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Militants vow to block aid workers in Somalia

An al-Qaida-linked militant group has said it will not allow banned aid organisations to return to southern Somalia, meaning only a handful of agencies will be able to respond to the worsening famine.

Fri, 22 Jul, 2011

10,000 death toll after months of Libyan unrest

THE UN has sent food for 50,000 people to west Libya as aid groups scrambled to reach trapped civilians and rebels put the death toll from two months of fighting at 10,000.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2011

Libya’s food chain at risk of collapse, warns UN agency

THE UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday warned that Libya’s food supply chain was “at risk of collapsing“, as aid agencies raised fears that many people were trapped inside the country.

Sat, 26 Feb, 2011

Relief effort gains a foothold as troops and supplies get through

US MILITARY helicopters swooped down on Haiti’s wrecked presidential palace to deploy troops and supplies yesterday as a huge international relief operation to earthquake survivors gained momentum.

Wed, 20 Jan, 2010

Call for humanitarian corridors in Yemen

UN aid agencies today called on the government of Yemen and rebels to ensure humanitarian access to civilians caught up in fighting that flared up in the north last month.

Tue, 01 Sep, 2009