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  • Kenya: Ethnic clashes in the run up to elections
    21 January 2013 - 4:55pm
    Houses set ablaze, women and children killed, a student shot dead on his way to school, thousands fleeing with nothing more than the shirts on their backs - these were the scenes in Kenya’s Tana Delta region in recent weeks as ethnic clashes broke out again. Humanitarian agencies are responding to...
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  • DRC: Addressing the most urgent needs in the east
    18 January 2013 - 11:31pm
    UN agencies and humanitarian partners have appealed for $30.5 million to help more than half a million people displaced by conflict in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Some 150,000 of these people fled their homes after heavy fighting last November. The North Kivu Response Plan,...
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  • 2013 Green Star Awards: Call for nominations
    17 January 2013 - 5:57pm
    The United Nations (UN) and Green Cross International (GCI) today called for nominations for the 2013 Green Star Awards that are presented every two years in recognition of  individuals, organizations, governments and companies that have demonstrated remarkable achievements in addressing environmental...
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  • CERF: US$3.2 million to fight food crisis in Malawi
    16 January 2013 - 2:18pm
    The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$3.2 million to UN agencies and humanitarian partners to help nearly 2 million people who are facing food insecurity in Malawi. Chronic poverty, dry weather, poor harvests and rising food prices have led to widespread food insecurity across the...
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  • Haiti: Three years after the earthquake
    11 January 2013 - 3:56pm
    Since the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010, UN agencies, humanitarian partners and the Government have reached millions of people with lifesaving aid as well as with opportunities to improve living conditions. Despite the progress, much more needs to be done to help people who are still living in...
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