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Malnourished children among the thousands fleeing Sudan's Nuba Mountains

Articles: 5, Last update: May 24, 2012 8:03:00 PM, Start: May 24, 2012 3:48:00 PM

Sources: 5 , Peak: 107, Current rank: 142, Previous rank: 133, Change: +150%

Articles published more than 10 minutes ago

U.S. State Department Warns Of 'Instability' Following Arab Spring

Source country globalsecurity Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:52:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] refugees[2]; conflicts[2]; victims[1]; displaced persons[2];

Entities: Alexander Lukashenko[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Viktor Yanukovich[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov[1]; Serzh Sarksyan[1]; Islam Karimov[1]; Shahbaz Bhatti[1]; Yulia Tymoshenko[1]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Golnaz Esfandiari[1]; Emomali Rakhmon[1]; Heather Maher[1]; Ilham Aliyev[1]; Salmaan Taseer[1];

Other categories: Consumers; Terrorist Attack; Fight against Fraud; Society; Consumer Affairs; Liberties; Conflict; Immigration; Discrimination; Human Trafficking;

Quotes in this article

Hillary Rodham Clinton said: "Many of the events that have dominated recent headlines, from the revolutions in the Middles East to reforms in Burma (Myanmar), began with human rights, with the clear call of men and women demanding their universal rights,"

In a new report, the U.S. State Department calls last year’s uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa “inspirational."...

Articles published more than 20 minutes ago

MALI / AIDE HUMANITAIRE: La difficulté d’accéder aux populations déplacées du nord du Mali

Source country rfi-fr Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:36:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] personnes déplacées[2]; réfugiés[1]; Croix-Rouge[2]; aide humanitaire[2]; AIDE HUMANITAIRE[1];

Entities: Bourhan Ghalioun[1]; Ansar Dine[1]; Remi Dourlot[1];

Other categories: EuropeAid Co-operation Office; Conflict; Natural Disasters; Humanitarian Aid;

L’Organisation internationale des migrations (OIM) cherche à secourir les personnes déplacées, au nord du Mali. Depuis fin mars et début avril, cette zone de conflit est sous contrôle de groupes armés dominés par al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (Aqmi) et la rébellion touareg du Mouvement national de libération de l’Azawad (MNLA)....

Articles published more than 1 hour ago

Fitch Assigns 'A+' to Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (FL) PLA/CLA..

Source country nieuwsbank Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:01:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] Emergency[2]; CONFLICTS[1]; EMERGENCY[1]; emergency[10];

Other categories:

[ Donderdag 24 mei 2012 | Business Wire ] May 24, 2012 02:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time Fitch Assigns 'A+' to Citizens Property Insurance Corp...

4 Aid Workers Confirmed Kidnapped in Afghanistan

Source country nytimes Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:50:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] food aid[1]; emergency[1]; Medair[3];

Entities: Alissa J Rubin[1];

Other categories:

The four are employees of Medair, an international humanitarian organization that specializes in emergency relief work and also does food aid and nutrition projects....

Tsvangirai trip to China riles Zanu PF

Source country thezimbabwemail Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:39:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] food aid[2]; Food aid[1];

Entities: Joseph Made[1]; Morgan Tsvangirai[1];

Other categories: Food Security & Aid; UN Bodies;

As if irked by the travel to China by Zimbabwean Prime Morgan Tsvangirai, the Herald is on the war path, attacking him from left, right and centre....

FEMA: FEMA Urges Preparedness for Hurricanes and Severe Weather

Source country 7thspace Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:22:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] Emergency[1]; emergency[5];

Other categories:

Hurricane Season begins June 1, 2012, FEMA is providing additional tools for federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officials to alert and warn the public about severe weather. Using the Commercial Mobile Alert System, or CMAS, which is a ......

