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INTERVIEW-Yemen displaced face cholera risk, malnutrition - UNICEF
23 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT
Author: Olesya Dmitracova

* New camp to open in a few weeks - U.N. official

* Camp to host up to 12,000 people but may be expanded

* Insecurity, local habits complicate aid work

LONDON (AlertNet) - Malnutrition and the risk of a cholera outbreak are threatening lives at Yemen's main camp for people fleeing fighting in the north, a U.N. official warned on Monday.

Clashes between Yemeni troops and rebels in the northern Saada province have driven 175,000 people from their homes, according to the United Nations.

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Overcrowding in Yemen camps deep concern for aid groups
14 Nov 2009 12:11:00 GMT
Author: James Kilner

LONDON (AlertNet) - Already overcrowded aid camps in Yemen are being stretched further as hundreds of people arrive daily as they flee escalating fighting between government forces and Shi'ite rebels that has dragged in neighbour Saudi Arabia, aid organisations said.

Saudi Arabia launched an offensive last week after Yemeni rebels seized Saudi territory along the mountainous border from which they said the Saudis had been allowing Yemeni troops to use to attack their positions.

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UN aid chief urges more money for Yemen displaced
10 Oct 2009 13:13:00 GMT
Author: Astrid Zweynert

(updated on Oct 11 to include further delay to UN aid convoy, paragraph 13+14)

LONDON (AlertNet) - United Nations humanitarian officials have appealed for more aid for an estimated 150,000 civilians forced from their homes in northern Yemen by fighting between rebels and the military and voiced alarm over the dire conditions they have to endure.

U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes also called for greater access to displaced people and urged donors to respond quickly to an emergency plea for $23.5 million in aid.

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Major coastal African cities among most vulnerable to sea level rises
01 Oct 2009 16:55:00 GMT
Author: Laurie Goering

LONDON (AlertNet) - Low-lying Asian nations from Bangladesh to Vietnam have long been thought the most vulnerable to damage if climate change brings rising seas and worsening storm surges.

But a range of major coastal cities in Africa - particularly Lagos and Alexandria - may also bear the brunt of climate-related changes over the next century, according to a report by the Centre for Global Development .

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Aid group feeds some Yemen displaced despite fighting
17 Sep 2009 17:18:00 GMT
Author: Richard Meares

LONDON (AlertNet) - Aid group Islamic Relief said on Thursday it had managed to get food to a small group of displaced people for the first time since fighting erupted in the northern Saada region five weeks ago between the army and Shi'ite rebels.

"Despite continuous fighting and the threats and challenges faced by our staff, we have finally been able to distribute food to families affected by the violence in Saada," Khalid Almulad, Islamic Relief Yemen's country director, said in a statement.

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