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15 March 2012 - 4:24pmThe UN and its partners are helping to clear up unexploded ammunition scattered by the arms depot explosions that killed more than 200 people in Brazzaville earlier this month, amid concerns over the dangers it poses to life and health. A UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team... -
13 March 2012 - 7:15pmAt a medical clinic outside Bol, in Chad’s Lac Region, Adama Abdulai’s three-year-old son, Abdou, is being treated for severe acute malnutrition. Abdou weighs about the same as his nine-month-old brother: just 8 kilograms. Adama, a 30-year-old mother of six, explains that while she was... -
9 March 2012 - 3:42pmOn 11 March 2011, Japan experienced one of the worst natural disasters in its history. The Great East Japan Earthquake claimed nearly 16,000 lives and destroyed some 128,000 homes and buildings. More than 3,200 people are still missing. In the hours following the disaster, a joint OCHA/UN... -
9 March 2012 - 2:54amHasina* lives in a village near Sibi in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. She was ill during her pregnancy, but her family and friends discouraged her from seeking medical attention. Some of them found it embarrassing to see a doctor during pregnancy for privacy reasons, while others were concerned... -
6 March 2012 - 3:27amJohn Ging, OCHA’s Operations Director, warned that the Central African Republic (CAR) faces one of the world’s worst funding shortfalls despite the country’s deteriorating humanitarian crisis. Mr. Ging, who visited CAR from 29 February to 2 March, witnessed first hand the...
