http://www.irinnews.org/Updated everydayen-gbTue, 21 May 2013 09:30:43 GMTTue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>SUKKUR 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.Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/98071/Analysis-How-to-avoid-a-fourth-year-of-serious-flooding-in-PakistanSUKKUR 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.]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>DHAKA 16 May 2013 (IRIN) - Some 50,000 volunteers in coastal communities across southern Bangladesh are out and about warning people to move to higher ground ahead of Cyclone Mahasen. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated so far.Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/98046/Evacuation-volunteers-fan-out-in-BangladeshDHAKA 16 May 2013 (IRIN) - Some 50,000 volunteers in coastal communities across southern Bangladesh are out and about warning people to move to higher ground ahead of Cyclone Mahasen. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated so far.]]>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 13 May 2013 (IRIN) - Bangladesh and Myanmar are bracing for Cyclone Mahasen, a storm which could affect millions in the region, the UN has warned.Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/98024/Bangladesh-Myanmar-brace-for-Cyclone-MahasenBANGKOK 13 May 2013 (IRIN) - Bangladesh and Myanmar are bracing for Cyclone Mahasen, a storm which could affect millions in the region, the UN has warned.]]>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>AQABA 09 May 2013 (IRIN) - 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.Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/98003/Analysis-Getting-governments-to-cough-up-for-DRRAQABA 09 May 2013 (IRIN) - 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.]]>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 06 May 2013 (IRIN) - Unemployment, poverty and political marginalization are contributing to the Islamic radicalization of Kenya's youth, a situation experts say must be addressed through economic empowerment and inclusive policies.Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97982/Countering-the-radicalization-of-Kenya-apos-s-youthNAIROBI 06 May 2013 (IRIN) - Unemployment, poverty and political marginalization are contributing to the Islamic radicalization of Kenya's youth, a situation experts say must be addressed through economic empowerment and inclusive policies.]]>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>AQABA 29 April 2013 (IRIN) - 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.Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97941/Arab-cities-aim-to-build-resilience-to-natural-disastersAQABA 29 April 2013 (IRIN) - 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.]]>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>KATHMANDU 26 April 2013 (IRIN) - It is the nightmare scenario aid workers and government officials have long feared: a massive earthquake striking Nepal’s densely populated Kathmandu Valley, with tens of thousands feared dead.Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97925/Imagining-a-major-quake-in-KathmanduKATHMANDU 26 April 2013 (IRIN) - It is the nightmare scenario aid workers and government officials have long feared: a massive earthquake striking Nepal’s densely populated Kathmandu Valley, with tens of thousands feared dead.]]>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>MANILA 10 April 2013 (IRIN) - As the storm season approaches, officials in the Philippines are turning to seasoned storm emergency responders to help prepare communities that have historically been spared devastation but that now find themselves in harm’s way.Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97816/Philippines-natural-disaster-risks-shift-along-with-expertsMANILA 10 April 2013 (IRIN) - As the storm season approaches, officials in the Philippines are turning to seasoned storm emergency responders to help prepare communities that have historically been spared devastation but that now find themselves in harm’s way.]]>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 28 March 2013 (IRIN) - Parts of southern Somalia are yet to recover from the battering they took in 2010-2011, when severe drought followed excessive rain, and now the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) says insufficient rain may fall in the coming months. "We are concerned - our forecast shows that there is 80 percent probability that rains could trend from normal to below normal across Somalia," said Gideon Galu, a regional FEWS NET scientist based in Africa.Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97744/Will-Somalia-get-enough-rain-this-yearJOHANNESBURG 28 March 2013 (IRIN) - Parts of southern Somalia are yet to recover from the battering they took in 2010-2011, when severe drought followed excessive rain, and now the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) says insufficient rain may fall in the coming months. "We are concerned - our forecast shows that there is 80 percent probability that rains could trend from normal to below normal across Somalia," said Gideon Galu, a regional FEWS NET scientist based in Africa.]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - A changing climate will inevitably have an impact on gender relations in conservative rural communities, but not enough is being done to boost the resilience of women - already disadvantaged by traditions of inequality.Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97727/Gender-relations-are-changing-along-with-climateJOHANNESBURG 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - A changing climate will inevitably have an impact on gender relations in conservative rural communities, but not enough is being done to boost the resilience of women - already disadvantaged by traditions of inequality.]]>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>AQABA 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).Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97685/Disaster-Risk-Reduction-in-the-Arab-worldAQABA 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).]]>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>BRAZZAVILLE 15 March 2013 (IRIN) - An influx of migrants from the countryside into the Republic of Congo's second largest city, Pointe-Noire, is exacerbating a cholera outbreak that began in November 2012. The outbreak infected at least 389 and killed 10, according to the health ministry and local authorities.Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97661/Cholera-outbreak-in-CongoBRAZZAVILLE 15 March 2013 (IRIN) - An influx of migrants from the countryside into the Republic of Congo's second largest city, Pointe-Noire, is exacerbating a cholera outbreak that began in November 2012. The outbreak infected at least 389 and killed 10, according to the health ministry and local authorities.]]>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>GENEVA 15 March 2013 (IRIN) - For three consecutive years, natural hazards have cost the world more than US$100 billion a year, according to new data from the Brussels-based Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), released in Geneva on 14 March. But even this high figure only takes into account primarily insured losses in rich countries, and does not reflect losses in the developing world, said CRED Director Debby Guha-Sapir.Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97655/Tallying-natural-disaster-related-lossesGENEVA 15 March 2013 (IRIN) - For three consecutive years, natural hazards have cost the world more than US$100 billion a year, according to new data from the Brussels-based Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), released in Geneva on 14 March. But even this high figure only takes into account primarily insured losses in rich countries, and does not reflect losses in the developing world, said CRED Director Debby Guha-Sapir.]