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14 Nov 2009 12:11:00 GMT
Overcrowding in Yemen camps deep concern for aid groups
LONDON (AlertNet) - Already overcrowded aid camps in Yemen are being stretched further as hundreds of people arrive daily as they flee escalating fighting between government forces and Shi'ite rebels that has dragged in neighbour Saudi Arabia, aid organisations said.

Saudi Arabia launched an offensive last week after Yemeni rebels seized Saudi territory along the mountainous border from which they said the Saudis had been allowing Yemeni troops to use to attack their positions.

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10 Oct 2009 13:13:00 GMT
UN aid chief urges more money for Yemen displaced
(updated on Oct 11 to include further delay to UN aid convoy, paragraph 13+14)

LONDON (AlertNet) - United Nations humanitarian officials have appealed for more aid for an estimated 150,000 civilians forced from their homes in northern Yemen by fighting between rebels and the military and voiced alarm over the dire conditions they have to endure.

U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes also called for greater access to displaced people and urged donors to respond quickly to an emergency plea for $23.5 million in aid.

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01 Oct 2009 16:55:00 GMT
Major coastal African cities among most vulnerable to sea level rises
LONDON (AlertNet) - Low-lying Asian nations from Bangladesh to Vietnam have long been thought the most vulnerable to damage if climate change brings rising seas and worsening storm surges.

But a range of major coastal cities in Africa - particularly Lagos and Alexandria - may also bear the brunt of climate-related changes over the next century, according to a report by the Centre for Global Development .

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thumb for Aid group feeds some Yemen displaced despite fighting

17 Sep 2009 17:18:00 GMT
Aid group feeds some Yemen displaced despite fighting
LONDON (AlertNet) - Aid group Islamic Relief said on Thursday it had managed to get food to a small group of displaced people for the first time since fighting erupted in the northern Saada region five weeks ago between the army and Shi'ite rebels.

"Despite continuous fighting and the threats and challenges faced by our staff, we have finally been able to distribute food to families affected by the violence in Saada," Khalid Almulad, Islamic Relief Yemen's country director, said in a statement.

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thumb for Yemen fighting spreads, civilians living under bridges, on roads - U.N.

15 Sep 2009 15:08:00 GMT
Yemen fighting spreads, civilians living under bridges, on roads - U.N.
LONDON (AlertNet) - A month-long conflict between Yemeni government forces and rebels has spread, taking the plight of civilians to alarming levels, with hungry people stranded in the open, on the sides of roads and under bridges, the United Nations said.

However, a U.N. appeal for emergency funds to help up to 150,000 displaced people in the north of the poorest Arab nation has so far met with silence.

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