Pós-desastres e pós-conflitos

Another landslide in Bududa

Published in Monday August 12th, 2013 In In the media

According to a principal nursing officer at Bududa hospital Zeles Nabusayi Wakubona, among those admitted is a 55-year-old Peretina Nabifo of Namirumba village who was hit on the chest after the walls of the house in which she took shelter crumbled and hit her on the chest.

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Rapporteur holds activities on security of tenure and humanitarian aid

Published in Friday June 28th, 2013 In Collection

(Português) Nos dias 27 e 28 de junho, a Relatora Raquel Rolnik participa de atividades sobre segurança da posse no âmbito das questões de ajuda humanitária.

Deadly Storms in Oklahoma Bring Flooding and More Tornadoes

Published in Monday June 3rd, 2013 In In the media

Twelve days after a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed hundreds of homes, this battered city and its surrounding suburbs awoke Saturday morning to the aftermath of Round 2. A storm on Friday set off tornadoes and severe flooding, causing widespread damage around the region and claiming at least nine victims, including two children.

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Mortgage Relief Offered to Oklahoma Tornado Victims

Published in Friday May 24th, 2013 In In the media

The federal government has imposed a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures of homes with mortgages owned or backed by the Federal Housing Administration in areas of Oklahoma devastated by this week’s tornado.

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Oklahoma rescue efforts go on after deadly tornado

Published in Wednesday May 22nd, 2013 In In the media

Rescue efforts are proceeding after a deadly tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, with dozens feared dead. The storm destroyed entire blocks of homes and trapped dozens of school children beneath debris. Rescuers were working to reach survivors after a tornado with winds reaching speeds of up to 200 mph (320 kilometers) devastated the city of Moore, just south of Oklahoma City, on Monday.

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Vast Oklahoma Tornado Kills Dozens

Published in Wednesday May 22nd, 2013 In In the media

A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools. The injured flooded into hospitals, and the authorities said many people remained trapped, even as rescue workers struggled to make their way through debris-clogged streets to the devastated suburb of Moore, where much of the damage occurred.

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Ivory Coast finding reconstruction easier than reconciliation

Published in Monday May 20th, 2013 In In the media

Construction sites loom at every twist and turn of the super six-lane highways that weave around the Ébrié lagoon in the heart of Abidjan. Roads are being widened. New apartment blocks and shopping malls are joining 1970s skyscrapers on the skyline. And the final touches on a shiny new high-rise tower signal the African Development Bank’s return after more than a decade. Two years after the post-election conflict, when more than 3,000 people were killed, Ivory Coast’s economy is bouncing back. With the country relieved of nearly $8bn (£5bn) in debt after reaching completion point of the heavily indebted poor countries initiative, investors are returning and GDP climbed to 9.8% last year.

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Five Years After A Quake, Chinese Cite Shoddy Reconstruction

Published in Tuesday May 14th, 2013 In In the media

The fear is that the post-quake buildings may also have been built with substandard materials and too hastily, since they were completed in just two years, one year ahead of the target date, as local officials vied to impress their superiors with their efficiency.

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Land disputes spark eviction fears in Haiti displacement camps 3 years after quake

Published in Tuesday May 14th, 2013 In In the media

The camp residents managed to protect their homes the day they were menaced but they also brought to life a far-reaching problem. In the few weeks since the confrontation, their plight has become a symbol for what many say is the growing use of threats and sometimes outright violence to clear out sprawling displaced person camps, where some 320,000 Haitians still live.

The standoff set off a chain of events that left several shelters burned and a camp resident dead. It occurred a little more than a week before the human rights group Amnesty International issued a report on the jump in camp evictions in Haiti over the past year.

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Floods in Bukoba, Tanzania, Kill Two and Displace 300 Families

Published in Friday May 10th, 2013 In In the media

Flooding in Bukoba, the capital of Tanzania’s Kagera region, has killed two people and displaced more than 300 families after several of their homes were destroyed, Tanzania’s Daily News reported Wednesday.

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