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16 May 2013 - 2:09pmYemen’s chronic humanitarian crisis threatens to undermine recent moves towards political stability, warned the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Ismail OuldCheikh Ahmed. Speaking at a press conference in Geneva today (16 May), Mr Ahmed said that efforts to bring stability to the country... -
25 April 2013 - 3:11pmOCHA’s new report, Humanitarianism in the Network Age, looks at how important communication is for people and communities affected by disasters. One of its findings is that with the advent of mobile technology, communication and information should be treated as a form of humanitarian aid. This case... -
6 March 2013 - 4:49pmThousands of South Sudanese families are stranded in Sudan’s capital Khartoum waiting for an opportunity to return home, but insecurity and lack of resources have been hampering efforts by humanitarian agencies to transport them safely back to their places of origin. "Since the independence of... -
26 February 2013 - 3:06pmOperations Director John Ging called on the international community to step up efforts to help hundreds of thousands of people in Mali who have suffered brutal violence and economic collapse since the start of the conflict in the north in early 2012. Mr. Ging, who visited Bamako, Mopti and Timbuktu last... -
20 February 2013 - 1:29pmUN agencies and humanitarian partners are reaching more people with much-needed healthcare services in parts of southern Somalia that were once inaccessible due to conflict and insecurity. “The lack of health services in Somalia has the same effect as conflict; it displaces people,”...
