Nota semanal sobre emergencias, América Latina y el Caribe
Weekly Note on Emergencies report, Latin America and the Caribbean
Fuente (source) OCHA

HIGHLIGHTS:

MEXICO: Authorities confirm a decrease in activity from the Popocatepetl Volcano – an alert is still in effect.
PARAGUAY: 1,050 people affected by floods, of which half have received…[Read more]

Nigeria: 15th April 2013- Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian president, has imposed a ”state of emergency” in three states in an attempt to curb the increasingly violent attacks by armed group Boko Haram, saying the level of violence called for ”extraordinary measures”. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/05/2013514192543867669.html

Somalia: U.N. Says Somalia Famine Killed Nearly 260,000- Almost 260,000 people, half of them young children, died of hunger during the last famine in Somalia, according to a U.N. report that admits the world body should have done more to prevent the tragedy. The toll is much higher than was feared at the time of the 2010-2012 food crisis in the…[Read more]

A different type of MHPSS situation for once, far away from the war zones and natural catastrophes, and based on the recent events described on the news all over the world. It is a different type of situation, but with many similarities with those we see on the field. “Escaping captivity: Psychological chains are longer lasting” (Source BBC) see…[Read more]

Syria: Number of Syrian refugees increased by nearly 850,000 people in first quarter of 2013 (Source UNOCHA)

Nota semanal sobre emergencias, América Latina y el Caribe
Weekly Note on Emergencies report, Latin America and the Caribbean
Fuente (source) OCHA

HIGHLIGHTS:

GUATEMALA: 1,520 people affected by rains, 90 evacuated and 70 in shelters.
ECUADOR: Lack of rain is affecting several regions in Loja, with an estimated 80 per cent in crops…[Read more]

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Syrie- Mai 2013- “Il n’y a presque plus d’endroits épargnés par les combats” en Syrie, selon le CICR. Même si les statistiques sont problématiques, la Syrie est à bien des égards un très grand conflit. C’est l’endroit où la combinaison entre les besoins humanitaires, la visibilité politique et la compétition stratégique entre différents…[Read more]

Somalia – More than a quarter of a million people are estimated to have died during the recent famine and food crisis in Somalia, and more than half were children under five, making it the worst famine in the past 25 years, according to figures published on Thursday.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/may/02/somalia-famine-worst-25-years