Angola: Sleeping sickness spreading in Angola, MSF says
Source: AlertNetCountry: AngolaBy Karen IleyCAXITO, Angola, (AlertNet) -- Angola risks being ravaged by deadly sleeping sickness as hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people return home in...
View ArticleMorocco: IFRC gauges early Morocco quake damage
Source: AlertNetCountry: MoroccoBy Tim LargeLONDON (AlertNet) - An earthquake that hit northern Morocco early on Tuesday around the Mediterranean port city of Al Hociema has devastated at least one...
View ArticleHaiti: Haiti unrest triggers food crisis, some NGOs pull out
Source: AlertNetCountry: HaitiBy Lars Inge StavelandOSLO (AlertNet) - Fighting between rebel groups and government forces in Haiti has blocked food supplies to almost 270,000 vulnerable people in the...
View ArticleAngola: Angola health system in tatters after war
Source: AlertNetCountry: AngolaBy Zoe EisensteinLUANDA (AlertNet) - A deadly fire in a satellite town of the Angolan capital has shown the woefully inadequate state of hospitals in a country still...
View ArticleAngola: Better tests, drugs slash Angolan malaria deaths
Source: AlertNetCountry: AngolaBy Karen IleyKUITO, Angola (Alertnet) -- A specialised malaria treatment centre in the heart of Angola is slashing child mortality rates by improving the accuracy of...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: No books, no peace, but Congo schools open
Source: AlertNetCountry: Democratic Republic of the CongoSusan Nicolai, education manager on Save the Children UK's emergency response team, travelled to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in late...
View ArticleUganda: As Uganda AIDS rate falls, orphan ranks swell
Source: AlertNetCountry: UgandaBy Mercedes SayaguesJINJA, Uganda (AlertNet) - For all his misfortunes, Quinson Onen counts himself lucky. In 1991, he was away from home when rebels in Gulu, northern...
View ArticleRussian Federation: Interview: Caucasus tension high in October, says aid expert
Source: AlertNetCountry: Russian FederationBy Genevieve ButlerBRUSSELS (AlertNet) - Violence in conflict-wracked Chechnya and neighbouring Ingushetia could increase during October, according to a...
View ArticleCôte d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast is a case of too much U.N. coordination
Source: AlertNetCountry: Côte d'IvoireAnna Jefferys and Toby Porter of Save the Children UK argue that combining U.N. peacekeeping with humanitarian coordination makes it impossible for NGOs in Ivory...
View ArticleCôte d'Ivoire: Response: UN says coordination not the enemy in Ivory Coast
Source: AlertNetCountry: Côte d'IvoireThe U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Ivory Coast, Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, responds to criticisms of the U.N. style of integrating its humanitarian work and...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: Interview: Insecurity boosts Congo death...
Source: AlertNetCountry: Democratic Republic of the CongoMore than 1,000 civilians are dying every day in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), nearly all from disease and malnutrition, due to a...
View ArticleUganda: Real voices: Uganda's 'night commuters' live in shadow of fear
Source: AlertNetCountry: UgandaThe Boma Ground Night Commuter Centre in northern Uganda's Gulu town is home to more than 200 children who come from surrounding villages to seek refuge at night, fearing...
View ArticlePakistan: On the ground: Aid agencies gauge S. Asia quake toll
Source: AlertNetCountry: Pakistan, IndiaLONDON (AlertNet) - As relief agencies scrambled on Monday to respond to Pakistan's massive earthquake, AlertNet asked aid workers and experts for their initial...
View ArticlePhilippines: Interview - Global crunch no excuse to ignore climate change
Source: AlertNetCountry: Philippines, IndonesiaWritten by: Thin Lei WinConcerns over the global economy should not derail governments from solving a longer-term crisis in the form of climate change and...
View ArticlePakistan: Hosts of Pakistan's war-displaced need support - aid groups
Source: AlertNetCountry: PakistanWritten by: Nita BhallaPoor communities providing refuge to tens of thousands of people uprooted from their homes due to fighting in northwest Pakistan are themselves...
View ArticleSomalia: ESCAPING THE HORN: Somali teenager braves jail, hunger and disease...
Source: AlertNetCountry: Somalia, South AfricaWritten by: Frank Nyakairu Every year, tens of thousands of people from Horn of Africa countries in the continent's north-east undertake dangerous journeys...
View ArticleKenya: ESCAPING THE HORN: Nairobi suburb a link in Somali dreams of great escape
Source: AlertNetCountry: Kenya, SomaliaWritten by: Frank Nyakairu Every year, tens of thousands of people from Horn of Africa countries in the continent's north-east undertake dangerous journeys to...
View ArticleKenya: ESCAPING THE HORN: Desperate Somalis defy law, costs to cross into Kenya
Source: AlertNetCountry: Kenya, SomaliaWritten by: Frank Nyakairu Every year, tens of thousands of people from Horn of Africa countries in the continent's north-east undertake dangerous journeys to...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Zimbabwe: Women farmers' lack of access to decision making...
Source: AlertNetCountry: ZimbabweBy Varaidzo Dongozi HARARE, Zimbabwe (AlertNet) - Sylvia Chipakwe has been a successful subsistence farmer most of her life, surviving through tough times and bad...
View ArticleNiger: VIDEO: Niger's disabled suffer more in times of food crisis
Source: AlertNetCountry: Niger05 May 2010 12:28:00 GMTWritten by: George FominyenOn the streets of Niamey, the capital of Niger, disabled people are asking for help. They sit chanting verses of the...
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