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YEMEN: Happy Camping
Three square meals a day, 24/7 electricity and a resident-to-medical staff ratio of less than 400:1 are hardly the facilities one associates with camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), yet conditions in one in northern Yemen are so good that...
YEMEN: Livestock Losses Hit IDP Livelihoods
Thousands of families who lost their livestock in the last round of clashes between the Yemeni army and Houthi-led rebels in the northern governorates of Saada and Amran are at risk of becoming food insecure, according to local officials and aid workers. Read...
CAMBODIA: Strict Penalties Planned for Acid Attacks
Keo Srey Vy’s brother-in-law had been planning to sell his child so he could buy a new motorbike. When she threatened to tell the police, he went to the restaurant where she worked as a cook and doused her face with acid. Read more of the story...
Earthquake Hits Morocco, No Casualties Reported
A magnitude 4 earthquake hit the Atlantic city of Larache in northern Morocco, early on Thursday, without causing any casualties.
SOUTH AFRICA: Drinking the Fog
Gcinikaya Mpumza, mayor of a small municipality perched high in the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa, was saddled with a huge problem: more than half the residents did not have access to water. It was a question of money. Read more of the story here...
TANZANIA: Tackling Drug Abuse in the Islands
From the outside, there is little that sets the three-bedroom house apart from its neighbours in this suburb of Stone Town. But inside, the building offers a rare lifeline to two dozen young men from across Zanzibar trying to kick their drug habits. Read...
YEMEN: Staying Where the Aid is
“It is better for us to stay here and keep the ration cards which allow us to can get aid. Who will give us food at home if we return?” Sultan Abdullah, a father of five living with his family in Amran city, 50km north of the Yemeni capital...
Kenny Chesney And Nature Valley Join to Raise Money for National Parks
Nature Valley® has announced a partnership with Kenny Chesney, four-time consecutive Academy of Country Music and four-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, to raise up to $500,000 for the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)...
