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  • South Sudan: Don’t let down the world’s newest country, says Amos
    3 February 2012 - 3:27pm
    The UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Valerie Amos, urged the world not to let down its newest independent country, after she visited the centre of a major humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. Her comments came towards the end of a four-day visit, in which she witnessed the effects of...
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  • DRC: US$718 million needed for emergency aid in 2012
    2 February 2012 - 2:13pm
    The UN is appealing for US$718 million to help hundreds of thousands of Congolese facing conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters and limited access to basic social services in the vast Central African country. The funding will allow humanitarian organizations to provide basic aid such as food, water and...
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  • Pakistan: Getting through winter in the north-west
    1 February 2012 - 11:46am
    Aid organizations have provided life-saving blankets, quilts and warm clothes to thousands of people returning home in Pakistan’s north-west. In recent years, the area has witnessed an upsurge in militant activities, military operations and drone attacks, all of which have affected the lives of...
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