Coming weeks critical to tackle Sahel hunger – U.N. humanitarian chief

Source country trust Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:15:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] food aid[1]; emergency[2];

Entities: Valérie Amos[1];

Other categories: Food Security & Aid; UN Bodies;

Quotes in this article

Valérie Amos told: “The critical period is in the next few weeks before the rainy season starts and things become even more difficult to get aid to the people,”

Valérie Amos said: “Over the next three to four weeks we have to have an additional push to do more,”

Valérie Amos said: “It is important that we don’t just do immediate relief but we help people to restore their livelihoods. People need to plant so that in the next harvest they people have something to eat,”

Next three weeks crucial in getting aid to people before the rainy season starts...

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Benin: Meningococcal disease: situation in the African Meningitis belt

Source country reliefWeb Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:03:00 PM CEST | info

Trigger words: [Echo] Emergency[1]; Humanitarian Aid[1]; emergency[1]; Red Cross[1];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases; UN Bodies;

Source: World Health Organization Country: Benin , Burkina Faso , Central African Republic (the) , Chad , Côte d'Ivoire , Gambia (the) , Ghana , Mali , Nigeria , Sudan (the) 24 May 2012 - From 1 January to 17 April 2012 (epidemiologic week 17), outbreaks of meningococcal disease have been reported.......

Mali: Minister Costello announces €7.25 million in emergency assistance for Sahel, Sudan and South Sudan

Source country reliefWeb Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:03:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] food aid[1]; emergency[8];

Entities: Joe Costello[1];

Other categories: Food Security & Aid; UN Bodies;

Quotes in this article

Joe Costello said: “I have been monitoring the humanitarian crisis in the Sahel closely and in February approved €5 million to provide emergency food and healthcare to those in crisis. While that funding provided vital assistance to thousands of people, the needs are growing and it is now estimated that 15 million people do not have enough to eat. "Mindful of the race against time, I have authorised an additional €4.25 million in assistance. The majority of this funding will support large-scale UN agencies, such as the World Food Programme and UNICEF, as well as key NGO partners who are working in the region, to deliver specialised food, nutrition and emergency healthcare”

Source: Government of Ireland Country: Mali , Burkina Faso , Chad , Ireland , Mauritania , Niger (the) , Senegal , South Sudan (Republic of) , Sudan (the) Minister of State for Trade and Development, Joe Costello, today announced €7.25 million to provide emergency food, water and healthcare to.......

Sudan and Somalia sign memo of understanding on Humanitarian Aid

Source country suna-sd-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:01:00 PM CEST | info

Trigger words: [Echo] Humanitarian Aid[6]; humanitarian aid[1];

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Khartoum, May 24 (SUNA) - Sudan and Somalia has signed a memo of understanding on humanitarian aid where the Commissioner General of Humanitarian Aid Dr. Suleiman Abdal-Rahman signed on behalf of the government of Sudan and the Director General of Disasters' Management Agency Abdal-Hakeem Ahmed Joleed for the Somali government....

Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid refutes allegations of MSF

Source country suna-sd-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:01:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] Humanitarian Aid[5]; humanitarian aid[1];

Entities: Abdul Rahman[1]; Sans Frontiers[1]; Darfur State[1];

Other categories: Security Council; UN Bodies; Humanitarian Aid;

Khartoum,May24 (SUNA)- The Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Dr.Suleiman Abdel-Rahman Suleiman, has refuted allegations made by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on procedure that has been taken by the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) to block the transportation of medicines to the health center in Kagoro area, North Darfur State....

Moscou demande à Washington le rapatriement d'un pilote condamné

Source country rian-fr Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:44:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] rapatriement[3];

Entities: Aleksandr Konovalov[1]; Konstantin Iarochenko[2];

Other categories: Drugs;

La Russie a adressé aux Etats-Unis une demande de rapatriement du pilote Konstantin Iarochenko, condamné par la justice américaine, a annoncé jeudi le ministre russe de la Justice Alexandre Konovalov dans une interview accordée à la chaîne télévisée Russia Today....

