World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Displacement
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Floods displace over 900 in Rubavu
A total of 924 houses were destroyed and three people injured following heavy rains which triggered floods in Rubavu District on Saturday, provincial authorities said yesterday. The rains which started
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A fair share for women: toward more equitable land compensation and resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique
A Fair Share for Women: Toward More Equitable Land Compensation and Resettlement in Tanzania and Mozambique finds that, despite constitutional commitments to gender equality, governments in Tanzania and
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Angola: Over 2,000 People Left Homeless in Moxico Storm Aftermath
Luena — At least 2,330 people have been left homeless in eastern Moxico province after heavy torrential rains in the region which destroyed 466 houses. A report from the Provincial Command Civil Protection
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Mwashetani against mining in Lunga Lunga, says locals hurt
Lunga Lunga MP Khattib Mwashetani on Tuesday said no exploration activities will be allowed in the subcounty by the Ministry of Mining. He said the activities could displace poor locals from their land
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Charity warns malnutrition threatens 4.7 mln children in East Africa
An international charity warned on Monday that 4.7 million children across East Africa risk dropping out of school this year due to malnutrition arising from displacement sparked by drought and conflict.
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Malawi: Scores Displaced in Incessant Malawi Flooding
Lilongwe — TORRENTIAL rains and flooding have left more than 100 households in central Malawi. The inclement weather has hit parts of the Southern African country since Wednesday. Some 105 households
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The legal face of corporate land grab in Chhattisgarh
In the entire mineral rich region of Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, where even non-Naxal areas (Posco, Kathikund, Kalinganagar, Narayanpatna, Potka) are seeing brutal police repression, mining seems
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Somalia: Government plans to reduce famine threat
The United Nations is warning humanitarian assistance will remain vital to millions over the next six months. Somalis have been particularly vulnerable to food shortages due to drought and the displacement
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UN says over 5.5 mln displaced across Horn of Africa by end 2017
More than 5.5 million people were displaced across the Horn of Africa by the end of December 2017, including around 4.1 million internally displaced and 1.4 million living in the region as refugees and
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UN say conflict, hunger uproot 700,000 South Sudanese in 2017
About 700,000 people were forced to flee South Sudan in 2017 as refugees to neighboring countries due to conflict, hunger and disease, the UN humanitarian agency said on Thursday. The UN Office for