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Floods test Nigeria’s preparedness 27 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
LAGOS, 27 August 2013 (IRIN) - Heavy rains have unleashed floods in parts of Nigeria, testing the country's emergency preparedness one year after its worst flooding in decades.
Mahamat Haroun Dahab, farmer, Chad: "What we really need here is schools, a flour mill and water" 27 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
TADJOU (TISSI DISTRICT), 27 August 2013 (IRIN) - The southeastern Chad border district of Tissi has seen an influx of people fleeing violence in neighbouring western Sudan, among them Chadian national...
My journey back to Somalia 27 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
MOGADISHU, 27 August 2013 (IRIN) - My journey back to Somalia, my home country, was a dream and a choice I always wanted to achieve. I wanted to live on the soil of my ancestors away from the congeste...
"Neglected" Bihari youth battle stigma in Bangladesh 27 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
DHAKA, 27 August 2013 (IRIN) - More than five years after Bangladesh's High Court granted them citizenship, many young Biharis continue to struggle against stigma in their quest for a better future.
Philippine flood victims still in need 26 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
KAWIT, 26 August 2013 (IRIN) - One week after heavy rains triggered large-scale flooding across much of the Philippines capital, Manila, and surrounding coastal areas, officials are still struggling t...
Former Darfur refugees scraping by in Chad 26 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
TISSI, 26 August 2013 (IRIN) - Thousands of former Chadian refugees who fled conflict in their country between 2004 and 2009 for neighbouring Darfur in Sudan, have been returning home in the past few ...
Clashes in DRC’s Ituri District displace thousands 26 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
BUNIA, 26 August 2013 (IRIN) - Thousands of people have been displaced by clashes between government forces and an armed group in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Ituri District, accordi...
Analysis: What future for private sector involvement in humanitarianism? 26 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
DUBAI, 26 August 2013 (IRIN) - The private sector's involvement in humanitarian action is likely to continue to growing in coming years. But to have a sustained and positive impact, humanitarians must...
Where aid work and the private sector meet 26 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
NAIROBI, 26 August 2013 (IRIN) - The private sector has long been a participant in global humanitarian work, providing cash and material donations. But private enterprises are increasingly becoming di...
Mohannad Hamdnallah - Flood victim, Sudan: “Our house has completely collapsed” 23 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
KHARTOUM, 23 August 2013 (IRIN) - More than half a million people in 16 of Sudan's 18 states have been affected by flooding since early August. The worst affected is Khartoum State, where some 36,000 ...