Communiqué de presse - Droits de l'homme: Azerbaïdjan, retour des refugiés nord -coréens

Source country dg-comm-fr Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:41:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] réfugiés[3]; Réfugiés[1]; rapatriement[1];

Entities: Catherine Ashton[1];

Other categories: Catherine Ashton; Conflict; EU Foreign Affairs Representative;

Séance plénière : Toutes les actions visant à supprimer la liberté d'expression et de réunion en Azerbaïdjan doivent cesser immédiatement, souligne une résolution adoptée par le PE jeudi. Le concours de l'Eurovision de la chanson 2012 du 26 mai à Bakou, devrait fournir l'occasion à l'Azerbaïdjan de.......

African Union assesses Sudanese refugees

Source country upi Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:37:00 PM CEST | info

Trigger words: [Echo] refugees[6]; displaced persons[2]; Refugees[1];

Entities: Antonio Guterres[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies;

JUBA, South Sudan, May 24 (UPI) -- An African Union subcommittee on refugees, returnees and internationally displaced people was winding up a humanitarian assessment in South Sudan Thursday....

Raccolta di fondi della Diocesiper aiutare le popolazioni terremotate

Source country corriere Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:35:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] Caritas[10]; caritas[1];

Entities: Angelo Scola[1];

Other categories: Natural Disasters;

Contributi per i residenti e le parrocchie del Mantovanoe dell'Emilia Romagna che sono stati colpiti dal sisma...

Emergency plan launched for endgame of polio eradication

Source country france24-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:33:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] Emergency[2]; emergency[3];

Entities: Kalyan Banerjee[1]; Melinda Gates[1]; Margaret Chan[2]; Anthony Lake[1];

Other categories: Public Health (general); Communicable Diseases; UN Bodies;

Quotes in this article

Kalyan Banerjee said: "We know polio can be eradicated, and our success in India proves it,"

Anthony Lake said: "We have come so far in the battle against this crippling disease. We can now make history -- or later be condemned by history for failing,"

The international group tasked with ridding the world of polio said on Thursday it was shifting to "emergency mode" as the fight enters its final stretch. Polio remains endemic in just three countries -- Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan -- after India was taken off the list in February....

2012 Hurricane Season Approaches | Business Wire

Source country nieuwsbank Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:31:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] Emergency[1]; emergency[5];

Other categories: Natural Disasters;

[ Donderdag 24 mei 2012 | Business Wire ] May 24, 2012 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time 2012 Hurricane Season Approaches Florida Residents Urged to Prepare TAMPA, Fla...

AFGHANISTAN: L'ONG suisse Medair confirme l'enlèvement de quatre de ses employés en Afghanistan

Source country rfi-fr Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:28:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] aide alimentaire[1]; Medair[5];

Entities: Mario Draghi[1]; Bourhan Ghalioun[1]; Ratko Mladic[1];

Other categories: European Central Bank; Natural Disasters; Security; EU - Latin America; EU-Asia; Humanitarian aid;

Quatre membres de l'ONG suisse Medair ont été enlevés mardi 22 mai 2012 au soir dans le nord-est de l'Afghanistan, dans la province du Badakhshan. La confirmation a été donnée ce jeudi par l'organisation elle-même. La nationalité des salariés n'a pas été donnée mais un officiel afghan affirmait.......

Articles published more than 3 hours ago

Man struck by Luas awarded €650,000 by High Court

Source country independent-ie Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:01:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] emergency[5];

Other categories:

A MAN who sustained serious injuries when he was struck by a tram as he crossed a Luas line has settled his High Court damages action for €650,000....

Ghana's Witch Camps Slow to Close

Source country voanews Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:50:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] Camps[1]; ActionAid[1]; camps[14];

Other categories:

ACCRA - In northern Ghana, efforts are under way to disband six shelters for women accused of sorcery, known as "witch camps." Policy makers and some non-profit groups are working together to get the women reintegrated into their communities, but the plan is running into obstacles....

ACT Alliance Alert: Congolese seek refuge in Uganda

Source country alertnet Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:35:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] refugees[5]; ADRA[1]; emergency[1]; Red Cross[1];

Entities: Bosco Ntaganda[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies;

Depending on the availability of funds and how the situation evolves, ACT Forum members in Uganda will prioritize provision of water and sanitation services, as well as clothes for the vulnerable and NFI....

