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2 April 2013 - 4:37pmHundreds of thousands of people in northern Yemen remain displaced due to the region’s ongoing conflict. They are unable to return home due to the threat of landmines, massive destruction to infrastructure, such as homes, and the lack of access to basic services. “Life is tough here,... -
28 March 2013 - 4:15pmOperations Director John Ging expressed alarm today over continued inter-communal tensions in Myanmar, calling the security situation in Rakhine State “very tense and difficult.” “There is serious intimidation of aid workers,” said Mr. Ging briefing the press after a four-... -
27 March 2013 - 5:17pmOCHA Operations Director John Ging concluded his first visit to the Philippines on Monday, urging the international community to step up their efforts to help the Government meet the needs of people affected by Typhoon Bopha. The typhoon, which was the deadliest storm anywhere in the world in 2012, hit the... -
26 March 2013 - 4:58pmIn the village of Btoata in western Darfur, Jamiya has found a sustainable way to store her family’s newly harvested crops after returning home from years of displacement. She uses a dabanga, which is a large storage vessel used to preserve food. In the nearby village of Shushta, Ashta has started... -
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...
