Humanitarian Headlines

by Michael Bear · 2009-05-18 15:39:00 UTC
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[Al Jazeera footage from the fighting in Sri Lanka - thanks to UN Dispatch]

A quick look at the most recent humanitarian headlines:

Congo - Bad things in eastern Congo; as they say, la plus ca change...

- Rwandan militia on killing spree ahead of joint operation (IRIN)
- Busiringi does not exist (Stop the War in North Kivu)

Darfur (and Chad) - Chad bombs Sudan

- Chad ends raids on rebels in Sudan (AP)
- (Sort of) breaking news - Chad bombs Darfur (Stop Genocide)
- Nasty neighbors back at it again (Enough Project)
- Daily Darfur - Rebel goes to the Hague (Stop Genocide)
- Chad - High food insecurity expected to increase through September (FEWS NET)

Pakistan - Over 1 million displaced, and rising

- More than one million displaced in Pakistan (Reuters)
- Female IDPs struggle in unfamiliar settings (IRIN)
- Battle in Pakistan scars region (Wall Street Journal)
- Desperate and destitute, Swat refugees turn to family, friends (Globe and Mail)
- Pakistani army warns civilians as soldiers advance on Taliban town (VOA News)

Somalia - Thousands flee Mogadishu (shocking, I know)

- MSF forced to close a clinic due to heavy fighting in Mogadishu (MSF)
- Militants take key Somali town, fighting rages (Reuters - AlertNet)
- Map - New displacements in April (UNHCR)
- Map - Population displacements out of Mogadishu, May 8-11 (UN OCHA)

Sri Lanka - Over 60,000 flee fighting as last rebel stronghold falls

- Sri Lankan rebels admit defeat, agree to drop guns (Washington Post)
- Sri Lanka's long war in bloody final climax (Reuters AlertNet)
- Sri Lanka's war displaced face hurdles going home (Reuters AlertNet)
- Sri Lanka - Vanni Emergency Situation Report, May 18th (UN OCHA)
- Sri Lankan stock market up - and so is the number of displaced civilians (UN Dispatch)

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