Analysis: Beyond the crisis in Niger
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
Most NGOs and UN agencies in Niger agree that in 2010 humanitarian actors are better geared to respond to the food security crisis than they were in 2005, but some say there is a risk of repeating mistakes in information-sharing, planning appropriate responses, and raising funds more quickly. Read more...
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GLOBAL: When volcanic ash gets in your way
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano - unlike Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991, the 20th century's second largest eruption - will not contribute to climate change; on the contrary, by grounding flights over Europe for almost a week it helped save thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. Read more...
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AFGHANISTAN: Drought warnings in northeast
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
Below average rainfall has hit food production in eastern and northeastern Afghanistan where some rain-fed fields have dried out, officials and farmers said. Read more...
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BANGLADESH: Rodent crisis leaves thousands hungry
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
More than 40,000 people in southeastern Bangladesh’s remote Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are still food insecure despite a three-year battle against rats, aid officials say. Read more...
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ETHIOPIA: When the rains don't come on time
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
Rain rules the lives and wellbeing of rural people in most developing countries: it determines whether they will have enough to eat, be able to provide basic necessities and earn a living, but climate change has made rainfall more erratic in many parts of the world. Read more...
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MYANMAR: ECHO to conclude post-cyclone activities
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
The European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) is to conclude its activities in Myanmar's cyclone-affected Ayeyarwady Delta at the end of May. Read more...
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PHILIPPINES: Hospital learns lessons from Ketsana storm
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
Nervous young boys carrying their surgical slips squat on the floor of Cainta municipal hospital, east of the capital, waiting for their turn on the operating bed during a mass circumcision programme. Read more...
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GLOBAL: Much more than a rain calendar
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
How can a villager in Ethiopia, at the mercy of the climate's eccentricities, get to know what is happening to the precious rain in her part of the world, and how best to deal with it? Read more...
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