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Encroaching deserts threaten life along Tibet's longest river
Changing rainfall patterns and rising temperatures, as well as overgrazing, are driving desertification near the Yarlung Zanbgo
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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
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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
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Don’t quit Somalia when hunger crisis ends – Red Crescent
The international community has to remain engaged to help people become self-sufficient
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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
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Lives at risk in Myanmar on expected HIV, TB-funding gap–MSF
Myanmar already facing "a devastating gap" between people's needs and access to treatment
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Drought-hit Cameroon counts the cost of reduced trade
Ministers link falling harvests, growing food imports and declining government income to climate change
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Indian minister 'shocked' CO2 emissions cuts seen as U.N. goal
Report that includes emissions reductions as a development target is "sending the wrong signal," former environment minister says
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INTERVIEW-Is Somalia safe from another famine?
Somalia needs assistance even in a bumper harvest year, according to official from FAO's Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit
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INTERVIEW-Politics of famine: is the f-word being overused?
"It’s not right to just declare a famine without the evidence" - chief technical officer at FAO's Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit
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