Wednesday June 16

Darfur refugees

UNICEF Director Speaks Of Conditions In Dafur

It is clear to me that a worsening crisis is upon us. We must do all we can to avert a humanitarian disaster. The number of displaced people – already estimated at close to 1 million men, women and children – continues to grow. As the rainy season begins, it is now a race against time to provide children and their families with basic, life-saving services: clean water and sanitation, nutrition, shelter and health care.

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G8 to boost development assistance to Africa: African and developed countries are to devise a joint plan by next year to transform broad commitment to the continent's development into concrete action, the executive of Africa's growth plan said on Tuesday.

'Africa is losing the war on poverty' : Efforts to halve the number of Africa poor's by 2015 are far behind schedule, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, saying the pace of progress could be accelerated at a "fraction of the cost of the Iraq war".


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