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thumb for Deminers harness hi-tech maps to improve operations

01 Dec 2009 15:06:00 GMT
Deminers harness hi-tech maps to improve operations
LONDON (AlertNet) - Aside from body armour, metal detectors, prodders and a strong dose of courage, hi-tech maps are now an essential piece of kit for teams heading out to clear landmines.

The British aid group MapAction - which provides aid agencies with vital information on the relief effort after floods, volcanoes and earthquakes - has been working with the Mine Advisory Group (MAG) to improve maps for their demining operations.

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thumb for Half a million people flee war in Somalia, UN says

01 Dec 2009 14:33:00 GMT
Half a million people flee war in Somalia, UN says
NAIROBI (AlertNet) - Half a million people have fled war in Somalia this year, with hundreds dying on a perilous crossing across the Gulf of Eden to Yemen, the UN refugee agency has said.

The numbers of refugees this year are the highest since the fighting in the country resumed two years ago, according to the UNHCR, while much of the country's population needs humanitarian assistance.

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thumb for INTERVIEW-Yemen displaced face cholera risk, malnutrition - UNICEF

23 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT
INTERVIEW-Yemen displaced face cholera risk, malnutrition - UNICEF
* New camp to open in a few weeks - U.N. official

* Camp to host up to 12,000 people but may be expanded

* Insecurity, local habits complicate aid work

LONDON (AlertNet) - Malnutrition and the risk of a cholera outbreak are threatening lives at Yemen's main camp for people fleeing fighting in the north, a U.N. official warned on Monday.

Clashes between Yemeni troops and rebels in the northern Saada province have driven 175,000 people from their homes, according to the United Nations.

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thumb for Overcrowding in Yemen camps deep concern for aid groups

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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thumb for UN aid chief urges more money for Yemen displaced

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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