Democratic Republic of the Congo: WFP Executive Director Calls On All Armed...
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Democratic Republic of the CongoGOMA -- At the end of a three-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director...
View ArticleWorld: As Conference of States Parties to Disabilities Convention Concludes,...
Source: UN General AssemblyCountry: WorldHR/5152States Parties to Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities 5th Meeting (AM)Closing the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the...
View ArticleSouth Sudan (Republic of): Army Making Ethnic Conflict Worse
Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: South Sudan (Republic of)Abusive Tactics, Lack of Protection, Send Civilians FleeingJULY 19, 2013(Nairobi) – South Sudan has committed serious abuses against...
View ArticleIndia: Climate shifts cut short girls' education in northeast India
Source: AlertNetCountry: IndiaGUWAHATI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Anju Dewraja had not yet finished high school when her family asked her to quit classes and stay home. Now the 15-year-old...
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World: Global Food Security Update - Issue 11, July 2013
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala,...
View ArticleThailand: School director pioneers safer learning for pupils
Source: UN International Strategy for Disaster ReductionCountry: ThailandBy Andy McElroyGENEVA, 23 July 2013 - An innovative school director in northern Thailand has shown how his pupils can learn in...
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Liberia: UNICEF Liberia Situation Report No.73 - 18 July 2013
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Guinea, Liberia, MaliHighlights1.According to UNHCR, as of 1 July 2013, there are 58,484 (54% female and 46% male) Ivorian refugees in Grand Gedeh, Nimba, Maryland,...
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Indonesia: ACT Preliminary Appeal: Indonesia – Aceh Tengah, Assistance to...
Source: ACT AllianceCountry: IndonesiaDear colleagues,On 2 July 2013 a 6.2 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 10 kilometres struck the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province of Sumatra Island. The epicentre...
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Yemen: Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin Volume 01, Issue 19, Epi week 29, 12...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: YemenHighlights●During week no 29,2013;84%(78/93)health facilities from 4 pilot governorates provided valid surveillance data.●The total number of...
View ArticleWorld: African governments still underfunding health
Source: IRINCountry: WorldNAIROBI, 23 July 2013 (IRIN) - Twelve years after African governments pledged in the Abuja Declaration to allocate at least 15 percent of their annual budgets to healthcare by...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: Diabetes, Shrapnel Wounds, and Newborn Twins: An MSF...
Source: Médecins Sans FrontièresCountry: Syrian Arab RepublicAs the number of people in need of urgent medical care in Syria continues to rise, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is...
View ArticleIraq: July deadliest month of 2013 for Iraq
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Iraq07/23/2013 14:38 GMTBAGHDAD, July 23, 2013 (AFP) - Attacks mainly targeting Iraqi security forces killed 12 people on Tuesday, officials said, bringing July's...
View ArticleColombia: Social unrest hinders access to health care
Source: ICRCCountry: Colombia23-07-2013 Operational UpdateBetween February and March, routes to various regions in Colombia were blocked during a series of social protests. This disrupted access to...
View ArticleChina: China: Gansu Earthquake - Situation Report No. 2, 23 July 2013
Source: UN Country Team in ChinaCountry: ChinaChina • Gansu Earthquake Situation Report No. 2 23 July 2013The UN China Situation Report on the Gansu Earthquake is produced by the UN Disaster Management...
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Nigeria: Fragmented response to internal displacement amid Boko Haram attacks...
Source: Norwegian Refugee Council, Internal Displacement Monitoring CentreCountry: NigeriaBrutal attacks by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, including this month’s pre-dawn raid on a boarding...
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World: The Food Security Learning Framework - The M&E Harmonization Group...
Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Department for International Development, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute,...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: New initiative to combat violence against...
Source: European CommissionCountry: Democratic Republic of the CongoReference: IP/13/723 Brussels, 23 July 2013The European Union has just endorsed an initiative worth 25 million euros to combat...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Nord-Kivu : Reprise des affrontements entre...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Democratic Republic of the CongoNORD-KIVU : Reprise des affrontements entre les FARDC et le M23 à la périphérie de GomaUpdate No 5...
View ArticleChina: Death toll rises to 94 in NW China quake
Source: XinhuaCountry: ChinaLANZHOU, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in an earthquake that hit northwest China's Gansu Province has risen to 94, local authorities said Tuesday.A 6.6-magnitude...
View ArticleLebanon: Medical facilities stretched to the limit
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Lebanon, Syrian Arab RepublicThe waiting room of the Nahada primary health-care clinic in northern Lebanon’s Tripoli region is...
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