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>HARARE 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - Laina Tavengwa, 34, from Wedza District in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East Province, no longer sees a point in farming her family’s four-hectare plot.Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97645/Grim-food-security-outlook-for-ZimbabweHARARE 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - Laina Tavengwa, 34, from Wedza District in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East Province, no longer sees a point in farming her family’s four-hectare plot.]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>GENEVA 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - It takes more than weathermen and agriculture experts to design an effective drought response policy.Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97647/Drought-response-requires-getting-development-rightGENEVA 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - It takes more than weathermen and agriculture experts to design an effective drought response policy.]]>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 08 March 2013 (IRIN) - A series of articles exploring what resilience means for vulnerable communities, and its impact on the architecture of aid.Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97594/Building-resilienceJOHANNESBURG 08 March 2013 (IRIN) - A series of articles exploring what resilience means for vulnerable communities, and its impact on the architecture of aid.]]>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>PESHAWAR 07 March 2013 (IRIN) - In his village near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Nazeer Butt, 40, points to his ruined house on a steep mountainside.Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97606/Building-flash-flood-resilience-in-Pakistan-s-mountainous-regionsPESHAWAR 07 March 2013 (IRIN) - In his village near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Nazeer Butt, 40, points to his ruined house on a steep mountainside.]]>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>ISIOLO 06 March 2013 (IRIN) - Inadequate access to information, such as weather forecasts, has hampered Kenyan pastoralists' ability to respond and adapt to climate change, experts say.Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97603/In-Kenya-information-strengthens-pastoralists-apos-resilienceISIOLO 06 March 2013 (IRIN) - Inadequate access to information, such as weather forecasts, has hampered Kenyan pastoralists' ability to respond and adapt to climate change, experts say.]]>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 05 March 2013 (IRIN) - Contrary to popular belief, most rural communities facing recurrent climate shocks learn to adapt, using their own resources and knowledge. Yet many international aid programmes have outside “experts” craft interventions without the involvement of those they seek to help.Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97595/Giving-communities-a-voice-in-resilienceJOHANNESBURG 05 March 2013 (IRIN) - Contrary to popular belief, most rural communities facing recurrent climate shocks learn to adapt, using their own resources and knowledge. Yet many international aid programmes have outside “experts” craft interventions without the involvement of those they seek to help.]]>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 05 March 2013 (IRIN) - The world’s driest region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is getting drier at an alarming rate.Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97596/Export-oil-import-water-the-Middle-East-s-risky-economicsDUBAI 05 March 2013 (IRIN) - The world’s driest region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is getting drier at an alarming rate.]]>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 04 March 2013 (IRIN) - No one working in the aid community in recent years could have avoided the buzzword “resilience” - but what does the term mean practically, and how has it helped shape action on the ground?Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97584/Understanding-resilienceJOHANNESBURG 04 March 2013 (IRIN) - No one working in the aid community in recent years could have avoided the buzzword “resilience” - but what does the term mean practically, and how has it helped shape action on the ground?]]>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 26 February 2013 (IRIN) - When violence broke out following the announcement of Kenya’s poll results in 2007, Henry Mwiterere and his family fled to safety shortly before their house, in the Rift Valley town of Burnt Forest, was burned to the ground.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97545/Kenya-s-HIV-programmes-steel-themselves-for-electionsNAIROBI 26 February 2013 (IRIN) - When violence broke out following the announcement of Kenya’s poll results in 2007, Henry Mwiterere and his family fled to safety shortly before their house, in the Rift Valley town of Burnt Forest, was burned to the ground.]]>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>JORDAN VALLEY 22 February 2013 (IRIN) - The 4,000 people of Fifa village in northwestern Jordan rely on seasonal agricultural work in the Jordan Valley, sheep-breeding, and cash and material assistance from the Social Development Ministry, but they and many others are being driven further into poverty.Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97528/Jordanians-driven-further-into-povertyJORDAN VALLEY 22 February 2013 (IRIN) - The 4,000 people of Fifa village in northwestern Jordan rely on seasonal agricultural work in the Jordan Valley, sheep-breeding, and cash and material assistance from the Social Development Ministry, but they and many others are being driven further into poverty.]]>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 21 February 2013 (IRIN) - After two years of conflict in Syria, waterborne diseases are on the rise, compounding a growing humanitarian crisis. Typhoid and hepatitis A are spreading because water pumps are not running, sewerage systems have broken down, and chlorine for purifying water is running out.Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97518/Diseases-spreading-in-Syria-as-WASH-systems-collapseDUBAI 21 February 2013 (IRIN) - After two years of conflict in Syria, waterborne diseases are on the rise, compounding a growing humanitarian crisis. Typhoid and hepatitis A are spreading because water pumps are not running, sewerage systems have broken down, and chlorine for purifying water is running out.]]>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>CAIRO 21 February 2013 (IRIN) - Scattered pockets of locusts in southern Egypt and northern Sudan are a threat to agricultural land, warns the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Countries along the Red Sea should remain on “high alert and make every effort to find and treat all infestations”, it says.Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.irinnews.org/Report/97522/Egyptian-farmers-fearful-as-locust-threat-loomsCAIRO 21 February 2013 (IRIN) - Scattered pockets of locusts in southern Egypt and northern Sudan are a threat to agricultural land, warns the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Countries along the Red Sea should remain on “high alert and make every effort to find and treat all infestations”, it says.]]>