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Deadline for southerners to leave Sudan is impossible - aid groups

Deadline for southerners to leave Sudan is impossible - aid groups

Fighting in the border region, a major lack of infrastructure in the south, and the imminent onset of the rainy season will make it impossible for large numbers to travel-aid agency more

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  1. ICRC seeking to clinch humanitarian truce in Syria

    Aid agency voices concern at deteriorating situation across the country, calls for a two-hour truce to allow supplies to reach civilians and evacuate the growing number of wounded

  2. Refugees fleeing Mali unrest in need of urgent international aid –UNHCR

    More than 55,000 people have fled Mali into neighbouring Niger, Mauritania, and Burkina Faso while another 60,000 are internally displaced within Mali

  3. Reality bites as Yemen begins life after Saleh

    Nine killed in election day violence, underlining disorder

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  1. Refugees ask to be seen at the Hagadera reception center at Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Camp, situated northeast of the capital Nairobi near the Somali border, August 29, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

    Nairobi’s refugees threatened by fallout from Kenya’s war on al-Shabaab

    22 February 2012 16:20 GMT | Comments ( 0 )

    Sir John Holmes | AlertNet News Blog

    As Kenya’s crackdown against al-Shabaab stokes hostility towards Somali refugees, protection should be high on talks agenda

  2. A researcher looks at a model of changing rainfall patterns . CIAT/Neil Palmer

    Climate change, supermodels and uncertainty

    22 February 2012 15:15 GMT | Comments ( 1 )

    Neil Palmer | Climate Conversations

    Predicting climate patterns and how best to boost food production is uncertain, but far from impossible

  3. People try to grab free onions and other vegetables offered by farmers in Athens's Syntagma Square on January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

    Feeding more people with less energy

    22 February 2012 00:00 GMT | Comments ( 0 )

    Magdalena Mis | Climate Conversations

    From biofuel changes to using algae and no-till farming, plenty of opportunities exist to boost food production at a smaller ...

  4. This June 2009 photo shows Somali refugees bringing their infants for supplemental food distribution at a clinic run by Medecins Sans Frontieres at Dagahaley camp in Dadaab in Kenya's northeastern province.. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

    Somalia talks should include dialogue with rebels, say experts

    21 February 2012 19:43 GMT | Comments ( 0 )

    Katy Migiro | AlertNet News Blog

    London Somalia Conference on Feb. 23 to address security, politics, humanitarian crisis and more

  5. In this 2004 file photo, armed Somali militiamen ride a vehicle as they protect a U.N. emergency relief delegation visiting Wajiid, in south central Somalia. REUTERS

    Climate-security a reality, not a narrative

    21 February 2012 11:42 GMT | Comments ( 1 )

    Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell | Climate Conversations

    Concerns are real that climate change may worsen tensions leading to conflict

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Don’t quit Somalia when hunger crisis ends – Red Crescent

Don’t quit Somalia when hunger crisis ends – Red Crescent

The international community has to remain engaged to help people become self-sufficient more

  1. Stop politicising aid to Somalia, say aid groups

    Agencies say they must be allowed to negotiate with all warring parties so they can reach communities ravaged by famine and war

  2. UN council approves increase in AU Somalia force

    Aim is to press home assault against al Shabaab rebels

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Drought-hit Cameroon counts the cost of reduced trade

Drought-hit Cameroon counts the cost of reduced trade

Ministers link falling harvests, growing food imports and declining government income to climate change more

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    BLOG: Climate-security a reality, not a narrative

    Concerns are real that climate change may worsen tensions leading to conflict

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Christchurch marks first anniversary of deadly earthquake - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland

Clearing Libya for explosive remnants of war - Danish Refugee Council (DRC) - Denmark

ToT on Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (Dhaka, Bangladesh) - RedR - India

ACT Alliance Alert: Cyclone "Giovanna", Madagascar - ACT Alliance - Switzerland

Malian refugees swell food shortage numbers in Niger - Plan UK

Plan and UN join forces to ensure birth registration for all children - Plan International

VIDEO: Sahel - Urgent assistance needed - Christian Aid - UK

ACT Alliance Rapid Response Fund Payment Request: Cold Snap and Severe Snow Fall, Romania - ACT Alliance - Switzerland

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