SOUTH AFRICA: Give me a home, but not in a Temporary Relocation Area
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
Blikkiesdorp - meaning "tin-can town" in Afrikaans - has become a source of controversy in Cape Town, South Africa's most visited city and the host of several important matches in the much-anticipated 2010 Soccer World Cup. Read more...
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SRI LANKA: Muslims and Tamils deal with the past
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
Sri Lankan Muslims displaced during the country’s decades-long civil war are slowly returning home, but the challenge of reconciling with their Tamil neighbours, and their past, remains. Read more...
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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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YEMEN: IDP food rations to be halved from May
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) will cut food rations to some 250,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yemen by 50 percent from the beginning of May. Read more...
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SOMALIA: Where fun is forbidden
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| Wed 28 Apr, 2010. |
Living in a war-torn city is hard enough for Mogadishu's youngsters, but even those few opportunities for entertainment they used to enjoy have now been banned. Listening to music, watching football or films can earn one up to 30 lashes from the enforcers who patrol neighbourhoods checking for "un-Islamic" behaviour. Read more...
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SOMALIA: Rains displace hundreds in Somaliland
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| Wed 28 Apr, 2010. |
At least 200 families have been displaced and 185 houses destroyed following heavy rains and strong winds, which also killed six people in Hargeisa, capital of the semi-autonomous Somaliland region, officials said. Read more...
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PAKISTAN: Fresh wave of IDPs puts added strain on host families
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
Host families in northwestern Pakistan are under further pressure as displaced people stream out of the Orakzai and Kurram tribal agencies near the Pakistan-Afghan border in search of shelter. Read more...
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BURUNDI: Returnees find a new place to call home
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
Just 2km from the Tanzanian border, the “integrated” rural village of Nyakazi in Kibago commune, Makamba Province, houses 198 families, 80 percent of whom are landless returnees. Read more...
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