AFP | July 31, 2011
Armed men shot and killed a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Sunday, officials and witnesses said, in the latest violence to hit Somalia’s war-ravaged capital.
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SOMALIA: Gunmen Kill Somali Lawmaker: official
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SRI LANKA: Imperfect peace. Aid rows in Sri Lanka
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Foreign Aid, Government, Health Care, Internal Displaced Persons, NGOs, Peacekeepers, Property Damage, Refugee Camps, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Nations, tagged aid agencies, humanitarian aid, IDP camps, IDPs, resettlement, Sri Lankan government, UN on March 31, 2010 |
Mar 31st 2010 | From The Economist print edition
NEARLY a year after the end of Sri Lanka’s long civil war, life remains grim for hundreds of thousands of Tamils in the north of the country, displaced in the final months of fighting. Now they face a new threat. International agencies are running out of funds to meet their needs, after the government’s rejection of a United Nations-led mechanism for channelling humanitarian assistance to the country. By March 25th only $15m had been promised for the year, just 4% of the estimated total required for humanitarian aid in the camps and return areas. (more…)
