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MSF provides relief items and adapts response for COVID-19 in idlib

Middle East / By

Deir Hassan camp in Idlib province, northwestern Syria, is one of the many camps to which hundreds of thousands of displaced families fled, to escape the military offensive by Syrian government forces with their Russian allies between December 2019 and early March 2020. Deir Hassan camp hosts more than 164,000 people in settlements scattered over the hills and, as …

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French group Vinci: audit finds no problems over its Qatar labor practices

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PARIS (Reuters) – French construction company Vinci said on Thursday that an initial audit into working conditions of staff used to build sites for the Qatar 2022 World Cup did not find any evidence of bad working conditions for those laborers. The audit had been launched after human rights group Sherpa had alleged that workers …

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Heavy rain and floods threaten already fragile food security in Zambia

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HIGHLIGHTS Heavy rainfall has driven flash and riverine flooding in Zambia, including in areas previously impacted by severe drought. Gwembe and Siavonga districts in the south are amongst the hardest-hit by the recent rains, while Mambwe and Lumezi districts in the east, as well as the country’s capital, Lusaka, faced flash floods earlier in January. …

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The children lost to China’s ‘Muslim crackdown’

China / By

Tens of thousands of Chinese Uighur Muslim families are being torn apart in a crackdown that’s seen as many as one million people detained, according to the UN. Emily Wither speaks to one mother, now in Istanbul, who has lost her children to the state.

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša congratulates Donald Trump despite no election result

USA Politics / By

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša has handed Donald Trump victory in the 2020 United States Presidential election, despite no official result being declared. “It’s pretty clear that American people have elected ⁦Donald Trump and Mike Pence for four more years,” Janša tweeted on Wednesday. “More delays and facts denying … [the] bigger the final triumph …

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‘Situation of children in Somalia is devastating’ – UN Special Representative

Africa / By

New York, April 1 2020 – Children in Somalia have endured among the highest levels of violence of all countries on the Children and Armed Conflict agenda, with number of cases of recruitment and use, abduction and sexual violence exceeding those verified in other country situations, highlighted the fifth report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed …

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Unprecedented flooding affects up to 200,000 locals, refugees in South Sudan

Africa / By

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN, 18th October 2019 – Unprecedented heavy flooding in South Sudan’s Maban County has affected nearly 200,000 people, including refugees and host population. Situated in the Upper Nile State, the affected area is home to more than 150,000 refugees from Sudan. South Sudan is on a gradual path to recovery from six years …

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WHO and partners launch emergency vaccination campaign to help world’s largest measles outbreak

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Kinshasa, 25 September 2019 – With the world’s largest and fastest-moving measles epidemic continuing to expand throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Government with the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners today initiated a third emergency campaign of vaccinations in 24 health zones, targeting nearly 825 000 children aged 6–59 months. Life-saving …

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Transitional government in Sudan must address repressive policies to stop deterioration of life conditions

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London – The Sudanese transitional government must address repressive laws and policies to stop the deterioration of life conditions in the country in light of the signing of the Constitutional Declaration, a new paper published by ImpACT International for Human Rights Policies concluded. The London-based thinktank called on the Sudanese authorities to amend the laws of …

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