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  • Ethiopia: 2 million affected by severe drought
    27 April 2011 - 7:56pm
    Drought induced by the La Niña phenomenon in the Horn of Africa has left more than 2 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in the southern and southeastern lowlands of Ethiopia. According to a special report from the Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team (EHCT), emergency conditions...
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  • LIBYA: Fighting hampers access to basic supplies in Misrata
    27 April 2011 - 5:55pm
    From 22 to 24 April 2011, media reports indicate that 60 people were killed in the fighting in Misrata that has intensified despite Government forces stating that they would withdraw momentarily to allow for negotiations between tribal leaders and opposition forces. Over 10,000 people have been evacuated...
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  • CERF releases 2010 Annual Report
    27 April 2011 - 1:47pm
    In 2010, CERF was a part of the response to nearly every major crisis and several other emergencies that received far less media attention. The $415 million allocated through CERF to humanitarian agencies helped more than 22 million people in 45 countries. Dozens of Member States, corporations, and private...
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  • Strengthening disaster management partnerships
    26 April 2011 - 7:06pm
    ASG Catherine Bragg is in Quito, Ecuador this week, to attend the Fourth Regional Meeting on Enhancing International Humanitarian Partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbeanand to discuss global humanitarian issues and regional challenges with senior representatives of the Government of Ecuador....
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  • LIBYA: Humanitarian response continues to scale up
    25 April 2011 - 5:28pm
    The protection of civilians remains one of the fundamental concerns as fighting wages on in Misrata and other parts of Libya. Although the exact number of civilian deaths due to the conflict is unknown, human rights organizations, UNICEF and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights have all...
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