U.S. State Department Warns Of 'Instability' Following Arab Spring

Source country rferl Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:32:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] refugees[1]; conflicts[2]; displaced persons[1];

Entities: Alexander Lukashenko[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Viktor Yanukovich[1]; Serzh Sarksyan[1]; Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov[1]; Islam Karimov[1]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Yulia Tymoshenko[1]; Ilham Aliyev[1];

Other categories: Consumers; Terrorist Attack; Fight against Fraud; Society; Consumer Affairs; Conflict; Immigration; Human Trafficking;

In a new report, the U.S. State Department calls last year’s uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa “inspirational," with citizens in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, and Syria standing up and demanding their universal rights, greater economic opportunity, and participation in their countries’ political future....

Togo : Les étudiants togolais à Cuba crient « Sos rapatriement »

Source country afriscoop Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:19:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] rapatriement[4];

Entities: Faure Gnassingbé[1];

Other categories:

) Réuni en conseil des ministres ce mercredi 23 mai 2012 sous la direction de Faure Gnassingbé, l’exécutif togolais s’est réjoui du déblocage de plus de 5 milliards de fcfa ces derniers mois pour soulager la désespérance dans le monde universitaire au Togo, aussi bien pour la population estudiantine.......

Articles published more than 4 hours ago

Tentative de cambriolage à La Poste

Source country estrepublicain Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:56:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] catastrophe naturelle[2];

Entities: André Rossinot[2];

Other categories: Natural Disasters; Manmade Disasters;

Chagey. Ce week-end, la poste de Chagey a été victime d’une tentative de cambriolage. La porte d’entrée présentait alors des traces de pesées ......

État de catastrophe naturelle après les orages du début de semaine ?

Source country dna-france Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:37:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] catastrophe naturelle[2];

Entities: Guy-Dominique Kennel[1];

Other categories: Natural Disasters;

Suite aux orages du début de semaine, Guy-Dominique Kennel, le président du conseil général, va saisir le préfet du Bas-Rhin afin qu’il introduise auprès du Gouvernement toutes les procédures destinées à obtenir la reconnaissance de l’état de catastrophe naturelle pour les communes concernées....

Centre de réinsertion des enfants en conflit avec la loi, d’El Mina L’ONG « Terre des hommes » au chevet des jeunes détenus

Source country quotidien-nouakchott Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:32:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] victimes[5]; Terre des hommes[7]; terre des hommes[1];

Entities: Ely Ould Mohamed Vall[1];

Other categories:

L’Ong italienne "Terre des hommes" a signé lundi 21 mai, un accord de partenariat avec le centre de réinsertion des enfants en conflit avec la loi, d’El Mina. L'accord porte sur le renforcement des capacités du centre dans le domaine de l'appui technique ainsi que sur la réalisation d'un centre de réserve à règlement spécifique....

The situation is critical in South Sudan

Source country trust Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:15:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] refugees[8]; Danish Refugee Council[3]; emergency[2]; camps[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies;

There is urgent need for clean water and emergency relief for 10,000 Sudanese refugees who have crossed the border to South Sudan - DRC...

Polio eradication shifts into emergency mode

Source country reliefweb-headlines Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:11:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Echo] Emergency[5]; emergency[5];

Entities: Kalyan Banerjee[1]; Melinda Gates[1]; Margaret Chan[1]; Anthony Lake[1]; Thomas Frieden[1];

Other categories: Influenza A(H1N1)n; Public Health (general); UN Bodies;

Quotes in this article

Margaret Chan said: “Polio eradication is at a tipping point between success and failure,”

Kalyan Banerjee said: “We know polio can be eradicated, and our success in India proves it,”

New cases at lowest levels ever, but funding gap threatens progress Geneva, Switzerland 24 May 2012 – Despite the dramatic drop in polio cases in the last year, the threat of continued transmission due to funding and immunization gaps has driven the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)to launch an Emergency Action Plan....

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