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PAKISTAN: Uncertain future for Afghan refugees as deadline looms
13 June 2012
(IRIN
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is calling on the government of Pakistan not to hastily expel Afghan refugees, even as a deadline for their legal stay in the country approaches.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95640/PAKISTAN-Uncertain-future-for-Afghan-refugees-as-deadline-looms
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KENYA: Migrant sex workers off the HIV prevention radar
31 May 2012
(IRIN
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When Redempta*, 22, fled the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) two years ago and came to Kenya, she quickly had to find a source of income to feed and house herself and her two younger siblings. But as an illegal immigrant with no knowledge of local languages, her options were very limited.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95561/KENYA-Migrant-sex-workers-off-the-HIV-prevention-radar
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Analysis: Battle for “hearts and minds” as Yemen crisis deepens
30 May 2012
(IRIN
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The conflict between Yemeni government forces and the militant Ansar Al Shariah group in southern Yemen has worsened the humanitarian crisis in a country where nearly half of the population is facing food insecurity and almost one million children are acutely malnourished.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95554/Analysis-Battle-for-hearts-and-minds-as-Yemen-crisis-deepens
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MIGRATION: Trauma travels too
22 May 2012
(IRIN
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Georgette* is jumpy and on the verge of tears even before she starts recounting her long and harrowing story of loss and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), her desperate flight to South Africa, and the struggles and setbacks she has endured since arriving in Johannesburg a year ago.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95498/MIGRATION-Trauma-travels-too
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In Brief: Bangladesh border killings continue unabated
22 May 2012
(IRIN
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The number of Bangladeshi citizens killed by Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) this year shows no decline, activists say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95503/In-Brief-Bangladesh-border-killings-continue-unabated
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NIGER: What price human dignity
18 April 2012
(IRIN
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Small farmers in Oullam District in Niger’s western region of Tillaberi, faced with their third drought in seven years, are being forced to consider bundling up their few possessions and leaving for good the villages they have lived in all their lives.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95316/NIGER-What-price-human-dignity
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NIGER-CHAD: Is sustainable agriculture possible in the Sahel?
16 April 2012
(IRIN
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With drought conditions chronic in the Sahel, many farmers give up trying to grow crops and head to towns and cities to find work.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95258/NIGER-CHAD-Is-sustainable-agriculture-possible-in-the-Sahel
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MALI: Beyond the drought - “Families will disappear”
13 April 2012
(IRIN
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“It was the drought that made people move away from here,” Ousmane Touré said in Kayes, 450km northwest of Bamako, the capital of Mali, and a 10-hour bus ride across the scorched scrubland of the western Sahel. “There had been a tradition of emigration, but it was when the harvests failed in the 1970s that we saw a real surge in emigration. There was simply not enough to eat, so people took off for France, Germany and the United States. They knew it was only the way of feeding their families back home in Kayes. The same thing is happening this year.”
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95281/MALI-Beyond-the-drought-Families-will-disappear
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KENYA: Sudanese influx strains Kakuma refugee camp
5 April 2012
(IRIN
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Over the past few weeks refugees fleeing violence in parts of Sudan and South Sudan have been arriving in Kakuma refugee camp in northwestern Kenya in large numbers, and aid agencies fear the camp’s capacity could soon be exceeded.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95242/KENYA-Sudanese-influx-strains-Kakuma-refugee-camp
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AID POLICY: Humanitarianism in a changing world*
4 April 2012
(IRIN
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There is “worrying evidence” that the scale and scope of disasters will increase significantly in coming years and “the international community is not prepared,” says Ross Mountain, director-general of Development Assistance Research Associates (DARA), a Madrid-based think-tank which advocates better humanitarian policies.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95237/AID-POLICY-Humanitarianism-in-a-changing-world
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