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[AfricaRealities.com] Fwd: Top humanitarian stories this week: Myanmar floods affect thousands, new development goals agreed, fresh fears of Yemen aid shortages

 




     
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The top humanitarian headlines from trust.org this week include:

AFRICA

Nigeria's army says rescued 178 captives of Boko Haram

U.N. peacekeeper killed in clashes in C. African Republic - spokesman

Ebola disrupts Liberia birth records, poses trafficking threat-UN

Only two Ebola cases reported in past week, but risks remain - WHO

Top pro-Gbagbo security officials convicted in Ivory Coast trial

Reality TV hooks Tanzania as women win fame, fortune and farm tools

ASIA

Aid workers struggle to assess needs in flood-hit Myanmar

Civilian casualties rise as Afghan war intensifies in 2015

India signs peace accord with militant tribal separatists

India set to become world's most populous country by 2022 - U.N.

Floods, landslides kill 75, displace thousands in eastern India

From open sewage to high-tech hydrohub, Singapore leads water revolution

EUROPE

Italy coast guard rescues 1,800 sea migrants, five found dead

INSIGHT-The "Jungle" migrants of Calais: a day in the life

GLOBAL

U.N. states agree post-2015 sustainable development agenda

U.N.'s Ban: Obama's climate plan shows U.S. can change world

LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN

UN urges Dominican Republic to prevent deportations of Haitians

MIDDLE EAST

Diversion of aid ships in Yemen spreads fear of shortages

U.N. envoy to Yemen says warring parties increasingly open to peace plan

Anti-Houthi fighters score more gains in south Yemen

Houthis bombed indiscriminately in Yemen's Aden -Human Rights Watch

Turkey says coalition to launch "comprehensive battle" against Islamic State

     
     

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