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  • Sudan: Building roads and trust in Darfur
    13 May 2013 - 2:32pm
    In the village of Yathriba, in Central Darfur, a group of men and women are building a bridge across a small, muddy stream. They work methodically, slowly putting stones into place, conserving their energy under the hot Sudanese sun. During the rainy season this small stream can easily flood and cut...
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  • South Sudan: Innovation in delivering aid to refugees
    10 May 2013 - 9:12am
    A state-of the art biometric tool based on electronically captured fingerprints is enabling aid agencies in South Sudan to register and assist refugees more efficiently. Since conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North began in Sudan’s Blue...
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  • République centrafricaine: La menace d’une crise alimentaire plane...
    9 May 2013 - 3:02pm
    L’assistance alimentaire devient une priorité humanitaire urgente en République centrafricaine (RCA). Les évaluations menées en début d’année montrent que beaucoup de personnes ne peuvent pas se permettre d’acheter le peu de nourriture pré...
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  • CAR: Food crisis looms
    9 May 2013 - 12:39pm
    Food assistance is emerging as an urgent humanitarian priority in the Central African Republic (CAR). Assessments carried out earlier this year show that many people cannot afford the little food that is available in markets, and that farmers have begun to eat the seeds that were meant for planting this...
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  • High level event on human security
    7 May 2013 - 12:36pm
    On Wednesday 8 May, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and other dignitaries took part in an event that explored the future of human security, an approach that integrates peace and security, development, and human rights. Far away from the event, communities in dozens of countries around the world can attest...
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