Politics

MAURITANIA: Funding shortfall affects refugee response

M'BERA 30 July 2012 (IRIN) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says it is “woefully underfunded” to help Malians fleeing fighting who have sought refuge across the border in Mauritania’s M’bera camp, and other neighbouring countries.

Beyond Big Dams: Turning to Grass Roots Solutions on Water

Originally Published by NYT > Environment

– Mega-dams and massive government-run irrigation projects are not the key to meeting world’s water needs, a growing number of experts now say.

SUDAN-SOUTH SUDAN: Aid to refugees "race against time"

JAMAM/ KILOMETRE 18, UPPER NILE STATE 20 June 2012 (IRIN) - Aid agencies working in northern South Sudan are worried about refugees from Sudan's war-torn Blue Nile State who are reaching under-resourced camps in increasingly poor health.

In Brief: DRC cholera outbreak worsens

KINSHASA 08 June 2012 (IRIN) - A growing cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed nearly 400 lives and affected more than 19,100 people since January, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

SYRIA: Fighting in capital adds to growing displacement challenge

BEIRUT/DUBAI 20 July 2012 (IRIN) - Fighting in the Syrian capital Damascus has added to a growing problem of displacement within Syria, with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) now estimating that 1.5 million people are displaced across the country.

Analysis: Sharing the natural resources in a federal Nepal

KATHMANDU 18 July 2012 (IRIN) - Nepal’s politicians should give greater consideration to the distribution of natural resources in their ethnicity-based quarrels over how to federalize the fledging Himalayan democracy.
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