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  • 'Urban Poor the New Face of Hunger' 23 Jul 2008 13:16 GMT
    ... The urban poor in the Horn of Africa are the new face ... erosion of livelihoods among the landless, pastoralists, internally displaced persons and the urban poor across ...

  • Uganda: It's Back to School for Northern Uganda Pupils 23 Jul 2008 12:52 GMT
    ... Four months ago, a truck laden with an assortment of furniture branched ... respond to the needs of the returning IDPs. As such, both the district and local ...

  • AU/UN mission condemns attack on security officer in Sudan 23 Jul 2008 12:35 GMT
    ... A security officer working with the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping ... first helicopter patrols over five camps housing internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur. The three-hour test flight on ...

  • Protecting rights of natural disaster victims 23 Jul 2008 12:35 GMT
    ... Muddied tsunami survivors carry items from their destroyed homes in ... UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, told swissinfo the aim was ...

  • Switzerland's Walter Kälin, representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, told swissinfo the aim was to reduce the number of victims by better preparing people living in high-risk 23 Jul 2008 12:17 GMT
    ... Muddied tsunami survivors carry items from their destroyed homes in ... UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, told swissinfo the aim was ...

  • UN concerned about safety of peacekeepers in Darfur 23 Jul 2008 11:38 GMT
    ... UN concerned about safety of peacekeepers in Darfur The African Union-UN ... first helicopter patrol around five camps for internally displaced people. The three-hour flight was initially ...

  • Uganda: Brigadier Evicts 100 Families 23 Jul 2008 11:18 GMT
    ... The Fourth Division Commander, Brig. Charles Otema, is accused of grabbing ... grabbing an estimated 40,000 hectares belonging to internally displaced persons in the northern district of Amuru. ... contacted yesterday, Brig. Otema denied displacing the IDPs, but said the land was vacant and ...

  • HORN OF AFRICA: "Urban poor the new face of hunger" 23 Jul 2008 10:19 GMT
    ... Peter urgently needs US$403 million to help people hit by drought ... erosion of livelihoods among the landless, pastoralists, internally displaced persons and the urban poor across ...

  • Kenya:: Human Rights Team - Evictions Pre-Planned 23 Jul 2008 08:53 GMT
    ... The violent evictions in Rift Valley Province were well-coordinated and ... by lawyer Mbuthi Gathenji, for Rift Valley Internally Displaced Persons, Ms Wanyeki said gangs of ...

  • Human Rights Team - Evictions Pre-Planned 23 Jul 2008 08:53 GMT
    ... The violent evictions in Rift Valley Province were well-coordinated and ... by lawyer Mbuthi Gathenji, for Rift Valley Internally Displaced Persons, Ms Wanyeki said gangs of ...

  • Kenya: Human Rights Team - Evictions Pre-Planned 23 Jul 2008 08:53 GMT
    ... The violent evictions in Rift Valley Province were well-coordinated and ... by lawyer Mbuthi Gathenji, for Rift Valley Internally Displaced Persons, Ms Wanyeki said gangs of ...

  • Kenya: How Not to Resettle IDPs 23 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT
    ... in Kiswahili), designed to help about 350,000 IDPs living in camps across the country go ... Prisca Kamungi , director of the Nairobi-based Internal Displacement Policy and Advocacy Centre, has visited 30 ... IPS: What is the current status of internally displaced persons? How many camps and IDPs have ...

  • Darfur: AU-UN mission condemns attack on security officer by Sudanese military 23 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT
    ... Darfur: AU-UN mission condemns attack on security officer by Sudanese ... first helicopter patrols over five camps housing internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur. The three-hour test flight on ...

  • Text of Obama statement on trip to Iraq 23 Jul 2008 07:31 GMT
    ... Text of statement by Sens. Barack Obama, Jack Reed and Chuck Hagel ... 4 million Iraqis who are refugees or internally displaced persons; and the need to give ...

  • How Not to Resettle IDPs 23 Jul 2008 07:19 GMT
    ... in Kiswahili), designed to help about 350,000 IDPs living in camps across the country go ... Prisca Kamungi , director of the Nairobi-based Internal Displacement Policy and Advocacy Centre, has visited 30 ... IPS: What is the current status of internally displaced persons? How many camps and IDPs have ...

  • Kenya: How Not to Resettle IDPs [interview] 23 Jul 2008 07:19 GMT
    ... in Kiswahili), designed to help about 350,000 IDPs living in camps across the country go ... Prisca Kamungi , director of the Nairobi-based Internal Displacement Policy and Advocacy Centre, has visited 30 ... IPS: What is the current status of internally displaced persons? How many camps and IDPs have ...

  • Kenya: Thousands Can't Reach Their Own Houses 23 Jul 2008 04:50 GMT
    ... Hundreds of property owners in areas scarred by post-election violence can ... Nairobi, hundreds of people are living as internally displaced persons (IDPs) after their houses were seized by individuals ...

  • Kenya: Hundreds Still Displaced in Nairobi 23 Jul 2008 04:50 GMT
    ... Hundreds of Kenyans displaced during post-election violence in early 2008 in ... Red Cross Society (KRCS), knew of 778 IDPs in the city. The UN Office for ...

  • Uganda: Busoga, Buganda Are Top in Sexual Violence 23 Jul 2008 04:47 GMT
    ... BUSOGA and Buganda registered the highest levels of sexual violence in ... cent and Karamoja at 60 percent. The internally displaced camps stood at 54 per cent ...

  • Why John McCain's "Surge" Success Story Is A Lie 23 Jul 2008 03:13 GMT
    ... It really makes the Iraq debate easy for John McCain when he ... fled the country and another 2 million internally displaced people. It wasn't very long ago ...


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