres departamentos
Source: RedhumCountry: BoliviaBolivia, 07 de Enero 2014Fuente: La Prensa - BOLink Redhum: http://www.redhum.org/noticia_detail/41130Link Bitly: http://bit.ly/1iSfUHNAlarma la crecida de los ríosLos...
View ArticleBolivia: Las primeras lluvias de 2014 dejan al menos cuatro muertos
Source: RedhumCountry: BoliviaBolivia, 07 de Enero 2014Fuente: Pagina sieteLink Redhum: http://www.redhum.org/noticia_detail/41134Link Bitly: http://bit.ly/1bPSs5gDefensa Civil reporta 2,315 hectáreas...
View ArticleMyanmar: Red Shan presumed still in KIA camps
Source: Democratic Voice of BurmaCountry: MyanmarBy NANG MYA NADA Shan rights group claims that the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) is still detaining 17 Red Shan villagers said to have been released on...
View ArticleBolivia: Declaran emergencia en Cliza y Omereque
Source: RedhumCountry: BoliviaBolivia, 07 de Enero 2014Fuente: Los TiemposLink Redhum: http://www.redhum.org/noticia_detail/41135Link Bitly: http://bit.ly/1iShtW8CUATRO DEPARTAMENTOS SON LOS MÁS...
View ArticleBolivia: Lluvias dejan US 2 millones de perdidas a Saipina en emergencia
Source: RedhumCountry: BoliviaBolivia, 08 de Enero 2014Fuente: El Mundo BoliviaLink Redhum: http://www.redhum.org/noticia_detail/41140Link Bitly: http://bit.ly/1bPZ041El alcalde Froilán Becerra informó...
View ArticleYemen: Following shelling of funeral tent, local gunmen continue to clash...
Source: Yemen TimesCountry: YemenPublished on 9 January 2014 in News Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki (author)SANA’A, Jan. 8—Sporadic violent clashes in the Sanah area of Al-Dhale governorate between unidentified...
View ArticleYemen: Ceasefire brokered between Houthis and Salafis in Haradh
Source: Yemen TimesCountry: YemenPublished on 9 January 2014 in News Nasser Al-Sakkaf (author)SANA’A, Jan. 8—The encampments of two warring parties in the Haradh area in Hajja governorate were being...
View ArticleYemen: Former ruling party signs NDC document
Source: Yemen TimesCountry: YemenPublished on 9 January 2014 in News Ali Saeed (author)SANA'A, Jan. 8—The General People’s Congress (GPC), Yemen’s former ruling party, and the Al-Rashad Union, the...
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