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Analysis: The plight of LGBTI asylum seekers, refugees
7 May 2013
(IRIN
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Refugees and asylum seekers face a host of challenges when crossing borders, but the obstacles are particularly pronounced for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) persons, say experts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97989/Analysis-The-plight-of-LGBTI-asylum-seekers-refugees
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Mary Venerato Laki, South Sudan returnee: "We want to go to our own homeland"
6 May 2013
(IRIN
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Years ago, Mary Venerato Laki fled conflict in South Sudan, moving north to Sudan, where she worked as a teacher for 42 years. But after a January 2011 referendum paved the way for South Sudan's independence, Mary, now a 60-year-old widow and sole guardian of four nieces, decided to move back home.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/97980/Mary-Venerato-Laki-South-Sudan-returnee-We-want-to-go-to-our-own-homeland
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The long road home to South Sudan
6 May 2013
(IRIN
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George Malual Deng, 24, has spent two years stuck in a transit site waiting to return to his home in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. He is among 20,000 people who have made a home of sorts in the river port of Renk, waiting for a barge to take them further south.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97981/The-long-road-home-to-South-Sudan
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Renewed fighting worsens Darfur crisis
19 April 2013
(IRIN
),
A recent spate of violence in Sudan’s western region of Darfur has left tens of thousands displaced; humanitarian agencies say they are struggling to access populations in need of support.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97883/Renewed-fighting-worsens-Darfur-crisis
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Regional insecurity adding to Chad's humanitarian needs
12 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Chad is grappling with an influx of refugees and returnees into its south-eastern regions, mainly from neighbouring Sudan, and others from the Central African Republic (CAR) following a series of inter-ethnic clashes in Darfur and a recent coup in the CAR, respectively.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97840/Regional-insecurity-adding-to-Chad-s-humanitarian-needs
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Kony hunt still on after CAR coup
26 March 2013
(IRIN
),
The search for the Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the rainforests of the Central African Republic (CAR) will continue despite the ouster of President François Bozizé by rebel group Séléka, officials say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97737/Kony-hunt-still-on-after-CAR-coup
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Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab world
20 March 2013
(IRIN
),
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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Imprisoned Eritreans complain of being forced to leave Israel
11 March 2013
(IRIN
),
Testimonies of jailed Eritrean migrants and asylum seekers (collected by a local NGO) say officials at Saharonim prison in Israel’s Southern Negev desert are coercing them to sign “voluntary repatriation” forms.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97623/Imprisoned-Eritreans-complain-of-being-forced-to-leave-Israel
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Egypt's turmoil makes life tougher for refugees
28 February 2013
(IRIN
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Osman Sheshy*, a 26-year-old refugee from Eritrea living in the Egyptian capital, remembers fondly the day three months ago when a wealthy Egyptian man asked him to clean his villa for 50 Egyptian pounds (US$7.3).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97562/Egypt-s-turmoil-makes-life-tougher-for-refugees
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African migrants pay high prices to send money home
27 February 2013
(IRIN
),
New data from the World Bank has revealed that African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97557/African-migrants-pay-high-prices-to-send-money-home
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The use and abuse of humanitarian principle
19 February 2013
(IRIN
),
Following the 9/11 attacks and the launch of the Global War on Terror, many humanitarian policy wonks spoke of a new era of heightened aid instrumentalization - that is the use of humanitarian action or rhetoric as a tool to pursue political, security, development, economic, or other non-humanitarian goals, which would muddy humanitarian principles and constrain access to those in need.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97502/The-use-and-abuse-of-humanitarian-principle
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Briefing: Humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Nuba Mountains
14 February 2013
(IRIN
),
The ongoing conflict in Sudan's South Kordofan and Blue Nile states continues to present a major challenge to aid agencies in the region, which say access is urgently required to meet the humanitarian needs of hundreds of thousands of people.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97479/Briefing-Humanitarian-crisis-in-Sudan-s-Nuba-Mountains
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Call for humanitarian access after clashes in North Darfur
8 February 2013
(IRIN
),
The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is calling for better access to tens of thousands of people displaced by recent inter-tribal fighting in gold-mining areas of Sudan's North Darfur State.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97434/Call-for-humanitarian-access-after-clashes-in-North-Darfur
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Analysis: Cash-strapped ICC takes on Mali
29 January 2013
(IRIN
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Concerns are being raised that the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged war crimes in Mali is placing a serious strain on an already over-stretched and cash-strapped institution.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97359/Analysis-Cash-strapped-ICC-takes-on-Mali
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In Brief: Staples, not export crops, key to tackling Africa’s poverty – report
18 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Africa could reduce its poverty levels faster by focusing more on the production of staples rather than export crops, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97278/In-Brief-Staples-not-export-crops-key-to-tackling-Africa-s-poverty-report
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Women without men vulnerable in South Sudan's refugee camps
16 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Mahasa sits in the dust outside the hut she built herself, holding her youngest son in her arms. The 29-year-old mother of four knows how vulnerable she is. "I'm scared," she said.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97260/Women-without-men-vulnerable-in-South-Sudan-s-refugee-camps
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Sudan continues crackdown on opposition groups
15 January 2013
(IRIN
),
A number of Sudanese opposition party leaders are in custody following the signing of an accord, dubbed the 'New Dawn Charter', under which they agreed to overthrow the government of President Omar al-Bashir and institute a federal system of government based on democracy, pluralism and the separation of religion and the state.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97253/Sudan-continues-crackdown-on-opposition-groups
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Fear keeps Abyei residents from returning home
8 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Only a fraction of the 120,000 people who fled the Abyei Area following an invasion by Sudanese troops in May 2011 have returned to their homes, amid fears of repeat military action and uncertainty over the area’s political future.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97191/Fear-keeps-Abyei-residents-from-returning-home
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SUDAN-SOUTH SUDAN: Ayom Nyol, “There is nothing left from the burning”
21 December 2012
(IRIN
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Ayom Nyol is one of several thousand people who have returned to Abyei Town, the once-bustling capital of a region lying on the border between South Sudan and Sudan. Sudan deployed troops there in May 2011, leading most of the population, around 100,000 people, to flee southwards.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/97102/SUDAN-SOUTH-SUDAN-Ayom-Nyol-There-is-nothing-left-from-the-burning
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IDPs: African IDP Convention comes into force
6 December 2012
(IRIN
),
The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 2009, also known as the Kampala Convention, came into force on 6 December; it is the world’s first legally binding instrument to cater specifically to people displaced within their own countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96984/IDPs-African-IDP-Convention-comes-into-force
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