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12/30/2006 The United Nations resumed humanitarian flights into Somalia on Friday with a planeload of humanitarian workers and cargo.
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Mount Kilimanjaro, soon to lose all its icefields
12/30/2006 from Blue Planet:
The disappearance of the glaciers is causing trouble for the humans, animals and plants that have relied on fresh water from the melting glacier ice.
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Image: Mount Kilimanjaro, soon to lose all its icefields © Greenpeace International
12/29/2006 Four Rwandans who settled in Britain were last night arrested in a coordinated operation after their home country sought their extradition in connection with its 1994 genocide.
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From: Guardian Unlimited
Related: [Rwanda] [United Kingdom]
Syyskuussa taisteluja Keniaan paenneita somalialaisia
12/29/2006 Maailman ruokaohjelma WFP on joutunut lopettamaan humanitaarisen avun jakamisen helikoptereilla Somalian tulva-alueille maassa puhjenneiden väkivaltaisuuksien vuoksi. Väkivaltaisuudet häiritsevät myös ruoka-avun toimittamista maanteitse. Somalia kärsii pahimmista tulvista lähes kymmeneen vuoteen. Niitä ennen maata koetteli ankara kuivuus.
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Related: [Somalia] [Emergency Relief] [Environment] [Conflict]
Image: Syyskuussa taisteluja Keniaan paenneita somalialaisia
12/29/2006 Suomen Punainen Risti välittää ulkoministeriön myöntämän miljoonan euron avustuksen Somalian taistelujen ja tulvien uhrien auttamiseksi. Varat käytetään Kansainvälisen Punaisen Ristin ja Somalian Punaisen Puolikuun tekemään avustustyöhön. Kansainvälinen Punainen Risti on huolissaan erityisesti haavoittuneista, sotavangeista sekä sodan jalkoihin jääneistä siviileistä.
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From: Punainen Risti
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12/29/2006 Thousands of people have fled their homes, and at least 13 people have been killed and dozens injured, as rival militias clashed in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
* Smugglers' boats capsize, leaving 17 dead and 140 missing
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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UNHCR is pre-positioning relief supplies in the region around Somalia, where thousands of civilians are reportedly being displaced by fighting. Here, Somali refugees who fled fighting in September receive jerry cans and other supplies in Dadaab, north-eastern Kenya. © UNHCR/J.Adongo
12/28/2006 The World Food Programme has suspended its helicopter operation delivering humanitarian aid from the Somali port of Kismayo and both its air drop operation and passenger flights from Kenya into Somalia, the organisation said on Wednesday.
* UNHCR positioning staff and relief items as thousands flee Somalia fighting
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Image: UNHCR is pre-positioning relief supplies in the region around Somalia, where thousands of civilians are reportedly being displaced by fighting. Here, Somali refugees who fled fighting in September receive jerry cans and other supplies in Dadaab, north-eastern Kenya. © UNHCR/J.Adongo
12/27/2006 Cazze-optikkoketju ja Suomen World Vision ovat solmineet yhteistyön. Tämän tuloksena Helsingin Kampin ostoskeskukseen valmistuvan silmälasitaideteoksen käytetyt silmälasit toimitetaan Suomen World Visionin kummilapsihankkeeseen Kenian Meibekiin silmälaseja tarvitseville paikallisille asukkaille.
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From: Suomen World Vision
Related: [Kenya] [International Cooperation]
12/26/2006 The Famine Early Warning Systems Network has warned of the potentially "catastrophic" effects of all-out war in southern Somalia, where 1.1 million people are already facing a humanitarian crisis and 500,000 are seriously affected by floods.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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12/26/2006 The Uganda government's end of year deadline for the return home of all internally displaced people in northern Uganda looks unlikely to be met.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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12/22/2006 Riski hyönteisten levittämän verenvuototaudin leviämisestä kasvaa Kenian tulva-alueella, jossa Suomen Punaisen Ristin lähettämät klinikat parhaillaan työskentelevät. - Kenian viranomaisten mukaan maan koillisosassa tautiin on kuollut 11 ihmistä ja 40 eläintä kolmessa eri paikassa, kertoo kolmen liikkuvan klinikan työtä koordinoiva lääkäri Teuvo Määttä.
