Somalia famine spreads 'beyond reach of aid'
Somalia famine spreads 'beyond reach of aid'
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Famine has spread to a sixth area of Somalia and tens of thousands of people have died as a result of severe food shortages, the United Nations has said. More than half of Somalia's entire population faces a severe food shortage, and th...
Famine Spreads in Somalia
Famine Spreads in Somalia
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More displaced Somalis from the Bay area moved into the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in droves on Tuesday, as the nation continues to suffer from drought and famine. This region is the sixth in Somalia to be impacted by starvation sin...
Aid agencies struggle after Haiti storm - 06 Aug 08
Aid agencies struggle after Haiti storm - 06 Aug 08
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Aid has started to arrive in Haiti, but agencies are struggling to get supplies to all of the tens of thousands of people affected by tropical storm Hanna. Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports from Gonaives, Haiti's third-largest city and...
Aid agencies fear Somalia famine - 18 Jul 08
Aid agencies fear Somalia famine - 18 Jul 08
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Somalia has the worst humanitarian disaster in Africa. By the end of this year, 3.5 million people will be tottaly dependent on n food aid. Adding to the problems, Somalia is one of the world's most dangerous countries. Now the Dutch Na...
Aid agencies call for evacuation of refugees
Aid agencies call for evacuation of refugees
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Dozens of volunteers have been working tirelessly for several days at Ras Jedir camp to help refugees fleeing Libya across the Tunisian border They've quickly become organised and have set up reception committees while others distribute...
Benedict XVI Addresses Aid Agencies to the Eastern Churches
Benedict XVI Addresses Aid Agencies to the Eastern Churches
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"I ask you to contribute your activities to keeping alive the hope that never disappoints among Eastern Christians." These were the words of the Pope in his address this afternoon to participants in the Meeting of ROACO, the socie...
Struggle to reach Bangladesh cyclone victims - 20 Nov 07
Struggle to reach Bangladesh cyclone victims - 20 Nov 07
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Bangladesh has called for increased foreign help to tackle the aftermath of the worst cyclone to hit the country in a decade. Al Jazeera's Owen Fay reports from the aid-agency frontline as relief agencies attempt to reach some of the mo...
Sudan: aid agencies bear brunt of Khartoum's IRE
Sudan: aid agencies bear brunt of Khartoum's IRE
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IN THE FIELD: Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, confirmed that 10 foreign aid agencies had been expelled, accusing them of violating the law. Thierry Durand, of French NGO Doctors Without Borders, says his medical organisation is being...
Aid agencies struggle with Darfur crisis - 10 May 09
Aid agencies struggle with Darfur crisis - 10 May 09
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As Sudan's Darfur crisis drags on, its refugee camps are having to be extended to cope with the increasing number of displaced people. Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall reports from Zam Zam camp in Northern Darfur, where humanitarian offici...
Aid Agencies Face Conflict, Shortages in Mogadishu
Aid Agencies Face Conflict, Shortages in Mogadishu
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More than 300000 Somalis are seeking refuge from drought and famine in the capital Mogadishu. But, because of security problems, many aid agencies have been unable to get help to these vulnerable people. VOA's Gabe Joselow reports from ...
Aid agencies in Kyrgyzstan face challenges
Aid agencies in Kyrgyzstan face challenges
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Thousands of people are trying to escape fighing between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgz in southern Kyrgyzstan, but many remain trapped at the border with Uzbekistan. To hear more about the challenges of getting aid into the country, Al Jazeera sp...
Somali armed group lifts aid ban amid drought
Somali armed group lifts aid ban amid drought
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The Somali group, al-Shabab, says it has lifted a ban on aid agencies operating in the parts of the country it controls. Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, an al-Shabab spokesperson said, "We have now decided to welcome all Muslim and non-Muslim...
Aid agencies tackle North Korean floods - 17 Sep 07
Aid agencies tackle North Korean floods - 17 Sep 07
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North Korea has suffered its worst flooding in 40 years, with crops destoryed, sanitation systems damaged and roads and bridges washed away. Al Jazeera's Tony Cheng, reporting from Pyongyang, looks at the relief efforts, speaks to local...
Aid agencies push cash for climate change - 03 Nov 09
Aid agencies push cash for climate change - 03 Nov 09
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A prolonged drought in Kenya - blamed heavily on climate change - has plunged hundreds of thousands of people into poverty. The worst affected are cattle-herders in the country's northeast. Communities that used to be self-sufficient, a...
Al-Shabab says aid group ban remains in place
Al-Shabab says aid group ban remains in place
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Aid agencies are pressing ahead with help for drought hit victims in the Horn of Africa. But that is becoming harder with Al-Shabab rebels in Somalia now saying that a ban on foreign aid remains in place. In a transit refugee camp in Dolo A...
Is there an alternative to western aid in famine hit Somalia?-Africa Today-08-02-2011
Is there an alternative to western aid in famine hit Somalia?-Africa Today-08-02-2011
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www.presstv.com It is the world's biggest humanitarian crisis and it seems to be getting worse. Thousands of people are on the move fleeing from both war and famine and of all the countries affected, its Somalia which is most stricken w...
UN Says Somalia Requires More Aid
UN Says Somalia Requires More Aid
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Antonio Guterres, the head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), said 3.6 million Somalis are at risk of starvation because aid groups are still unable to obtain access to them. Guterres paid a visit to Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Wedn...
UN Aid agencies assisting hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Pakistan
UN Aid agencies assisting hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Pakistan
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United Nations, New York, 19 November 2009 - It has been nearly three weeks since the military operations in the Pakistan region of South Waziristan intensified. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that some 4000...
Aid only trickles to Somali children
Aid only trickles to Somali children
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A child dies from hunger every six minutes in southern Somalia, according to the United Nations. Aid agencies say a malnourished child can be nursed back to health in just a month, but the difficulty of getting supplies to trouble areas is ...
Sudan's worsening refugee crisis
Sudan's worsening refugee crisis
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As South Sudan's July Independence date approaches, aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis in Sudan. There has been fighting between the Sudanese army and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in the south. And accord...