 |
Its your world. See it, read it, discuss it. |
World News - .geographical media - RSSSyndicated content powered by .geographical mediaRSS syndication makes it easy to receive content updates in My Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and other news readers. |
Current Feed ContentDRC: Fears for IDP safety following camp attackKINSHASA Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Fears for the safety of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have escalated after the weekend shooting of a civilian in Kibati camp, North Kivu province, in the east. "The alarming security incident at the sprawling Kibati I camp gave added urgency to plans to move up to 30,000 of the 67,000 [IDPs] in two camps to a new site," said David Thengwe, spokesman for the UN Refugee Agency (UNCHR) in Goma, North Kivu’s capital. The new site, Mugunga III,...SUDAN: Adam - “They shot me in the back”ZAMZAM Wednesday, October 22, 2008 (IRIN) - Adam, who prefers to be known by this one name, is an internally displaced person (IDP) in an IDP camp in Zamzam, North Darfur. He fled there from his village of Um Hashaba in the same province in 2003, hoping finally to find safety. But last month, even this sanctuary was violated. He told IRIN what happened: "Four vehicles entered the camp filled with men wearing police khaki uniforms. They didn't say a thing. They just entered and started...KENYA: Talks deadlock could slow IDP returns - officialsThe suspension of talks between Kenya's key political parties, announced on 8 April, could slow or halt progress made in returning thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their homes, humanitarian officials said. "This [the suspension of talks] could mean that the process established to make the plans necessary for the return of IDPs could slow down or be put on hold," Jeanine Cooper, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Kenya (OCHA-Kenya), said. ...KENYA: Focus shifting to recovery, resettlement of IDPsAfter two months of post-election violence, the humanitarian focus is shifting to help the hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to recover and rebuild their lives. "The resettlement of IDPs and livelihood recovery are some of the main areas we are now focusing on," Jeanine Cooper, the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA-Kenya), said on 3 March. "We are putting in place measures to ensure that those affected can rebuild their lives." ...SOMALIA: Government halts IDP evictionsThe Somali government has stopped evicting internally displaced persons (IDPs) from government buildings, in a bid to stem displacement in the capital, Mogadishu, an official told IRIN on 26 September. Dahir Mohamed Burale, the commissioner of the National Refugee Commission of Somalia (NRCS), said it had convinced the government it should provide alternative accommodation for the IDPs before evicting them. "We have succeeded in halting the evictions until we can come up with an alternative...SOMALIA: Call to help neglected IDPsCivil society organisations in Somalia have urged aid agencies to help at least 2,500 displaced families who have sought refuge in the northern outskirts of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. "We are appealing to the aid agencies operating in the country, particularly to the United Nations, to come to the assistance of these people," Madina Mahamud Ilmi, the deputy head of a civil society taskforce for the displaced, told IRIN on 13 September by telephone from Mogadishu. Ilmi said the 15,000...SOMALIA: Increased sexual violence raises HIV concernsEscalating violence in Somalia is increasing the incidence of sexual attacks against women and girls and heightening their risk of HIV infection, say humanitarian workers based in the region. "While we do not currently have accurate data on the extent of sexual violence across the country, reports from local and international actors on the ground say it is on the rise," Cecilia Kaijser, gender adviser for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Somalia, told... |
