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Analysis: Nigerians on the run as military combat Boko Haram
22 May 2013
(IRIN
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Tens of thousands of residents of northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State have fled their homes - thousands of them into neighbouring Niger and Cameroon - following airstrikes by Nigerian fighter jets on Boko Haram (BH) camps from 15 May.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98076/Analysis-Nigerians-on-the-run-as-military-combat-Boko-Haram
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Analysis: How to avoid a fourth year of serious flooding in Pakistan
21 May 2013
(IRIN
),
Since 2010, monsoon rain in Pakistan has brought with it some of the biggest seasonal flooding in living memory.
Two months from this year’s rains, weather forecasters are already predicting above normal rainfall and in some areas standing water has yet to drain away from last year’s monsoon.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98071/Analysis-How-to-avoid-a-fourth-year-of-serious-flooding-in-Pakistan
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The making of the Hyogo2 disaster prevention framework
17 May 2013
(IRIN
),
A month after the Indian Ocean tsunami struck in December 2004, affecting millions, 168 countries signed on to a 10-year plan to make the world safer from natural hazards. Yet the plan, the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015, focused primarily on “what to do to prevent disasters, but not enough on how to implement it,” says Neil McFarlane, chief coordinator and head of all regional programmes at the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98058/The-making-of-the-Hyogo2-disaster-prevention-framework
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Briefing: Egypt rethinks its subsidy system for the poor
14 May 2013
(IRIN
),
The Egyptian government has taken tentative steps towards reducing the roughly US$20 billion subsidy system that supporters say provides vital aid to the one-in-four Egyptians in poverty, and critics say is unsustainable and enriches the corrupt.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98031/Briefing-Egypt-rethinks-its-subsidy-system-for-the-poor
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"Sometimes you cannot apply the rules" - Syrian rebels and IHL
13 May 2013
(IRIN
),
In recent months, Syrian rebels have faced increasing criticism for violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights law. For guidance on the laws of war, they turn to a combination of Islamic law, IHL and their own sense of righteousness or, as one expert put it, “revolutionary justice” - with mixed results.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98021/Sometimes-you-cannot-apply-the-rules-Syrian-rebels-and-IHL
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Syrian rebels on IHL: In their own words
13 May 2013
(IRIN
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Like Syrian regime forces, Syria’s multitude of rebel fighters have faced growing criticism in recent months over violations of international humanitarian law (IHL), including war crimes, with groups from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to the UN Commission of Inquiry accusing them of killing opponents execution-style, torturing detainees, taking hostages, including UN peacekeepers, and possibly using chemical weapons. So how do the rebels view IHL principles? What guides their action? Who do they consider a civilian? And what do they think of aid workers?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98022/Syrian-rebels-on-IHL-In-their-own-words
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Analysis: Helping local aid workers build meaningful careers
13 May 2013
(IRIN
),
There has been much talk of decentralizing the northern-centric humanitarian aid sector to give more power to southern staff, but how much has changed over recent years?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98025/Analysis-Helping-local-aid-workers-build-meaningful-careers
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Analysis: Somali security sector reform
13 May 2013
(IRIN
),
At Gashandiga barracks in Mogadishu, Somalia, Pvt Mohamed Sheikh Issak pulled back his military fatigues to show his scarred right shoulder. “I was shot by Al-Shabab when they still controlled half of Mogadishu,” he told IRIN. “I was at home, but they knew I was a soldier.”
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98028/Analysis-Somali-security-sector-reform
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Briefing: The UN’s integrated mission in Somalia
10 May 2013
(IRIN
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Following the unanimous adoption of a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution setting up an integrated mission in Somalia, the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) will be set up for an initial one-year period beginning on 3 June; it will be based in the capital Mogadishu.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98015/Briefing-The-UN-s-integrated-mission-in-Somalia
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Analysis: Getting governments to cough up for DRR
9 May 2013
(IRIN
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Investing in preparation for potential disasters is a “no brainer”, Elizabeth Longworth, director of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), told a recent disaster risk reduction (DRR) conference in Aqaba, Jordan.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98003/Analysis-Getting-governments-to-cough-up-for-DRR
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Analysis: Towards increased services for Syrian survivors of sexual violence
8 May 2013
(IRIN
),
Turkey's camps for Syrian refugees are, by many measures, a model of humanitarian assistance. But one important detail appears to have been overlooked: According to aid workers, nowhere in Turkey's 17 refugee camps can survivors of sexual violence find the level of specialized psychosocial support experts say they so desperately need.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97953/Analysis-Towards-increased-services-for-Syrian-survivors-of-sexual-violence
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Is more force in the DRC more of the same?
8 May 2013
(IRIN
),
The imminent deployment of a UN-backed 3,000-strong international force mandated to “neutralize… and disarm” all armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) marks a switch to a more belligerent international stance towards rebel militia, but has met with scepticism in some quarters.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97999/Is-more-force-in-the-DRC-more-of-the-same
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Analysis: Sending the right message on mHealth
8 May 2013
(IRIN
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We’ve read the stories: From bedridden patients sending text messages to their health workers, to young people receiving HIV prevention messages via SMS, the mobile phone seems to have morphed from communications device to essential life-saver. But is the evidence there yet that mHealth is an effective health delivery intervention for the developing world?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98001/Analysis-Sending-the-right-message-on-mHealth
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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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Analysis: Southeast Asia’s human trafficking conundrum
6 May 2013
(IRIN
),
Tens of thousands of people are vulnerable to being trafficked in Southeast Asia, with governments struggling to understand and respond collectively to the problem, say experts and government officials.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97979/Analysis-Southeast-Asia-s-human-trafficking-conundrum
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Analysis: “Wake-up call” for Bangladesh’s building industry
6 May 2013
(IRIN
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Corpses are still being recovered from Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster ever - a factory building collapse on 24 April that killed at least 600 workers near the capital. Government experts are scrambling to prevent a repeat.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97987/Analysis-Wake-up-call-for-Bangladesh-s-building-industry
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Analysis: A long road ahead for justice in Côte d’Ivoire
3 May 2013
(IRIN
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Wary of a backlash, Côte d’Ivoire’s government has hesitated to charge its own supporters of crimes committed during the 2010-2011 poll violence, something that has raised doubts about its commitment to impartial justice, say analysts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97969/Analysis-A-long-road-ahead-for-justice-in-Côte-d-Ivoire
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South Africa's flawed asylum system
30 April 2013
(IRIN
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South Africa attracts the largest number of asylum seekers in the world, but grants refugee status to very few of them, ranking only thirty-sixth in the world for the size of its refugee population, which the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) puts at about 58,000.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97944/South-Africa-s-flawed-asylum-system
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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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Can disaster risk reduction lessons be learned from China?
29 April 2013
(IRIN
),
China, which annually faces almost every disaster possible - including earthquakes, floods, cyclones and landslides - is doing something right in the field of disaster risk reduction (DRR), experts say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97938/Can-disaster-risk-reduction-lessons-be-learned-from-China
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