AlertNet Newsdesk

Haiti PM says could take 10 years to rebuild homes

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:52:19 +0000

Source: Reuters * Shelter is quake-stricken Haiti's biggest concern * Most tent camps still lack sanitation By Jim Loney PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Four weeks after an earthquake shattered the capital, ...

Actress Angelina Jolie visits quake-hit Haiti

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:38:47 +0000

Source: Reuters * Hospital, relief sites on U.N. goodwill envoy's schedule * Jolie also saw Haitian children in Dominican Republic PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited ...

UNHCR requests US$69 million to help internally displaced Pakistanis

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:43:54 +0000

Source: UNHCR The UN refugee agency on Tuesday called on donors for an extra US$69 million to help more than 1 million internally displaced people in Pakistan over the next six months.

Canada may expand air commander murder probe

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:38 +0000

Source: Reuters * Head of air base charged with murder, sexual assault * Investigation may lead to other cold cases * Base commander temporarily relieved of duties OTTAWA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Canadian police said ...

SOUTH AFRICA: Foreign nationals attacked with "impunity"

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:37:39 +0000

Source: IRIN Foreign nationals are being attacked with "impunity" in South Africa, a leading human rights organization charged as the latest service delivery protests turned violent and several hundred residents turned their anger on Ethiopian refugees living in Siyathemba township, about 80km east of Johannesburg.

HAITI: Funding gap for nutrition

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:23:35 +0000

Source: IRIN Donors have contributed just 6 percent of the funds sought for post-earthquake nutritional assistance to women and children in Haiti, according to the UN.

SOMALIA: Community leaders pool together to deliver water to IDPs

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:41:09 +0000

Source: IRIN Community leaders in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are filling the gaps in aid distribution by raising funds to assist thousands displaced by fighting, leaders said.

FEATURE-Yemen getting tougher with Somalis on Qaeda fears

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:23:57 +0000

Source: Reuters By Ulf Laessing ADEN, Yemen, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Somalis fleeing war have long found refuge in Yemen, seen as a way station to Saudi Arabia, but fear of al Qaeda infiltration has cooled their welcome ...

Sudan, Chad agree definitive end to proxy wars

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:52 +0000

Source: Reuters * Sudan, Chad agree definitive end to hostilities * Deby-Bashir meeting to help Darfur talks KHARTOUM, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Sudan and Chad agreed on Tuesday to end their proxy wars and engage in ...

Yemen: urgent food aid in Sa'ada and Amran

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:53:46 +0000

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland Almost six months after the latest round of fighting erupted in the north of Yemen, tens of thousands of people, displaced and residents alike, remain dependent on humanitarian assistance provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Yemen Red Crescent Society.