Haiti: Looking beyond the tragedy: Planning for a future of work
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: HaitiThe area of Carrefour Feuilles, with 40,000 inhabitants, is characterized has seen a vast influx of people from...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: Following the attack on a hospital operated by the...
Source: Qatar Red Crescent SocietyCountry: Syrian Arab RepublicJanuary 12th, 2014, Doha – As a result of the dire consequences of the repeated attacks from warring parties against medical facilities...
View ArticleSouth Sudan (Republic of): UNMISS concerned about indications of...
Source: UN Mission in South SudanCountry: South Sudan (Republic of)The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) notes media reports (New York Times, 9 January) estimating that up to 10,000 people...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: CCCM Cluster Mpoko Site Airport Working Group Update
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, CCCM ClusterCountry: Central African RepublicAfter initial discussions between MSF(B), UNICEF and the Shelter/NFI Cluster, the Airport Taskforce has been...
View ArticleHaiti: Marking fourth anniversary of Haiti earthquake, UN pledges ongoing...
Source: UN News ServiceCountry: HaitiUnited Nations officials are calling on the international community to increase aid to Haiti on the fourth anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck the...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: Dozens of Palestinians wounded in West Bank...
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: occupied Palestinian territory01/12/2014 20:01 GMTRAMALLAH, January 12, 2014 (AFP) - Palestinian police clashed Sunday with West Bank youths who were protesting...
View ArticleHaiti: Quatre ans après le séisme, les Haïtiens se souviennent
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Haiti01/12/2014 15:22 GMTPORT-AU-PRINCE, 12 janvier 2014 (AFP) - Des centaines d'Haïtiens, pour la plupart vêtus de blanc, se rendaient dimanche dans les lieux de...
View ArticlePakistan: Balochistan quake survivors in need of help
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanSaher BalochAWARAN: “No, I didn’t receive anything. There are no militants here so what is taking them so long to visit Malaar?” said an old woman named...
View ArticlePakistan: Three people killed in Balochistan violence
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanSyed Ali ShahQUETTA: Armed militants killed three people including a levies constable in Balochistan's insurgency-hit Kech district on Sunday, Police...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Storms kill four in Zambezia
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweStorms in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia have claimed four lives, and eight other people have been injured, reports the Beira daily paper, “Diario de...
View ArticleIndonesia: Floods engulf hundreds of houses in Kutai
Source: Jakarta PostCountry: IndonesiaThe Jakarta Post, Samarinda | Archipelago | Mon, January 13 2014, 7:33 AMHundreds of houses belonging to 880 families or 2,957 people in the Teriti and Bekotok...
View ArticleIndonesia: BPBD distributes 1,000 masks to Sinabung evacuees
Source: Jakarta PostCountry: IndonesiaThe Jakarta Post, Langkat, North Sumatra | Archipelago | Sun, January 12 2014, 1:05 PMThe Langkat Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) in North Sumatra has...
View ArticleWorld: USAID Strategy on Democracy Human Rights and Governance
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: WorldEXECUTIVE SUMMARYUSAID’s Democracy,Human Rights and Governance (DRG) Strategy provides a framework to support the establishment and...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: RDC: Mary Robinson (ONU) à Kinshasa pour...
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Democratic Republic of the Congo01/12/2014 23:15 GMTKINSHASA, 12 janvier 2014 (AFP) - L'envoyée spéciale de l'ONU pour la région des Grands Lacs, Mary Robinson,...
View ArticleTonga: Contact made with Tonga's isolated islands as relief efforts get...
Source: Australian Broadcasting CorporationCountry: TongaTongan authorities say they have made contact with most of the smaller islands battered by Cyclone Ian.Contact with small northern islands of...
View ArticleMyanmar: Norway-backed Burma peace initiative ‘probably’ to end
Source: Democratic Voice of BurmaCountry: MyanmarBy HANNA HINDSTROMA controversial Burmese peace initiative backed by the Norwegian government is likely to end in the coming months, less than two years...
View ArticleSouth Sudan (Republic of): U.N. Peacekeepers Overwhelmed in South Sudan
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: South Sudan (Republic of)By Samuel OakfordAfrica, Armed Conflicts, Featured, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration &...
View ArticleThailand: Flooding in Narathiwat - Governor expedites aid
Source: Government of ThailandCountry: ThailandNARATHIWAT, 12 January 2014 (NNT) - The Governor of Narathiwat Province, Mr. Natthapong Sirichana, the Deputy Governor of Narathiwat Province, Mr....
View ArticleThailand: 1,000 blankets to be distributed in Phitsanulok
Source: Government of ThailandCountry: ThailandBANGKOK, 8 Jan 2014 (NNT) – 1,000 blankets will be distributed to residents in Phitsanulok Province which has been heavily affected by the recent cold...
View ArticleSudan: Central Darfur market still closed after Misseriya-Khazam clashes
Source: Radio DabangaCountry: SudanDELEIG (12 Jan .) -The weekly market of Deleig locality in Central Darfur is still closed.Residents of Deleig town told Radio Dabanga that on Saturday the authorities...
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