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Syrians seeking refuge in Libya
23 May 2013
(IRIN
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Two years ago Syrians in the relative security of their own country watched the unfolding crisis in Libya descend into a devastating civil war.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98085/Syrians-seeking-refuge-in-Libya
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Libyans in North Africa scared to return home
16 May 2013
(IRIN
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Until government and revolutionary forces attacked the Libyan town of Bani Walid, about 170km southeast of the capital Tripoli in October last year, Abdullah Warfella had been determined never to leave.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98045/Libyans-in-North-Africa-scared-to-return-home
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Arab cities aim to build resilience to natural disasters
29 April 2013
(IRIN
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Prevention may be better than a cure, but for the authorities in Arab cities and towns, natural disasters up to now have been largely about coping with them after they have taken place.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97941/Arab-cities-aim-to-build-resilience-to-natural-disasters
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Thousands of Libyan families displaced in the Nafusa Mountains
2 April 2013
(IRIN
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Relations between ethnic groups in Libya’s northwestern Nafusa Mountains remain tense several weeks after renewed clashes in the town of Mizdah.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97772/Thousands-of-Libyan-families-displaced-in-the-Nafusa-Mountains
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Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab world
20 March 2013
(IRIN
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Nearly 300 government officials, scientists, aid workers and activists from across the Arab world are working together in Jordan to draw up the first joint regional platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97685/Disaster-Risk-Reduction-in-the-Arab-world
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Security of Christian communities “precarious” in Libya - archbishop
15 March 2013
(IRIN
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Various Christian communities in Libya, as well as some Muslim groups, have been feeling increasingly under pressure from hardline Islamist groups since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97653/Security-of-Christian-communities-precarious-in-Libya-archbishop
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Export oil, import water – the Middle East’s risky economics
5 March 2013
(IRIN
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The world’s driest region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is getting drier at an alarming rate.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97596/Export-oil-import-water-the-Middle-East-s-risky-economics
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Analysis: Towards security and good governance in Libya
27 February 2013
(IRIN
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While the main phase of humanitarian operations in Libya closed at the end of 2011, a number of challenges remain: Sixty thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs) await an eventual return home, thousands are still being detained in prisons outside government control, and Libyans in the southern deserts frequently lack access to many basic services.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97554/Analysis-Towards-security-and-good-governance-in-Libya
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Libya’s displaced Tawergha threaten unilateral return
19 February 2013
(IRIN
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Two years on from the start of the Libyan revolution, one major humanitarian issue awaits resolution: the internal displacement of around 60,000 Libyans accused of close ties to the Gaddafi regime and committing abuses during the nine-month conflict.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97504/Libya-s-displaced-Tawergha-threaten-unilateral-return
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Breakdown of Syria aid pledges in Kuwait
1 February 2013
(IRIN
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The international community pledged more than US$1.5 billion in humanitarian aid to Syria on 30 January, in the most successful fundraising conference in UN history - meant to meet the needs of two UN appeals:
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97395/Breakdown-of-Syria-aid-pledges-in-Kuwait
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Hundreds in limbo at camp on the Tunisian-Libyan border
16 January 2013
(IRIN
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The last refugee camp for the tens of thousands who fled the Libyan civil war is due to close, but hundreds face an uncertain future.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97254/Hundreds-in-limbo-at-camp-on-the-Tunisian-Libyan-border
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MIDDLE EAST: 2012 - a year of continuing turmoil
31 December 2012
(IRIN
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While much of the world has been consumed by quickly changing political and security developments in the Middle East this year, longer-term humanitarian issues have also been simmering under the surface – and sometimes in plain – but neglected – view. Here are 10 stories IRIN brought you in 2012.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97155/MIDDLE-EAST-2012-a-year-of-continuing-turmoil
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CLIMATE CHANGE: In the Arab world, building fridges to live in an oven
5 December 2012
(IRIN
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In the last three decades, 50 million people in the Arab world have been affected by natural disasters, many of them extreme climate events, according to a new report by the World Bank. The report projects the horrific scenario of temperatures regularly rising to over 50 degrees Celsius by the turn of the century, which experts fear could lead to countless more disasters.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96974/CLIMATE-CHANGE-In-the-Arab-world-building-fridges-to-live-in-an-oven
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FOOD SECURITY: Locust warning for northwest Africa
25 October 2012
(IRIN
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Swarms of desert locusts are likely to migrate to Algeria, Libya, Mauritania and Morocco in the coming weeks from West Africa and the Sahel region, says the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which urges the four countries to prepare for pest control.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96635/FOOD-SECURITY-Locust-warning-for-northwest-Africa
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Analysis: Not-so-open borders for Syrian refugees?
24 October 2012
(IRIN
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Aid agencies, human rights organizations and local government officials are increasingly concerned about thousands of people who have fled violence in Syria only to end up stuck at border crossings waiting to enter countries to seek asylum.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96629/Analysis-Not-so-open-borders-for-Syrian-refugees
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GLOBAL: New ICC prosecutor vows to focus on victims
30 July 2012
(IRIN
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That a war crimes court should focus on the victims of war crimes sounds like a simple concept.
But many of those living in the African communities where most of the atrocities being prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) took place, have long complained they have been forgotten by this controversial and costly institution based thousands of miles away.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95982/GLOBAL-New-ICC-prosecutor-vows-to-focus-on-victims
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LIBYA: What the analysts are saying post-elections*
17 July 2012
(IRIN
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The recently reported abduction of the president of Libya’s Olympic Committee, Nabil Elalem, highlights the wobbly security situation in a country awash with arms and where a number of militias still appear to be above the law, but slowly, steps towards stability are being taken.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95884/LIBYA-What-the-analysts-are-saying-post-elections
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EGYPT-LIBYA: Misery for stranded refugees
11 July 2012
(IRIN
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Salloum camp in western Egypt about 5km from the Libyan border is home to about 2,000 refugees, failed asylum seekers and third country nationals who fled Libya in 2011 and cannot return to their countries of origin.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95839/EGYPT-LIBYA-Misery-for-stranded-refugees
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AID POLICY: Accountability in Islam
4 July 2012
(IRIN
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The rights-based framework may only have been formally adopted by the international humanitarian and development community in the past decade; but the concept that people in need have a right to assistance has existed in the Muslim world since the birth of Islam.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95742/AID-POLICY-Accountability-in-Islam
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Analysis: A faith-based aid revolution in the Muslim world?
1 June 2012
(IRIN
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Every year, somewhere between US$200 billion and $1 trillion are spent in “mandatory” alms and voluntary charity across the Muslim world, Islamic financial analysts estimate.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95564/Analysis-A-faith-based-aid-revolution-in-the-Muslim-world
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