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From: Punainen Risti
Related: [Kenya] [Emergency Relief] [International Cooperation] [Rivers]
12/22/2006 Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk in Somalia's flooded crisis areas because of severe water shortages, internal displacement, food insecurity and the threat of escalating violence, according to Oxfam.
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From: Oxfam International
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12/21/2006 Länsi-Etiopiassa puhkesi syyskuun lopulla muslimien ja kristittyjen välisiä mellakoita, joissa menetettiin ihmishenkiä sekä tuhottiin kirkkoja, moskeijoita ja koteja. Etiopian evankelinen Mekane Yesus –kirkko on vedonnut yhteistyökumppaneihinsa avun saamiseksi kotinsa ja omaisuutensa menettäneille sekä kirkkojen jälleenrakentamiseen. Suomen Lähetysseura on myöntänyt tähän tarkoitukseen 15 000 euroa.
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From: Suomen Lähetysseura
Related: [Ethiopia] [Emergency Relief] [Conflict]
12/21/2006 Suomalaisklinikan matka Balen kylään alkoi tiistaina lupaavasti. Tie klinikan tukikohdasta paikan päälle saakka oli kohtalaisessa kunnossa, perille päästiin ongelmitta ja mukaan oli saatu ennätysmäärä vapaaehtoisia auttamaan klinikan pyörittämisessä. Käsiparit olivat tarpeen, sillä kylässä asuin peräti 2000 ihmistä, suuri osa tulvien tieltä paenneita pakolaisia.
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From: Punainen Risti
Related: [Kenya] [Emergency Relief] [International Cooperation]
12/21/2006 Don't drop "smart sanctions"against the Zimbabwe government, two major international trades union groupings urge the European Union.
* Zimbabwe Guide
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From: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Related: [Zimbabwe]
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12/20/2006 The UN will hold an inter-agency meet on communication for development at Addis Ababa on 12-14 February, 2007 to develop a UN-based common approach to C4D in the context of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The meet will be hosted by UNESCO.
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Related: [Ethiopia] [Communication] [ICT] [Civil Society]
Image: UNESCO logo
12/19/2006 Suomen Punaisen Ristin vedenpuhdistusyksikkö on aloittanut toimintansa Buran kylässä Keniassa. Yksikkö puhdistaa paikallisen joen vettä ja kuljettaa sitä alueelle, joissa Punaisen Ristin liikkuvat klinikat toimivat. Yksikön pyörittämisestä vastaa Espanjan Punaisen Ristin tiimi.
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From: Punainen Risti
Related: [Kenya] [Emergency Relief] [International Cooperation] [Rivers]
12/19/2006 Suomen World Vision järjesti jo perinteiseksi muodostuneen Lasten Forum –tapahtuman sunnuntaina 26. marraskuuta kauppakeskus Forumissa Helsingissä. Tapahtumassa lapset pääsivät vierailulle kenialaisen kummitytön, Sharonin, kotiin Kenian Meibekiin.
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From: Suomen World Vision
Related: [Kenya] [Children] [International Cooperation]
12/18/2006 More than 89,000 people in 70 countries have joined a campaign asking Starbucks to stop dragging its feet and to support Ethiopia's ownership of its coffee names--a move that could be very important for the country's coffee farmers.
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From: Oxfam America
Related: [Ethiopia]
12/18/2006 Suomen Punaisen Ristin lähettämät liikkuvat klinikat alkoivat eilen vastaanottaa potilaita Kenian koillisosassa Tana-joen alueella. Suomalaisten klinikalla Morokanin kylässä hoidettiin eilen 126 potilasta, joiden yleisimpiä sairauksia olivat malaria, lasten ripulitaudit ja hengitystieinfektiot. Klinikoiden kiertomatka kyliin alkoi, kerrotaan toisessa uutisessa.
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From: Punainen Risti
Related: [Kenya] [Emergency Relief] [International Cooperation] [Environment]
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