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MSF urges Kenya not to shut down Dadaab refugee camp
news Al Jazeera And Agencies, 07 May 2016 (9 years ago )Medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) has urged the Kenyan government to reconsider its decision to shut down the Dadaab refugee camp, warning that closure would risk the lives of more than 300,000 refugees. In a statement released late on Friday, Liesbeth Aelbrecht, MSF head of mission i... -
Global harvests strong but hunger persists amid chronic conflict zones
news FAO, 02 Mar 2017 (9 years ago )Food security emergencies are likely to increase 2 March 2017, Rome - Global food supply conditions are robust, but access to food has been dramatically reduced in areas suffering civil conflicts, while drought conditions are worsening food security across swathes of East Africa, according to the... -
Burundi says will not cooperate with U.N. investigation into violence
news Thomsom Reuters Foundation, 24 Nov 2016 (9 years ago )NAIROBI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Burundi's government refused on Thursday to cooperate with a U.N. inquiry into months of political violence, saying accusations of abuses by its officials were part of a political plot. The United Nations announced the inquiry this week to identify perpetrators in the ... -
Boko Haram refugees in Niger find safety, but lack aid
news Aljazeera, 28 Sep 2016 (9 years ago )Diffa, Niger - As Nigerian forces have progressed against Boko Haram, the cornered terror group has been carrying out more attacks in neighbouring countries. In Niger's Diffa region on the northeastern border of Nigeria, more than 280,000 people have been displaced. Most of the displaced, do not... -
Fewer refugees arriving in Greece’s Evros region, but problems remain
news UNHCR, 12 Jun 2018 (7 years ago )PYTHIO VILLAGE, Greece – As dawn breaks over Greece’s north-eastern Evros region, a group of three families with adults and children tramp through Pythio and Thourio, small villages on a country backroad. “We’ve been travelling for three days directly from Kobani,” [on the Syrian border with Turk... -
Ethnic armed groups, opposition parties to meet in Mae Sot
news Myanmar Times, 01 Jul 2014 (11 years ago )Prominent opposition political leaders will travel to Thailand later this week for talks with armed ethnic groups on the peace process and political liberalisation, 88 Generation leader Min Ko Naing says. Min Ko Naing said the meeting, which will be the largest to date between opposition politica... -
Myanmar’s Incomplete Political Transition Is Not ‘Hunky-Dory,’ Says Kerry
news Bloomberg Businessweek, 11 Aug 2014 (11 years ago )Since July 2012, U.S. companies have cumulatively invested $612 million in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). Among the leading corporations hoping to carve out market share in the Southeast Asian country of 60 million, which kicked off political reforms in 2011: Coca-Cola (KO), General Electric (GE... -
Brigade (7) Pilot projects are not yet possible to resettle
news Karen News, 20 Aug 2014 (11 years ago )Hpa-An governor Saw Aung Maung Aye told KIC that “two places of pilot project in KNU Brigade (7) called Maw Po Kay and Mae Ta Ray are not yet possible to resettle because of no water, electricity (or) fire, road and land for working.” The area is 200-100 feet wide, wooden house and zinc roof. To ... -
Myanmar Pomelos Have Strong Potential but Farmers Yields Aren’t Enough
news Myanmar Business Today, 08 Nov 2018 (7 years ago )Myanmar pomelos are receiving increased international interest, and demand is raising from several countries, including China which presents huge market potential for Myanmar, despite this fact local farmers aren’t producing enough to meet the demand. “China wants to buy as much as two container... -