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28 Jan 2013

Escalating violence in northern Mali fuelling hunger in the Sahel

The escalating fighting and displacement of people in Mali and neighbouring countries is exacerbating the Sahel’s chronic food crisis, says Christian Aid.
21 Oct 2012

NGOs want action to stop Afghan displacement camp deaths

Urgent steps are needed if Afghanistan is to avoid a repeat of the deaths among children and adults in the country’s displacement camps last year.
28 May 2012

Churches to accompany communities displaced by climate change

Participants from churches, NGOs, ecumenical and international organisations attended a WCC conference in Bossey last week to address displacement caused by climate change.
9 Feb 2012

Israel asked to cancel plan to forcibly displace Bedouin communities

Amnesty has called on Israel to cancel military plans to forcibly displace around 2,300 Bedouin residents of the West Bank onto an area by a garbage dump.
30 Aug 2010

US and Colombian churches seek rapport on displacement

A US inter-church group has met with Colombian church representatives to discuss issues of internally displaced people and regional relations.
5 Jan 2008

Massive displacement in Kenya as violence continues

As violence continues amid attempts at a settlement following the bitterly disputed elections in Kenya, the number of people displaced has increased to some half million people, according to agencies and NGOs working in the country.