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1 October 2012 - 2:30pmTwenty-two-year-old Alice Furaha was five months’ pregnant when she fled her home in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in May. This year, fighting between the Government and rebel groups has forced hundreds of thousands of Congolese to flee to neighbouring countries. When Alice... -
28 September 2012 - 1:12pmUnited Nations agencies and humanitarian partners launched an appeal today (28 September) for US$38.9 million to respond to the food security crisis affecting some 725,000 people in Lesotho. “The humanitarian situation in Lesotho is bad,” said the country’s Prime Minister, Thomas... -
24 September 2012 - 5:11pmMore than 40 per cent of people in Niger face food insecurity and over 50 per cent of children under age 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition. Conflict in northern Mali has led to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing to Niger, compounding the food and nutrition crisis. Since July, heavy rains and... -
19 September 2012 - 5:34pmThe World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have received a total of US$1.75 million from humanitarian funds managed by OCHA and the UN Development Programme to help prevent and contain an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The deadly disease, which killed some 250... -
18 September 2012 - 5:22pmThree-year-old Djamilatu was rushed to a nearby health centre after suffering from diarrhoea and abdominal pain, common symptoms of cholera. “She was in a bad state,” said her mother, Aichatou Abdou. “She thought she would die. She’s still scared.” This year alone,...
