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29 June 2012 - 5:42pmSanitation conditions in camps for displaced people across Haiti have improved considerably over the past two months, following efforts to repair, maintain and replace latrines, according to humanitarian agencies there. Earlier this year, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocated US$3.5... -
27 June 2012 - 4:00pmAfter years of civil war, even a basic telecommunications infrastructure was non-existent in South Sudan, the world’s youngest country. Aid workers, who often rely on satellites and Internet connections to report on the humanitarian and security situation, did not have reliable access to voice-and-... -
21 June 2012 - 5:15pmNepal is one of the world’s 20 most disaster-prone countries. It faces the threat of devastating floods, landslides, windstorms, hailstorms, fires, glacial lake floods, avalanches and earthquakes. Preparedness is vital in a country where natural disasters claimed more than 27,000 lives and affected... -
20 June 2012 - 11:05amTwo-year-old Arcade Maniragarura is one of many children affected by malnutrition in Burundi. Until May this year, Arcade, who has eight older siblings, was too weak to walk. In Burundi, nearly 1 million children under age 5 are chronically malnourished. According to UNICEF figures, Burundi has the world... -
19 June 2012 - 1:21pmThe UN and its humanitarian partners today appealed for US$1.6 billion to provide urgent assistance to more than 18 million people affected by the food-and-nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa. The appeals, which were launched in Geneva, include funding for nine crisis-stricken countries:...
