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Sudan 'arming civilians' to fight South Kordofan rebels

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Sudan 'arming civilians' to fight South Kordofan rebels
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Liz Pender
Date: 
April 13, 2012
Source: 
BBC News
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Sudan is arming civilians in South Kordofan as fighting against rebels in the state that borders South Sudan intensifies, the BBC has found.

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In a refugee camp in Kenya, leading by example


April 12, 2012
By Jane Yang

Ahmed Hassan Osman is a supervisor at an IRC stabilization center in Kenya where severely malnourished children receive emergency treatment.

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The Challenges Of Aid Work In Conflict Zones

Submitted by lucy.carrigan on March 12, 2012 - 11:51am
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The Challenges Of Aid Work In Conflict Zones
Date: 
March 12, 2012
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NPR
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In Afghanistan and other conflict zones, the military is often first on the ground, followed by diplomats, contractors and journalists. Next, in many cases, are aid workers: People who work for private organizations and strive to remain impartial in some of the world's most dangerous places.
 

Congo: Past, present and future


February 29, 2012
By Sinziana Demian

Ciaran Donnelly, the IRC’s regional director in Congo.

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Following drought crisis, getting food to hungry Afghans

KABUL, Afghanistan - 02 Feb 2012 -  

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is moving into Afghanistan’s northwest Badghis province, to provide essential humanitarian aid to families in dire need. Badghis, on the border with Turkmenistan, is in the grip of a severe drought, which has left much of the population without enough food.  And the costs for what food there is are climbing. Prices for staples like wheat have increased by as much as 86% in the past year. 

Hundreds of Thousands Still Displaced From Ivory Coast War

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Hundreds of Thousands Still Displaced From Ivory Coast War
Date: 
October 12, 2011
Source: 
International Herald Tribune - The New York Times (Global Edition)
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Ivorians displaced by a post-election civil war this year remain too afraid of reprisals to go home and some are living in squalid conditions, increasingly in need of help, several aid agencies warned this week.
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Actress Rashida Jones teams up with International Rescue Committee to call attention to humanitarian needs of world’s refugees

NEW YORK
16 Sep 2011

Actress Rashida Jones has become an IRC Voice—joining other prominent young artists who use their voices to spotlight the critical needs of refugees and others uprooted by violence and natural disasters, the International Rescue Committee has announced.

Jones recently returned from Thailand, where she visited IRC humanitarian aid programs for tens of thousands of refugees from Myanmar (Burma) – her first trip as an IRC Voice.

South Sudan in desperate need of aid

Submitted by Anonymous on July 12, 2011 - 4:38am
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South Sudan in desperate need of aid
Date: 
July 12, 2011
Source: 
News24.com
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Eva Krafczyk Nairobi/Juba - The South Sudanese marked their independence with celebrations over the weekend, but the work is just beginning. International aid workers assisting the world's newest country to get off to a good start are also facing a challenging programme.

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Independence Day for South Sudan

Submitted by Anonymous on July 8, 2011 - 6:22pm
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Independence Day for South Sudan
Date: 
July 8, 2011
Source: 
Need To Know - PBS
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July 9 is Independence Day for South Sudan, the world’s newest nation. But what should be a time of celebration has instead been marred by bloodshed and fears of a possible return to war.

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Fears of more violence arise before South Sudan independence

Submitted by Anonymous on July 6, 2011 - 10:42pm
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Fears of more violence arise before South Sudan independence
Date: 
July 6, 2011
Source: 
CNN.com International
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(CNN) -- Independence for South Sudan is around the corner, but new satellite images released Wednesday reveal a heavy north Sudanese military presence in an oil-rich border region.

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