World: Security Council deplores maritime tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea
Source: UN News ServiceCountry: Libya, World23 April 2016 – The United Nations Security Council has deplored the recent maritime tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea that resulted in up to 500 deaths when...
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Afghanistan: Afghanistan: ICRC activities, January to March 2016
Source: International Committee of the Red CrossCountry: AfghanistanAfghanistan: Keeping the spotlight on humanitarian concernsICRC operations continued apace throughout the first quarter of 2016,...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Interview - Don't let Afghanistan become forgotten crisis - Red...
Source: AlertNetCountry: AfghanistanSource: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:05 GMT By Emma BathaLONDON, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world must not let Afghanistan...
View ArticleIraq: Iraq: Protecting Civilians Key to Mosul Battle
Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: IraqISIS, Iraqi Government Forces Have Record of Laws of War Violations(Beirut) – Iraqi government forces gearing up to drive Islamic State fighters from Mosul should...
View ArticleColombia: Colombia's City of Women: a haven from violence
Source: GuardianCountry: ColombiaWomen who had lost everything to conflict came together in their struggle for survival, learning the skills to build a neighbourhood of 102 homesSibylla Brodzinsky in...
View ArticleNepal: Nepal Earthquake Anniversary: Urgent Protections Needed for Children
Source: PlanCountry: NepalKATHMANDU, NEPAL – With Nepal still struggling to recover from a massive earthquake one year ago, child rights and humanitarian development organisation Plan International is...
View ArticleNepal: A child-headed household perseveres a year after the Nepal earthquake
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: NepalBy Mallika AryalIn the small Nepali village of Puranagaun, a social worker discovers a household where a 17-year-old girl is the sole caretaker of her six...
View ArticleSudan: UNAMID calls for restraint over recent violence in East Darfur
Source: UN-AU Mission in DarfurCountry: SudanThe African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) is deeply concerned over the recent outbreak of violence in East Darfur which on 18...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: Fresh fighting in Syria's Aleppo as Obama rejects...
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Syrian Arab RepublicAleppo, Syria | AFP | Sunday 4/24/2016 - 14:30 GMT by Karam al-MasriRegime and rebel bombardment killed 26 civilians Sunday in Syria's second...
View ArticleIraq: Clashes between Iraqi Kurds, Turkmen kill nine: officials
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: IraqKirkuk, Iraq | AFP | Sunday 4/24/2016 - 09:30 GMT Kurdish peshmerga forces and Turkmen Shiite paramilitaries were Sunday engaged in clashes that have killed...
View ArticleTurkey: Ten wounded as Turkish town hit by Syria rocket fire
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Syrian Arab Republic, TurkeyAnkara, Turkey | AFP | Sunday 4/24/2016 - 10:55 GMTTwo rockets fired into Turkey from an area of Syria controlled by the Islamic State...
View ArticleYemen: Differences persist as Yemen peace talks enter 4th day
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: YemenKuwait City, Kuwait | AFP | Sunday 4/24/2016 - 10:23 GMTUN-brokered Yemeni peace talks in Kuwait entered a fourth day Sunday with government and Shiite Huthi...
View ArticleEquatorial Guinea: Africa's longest-serving leader eyes re-election in...
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Equatorial GuineaMalabo, Equatorial Guinea | AFP | Sunday 4/24/2016 - 09:44 GMT by Michel CARIOUAfrica's longest-serving leader, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema,...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: Israel frees 'youngest Palestinian' girl...
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryTulkarm, Palestinian Territories | AFP | Sunday 4/24/2016 - 14:01 GMT Israel freed 12-year-old Palestinian Dima al-Wawi from prison on...
View ArticleIraq: Iraqi military freezes civilians' return to Ramadi over mine deaths
Source: Reuters - AlertNetCountry: IraqBAGHDAD, April 24 (Reuters) - Iraq's military called for civilians displaced from Ramadi to stop returning home after dozens of them were killed by Islamic State...
View ArticleMali: Mali : l'armée et des milices tuent injustement des Peuls pris pour des...
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: MaliBamako, Mali | AFP | dimanche 24/04/2016 - 20:18 GMTL'armée et des milices au Mali tuent et arrêtent "injustement" des civils peuls pris pour des jihadistes, a...
View ArticleWorld: MSF resumes Search and Rescue activities in the central Mediterranean
Source: Médecins Sans FrontièresCountry: Italy, Libya, WorldValletta, Malta – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has resumed search, rescue and medical aid operations in the central Mediterranean Sea,...
View ArticleEthiopia: Government Strengthens Operation to Free Abducted Children, Women:...
Source: Government of EthiopiaCountry: Ethiopia, South SudanAddis Ababa April 22/04/2016 The effort to get released the children and women kidnapped by Murle gunmen from Gambella Region has gained...
View ArticleNigeria: 1,934,765 IDPs live in formal camps, host communities and satellite...
Source: Government of NigeriaCountry: NigeriaA total of 1, 934, 765 displaced persons are currently living in formal camps, host communities and satellite camps in liberated communities as a result of...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: MONUSCO expresses serious concern about...
Source: UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the CongoCountry: Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa April 23, 2016 - The Special Representative of the Secretary...
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