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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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  • Somalia: Displaced people hit hardest by flooding
    6 May 2013 - 3:06pm
    The home made of twigs and branches, cardboard boxes and plastic sheeting did not stand a chance against the heavy rain and winds. When their roof and walls were ripped away, 73-year-old Isack Dahir Hilowle and his eleven family members feared for their lives. “We huddled together, one on top of...
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  • Mali: Retour à Tombouctou
    6 May 2013 - 9:02am
    Voilà trois jours qu’Abdou Dicko et sa famille sont assis dans le port de Mopti, au bord du fleuve Niger dans le centre du Mali. Abdou, sa femme Fatoumata, sa deuxième épouse, leurs six enfants, ses six frères et ses trois nièces, attendent tous que le bateau les...
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