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UGANDA: Officials hope emergen...

UGANDA: Officials hope emergency will be avoided as rains subside

africa » uganda » kampala
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Heavy rains have displaced thousands and damaged crops in eastern and northern Uganda, but officials are optimistic an emergency will be avoided as...
flood, rain, natural disaster, displaced
Democratic Republic of the Con...

Democratic Republic of the Congo: First food distribution for displaced people north-east of Rutshuru

africa » dem rep congo » north kivu
Monday, November 10, 2008
Since 9 November the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been distributing to more than 17,000 displaced people between Nyamilima and...
refugees, displaced, food, water
DRC: Tens of thousands displac...

DRC: Tens of thousands displaced in renewed fighting in North Kivu

africa » dem rep congo » north kivu
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) fled fresh fighting on 6 November between the army and fighters loyal to renegade general,...
refugees, displaced, fighting, conflict
Oxfam begins to double its aid...

Oxfam begins to double its aid effort in eastern Congo

africa » dem rep congo » goma
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
International aid agency Oxfam is to double its aid effort and help nearly 200,000 people caught up in the recent upsurge of fighting in eastern...
refugees, displaced, fighting, violence, aid agency
Up to 100,000 people displaced...

Up to 100,000 people displaced in the last week in North Kivu, DRC

africa » dem rep congo » goma
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
UNICEF urgently responding to prevent cholera, malnutrition, and child exploitation Up to 100,000 people, around 60 per cent of which are children,...
refugees, displaced, fighting, cholera
DRC-UGANDA: Facilities overwhe...

DRC-UGANDA: Facilities overwhelmed as refugees stream to border

africa » uganda » kampala
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Food, water, health and sanitation facilities at several villages on the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border are overstretched as...
refugees, civilians, displaced, unhcr
KENYA: Floods displace thousan...

KENYA: Floods displace thousands in northeast

africa » kenya » mandera
Saturday, October 18, 2008
More than 10,000 people have been displaced by flash floods following heavy rains that pounded Mandera in north-eastern Kenya and southern parts of...
flood, rain, displaced, natural disaster
GLOBAL: Defining the Rights of...

GLOBAL: Defining the Rights of the Internally Displaced

africa
Friday, October 17, 2008
At least 26 million people across the world are displaced within their own countries because of armed conflict. Another 50 million have been made...
refugees, displaced, conflict, natural disaster
Cameroon-Nigeria: Bakassi retu...

Cameroon-Nigeria: Bakassi returnees overwhelm authorities

africa » nigeria » bakassi
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Up to 100,000 Nigerians displaced from Bakassi in southern Nigeria are sheltering in makeshift camps 10 kilometres away in the state of Akwa Ibom....
displaced, refugee, camp, red cross
SOMALIA: Zeinab Ali -

SOMALIA: Zeinab Ali - "Every day someone you knew had died”

africa » somalia » bosasso
IRIN
Thursday, December 20, 2007
 In late November, Zeinab Ali, 22, fled fighting in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and is now living in a crowded camp for the displaced in the town of...
fighting, violence, displaced, killings
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