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4 low-tech solutions for communications in emergencies
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Haiti, Indonesia, Philippines, World
Humanitarian workers are increasingly turning to ‘medium-low’ or ‘low-tech’ solutions as some of the infrastructure that is needed to…
Liberia: Ebola survivor likely source of new outbreak
Source: Agence France-Presse
Country: Liberia
There were 30 confirmed Ebola cases reported in the week to Sunday, according to the WHO -- 13 in Guinea, three in Liberia and 14 in Sierra Leone.
Monrovia, Liberia | AFP…
Nepal unveils subsidy-heavy $8.19 bn post-quake budget
Source: Agence France-Presse
Country: Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal | AFP | Tuesday 7/14/2015 - 15:06 GMT
Nepal's government Tuesday unveiled the first budget drawn up since April's massive earthquake, with a focus on funding…
Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights
Source: Assessment Capacities Project
Country: Afghanistan, Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea,…
One million Sudanese children not enrolled in basic schools: Ministry
Source: Radio Dabanga
Country: Sudan
Most of them are girls living in the war-torn states in Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile, senior staff member of the Ministry, Um Kalsoum Mohamed Kheir, noted.
The Sudanese Ministry…
Civilians hardest hit as pledges for humanitarian aid fall far short of deliveries
Source: Inter Press Service
Country: Guinea, Haiti, Liberia, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Syrian Arab Republic, World, Yemen
The under-payment or non-payment of aid has affected mostly civilians in war-torn areas such as Syria and…
Lack of fuel could soon cause more deaths than violence in Yemen - Oxfam
Source: Oxfam
Country: Yemen
Since late March, restrictions on imports by the Saudi-led coalition have reduced the amount of fuel in Yemen to only 20 per cent of what is needed.
Lack of fuel in Yemen caused by the continuing…
Malala warns of education funding threat for Syrian refugees
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic
International community must urgently increase education funding for Syrian refugees to avoid "lost generation", says education activist and…
Only 20% of FAO humanitarian appeals covered
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization
Country: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea, Iraq, Jordan,…
Air strikes, clashes continue to flaunt Yemen truce
RELIEFWEB.INT - Air strikes in support of forces loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi went on, despite a six-day humanitarian truce, which technically took effect just before midnight on 10 July.
Aden, Yemen | 12:40 GMT…