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Current Feed ContentThe Elders commend SA's new stance on ZimbabweThe Elders, a group of globally respected leaders, have praisedPresident Kgalema Motlanthes approach towards Zimbabwe, and believethat once a reliable government is formed within Zimbabwe, relief ofthe humanitarian crisis could be almost immediate.NEPAL: IDPs call for urgent government actionKATHMANDU Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Thousands of families displaced by the armed conflict between the Maoists and the government from 1996 to 2006 have called for immediate humanitarian intervention to relieve their plight. "We have been patient too long and it is now time to think of alternative ways to get attention from the political parties and the government," warned Bhojraj Timilsina, coordinator of the Maoist Victims National Struggle Committee, an organisation of IDPs....SOMALIA: UN and local elders slam aid worker kidnapNAIROBI Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - The UN has called for the immediate release of four aid workers and two pilots who were abducted on 5 November in central Somalia's Galgadud region. Unidentified gunmen abducted the six from an airstrip near the town of Dusamareb. "The Secretary-General most strongly condemns the abduction of four aid workers and two pilots," said a statement issued by the UN headquarters in New York. An aid worker in Dusamareb, who requested anonymity, said the...WR gets new governorLamin Sanneh, the deputy project manager of the President’s Empowerment for Girls Education Project (PEGEP), has been appointed the new governor of Western Region (WR) with immediate effect, according to information reaching the the Daily Observer. |
