Families and charities are making renewed calls to urgently bring home Australian women and children trapped in increasingly dangerous Syrian refugee camps.
As the 10-year anniversary of the Syrian civil war is commemorated this week, the Refugee Council of Australia and Save The Children are supporting a push to repatriate Australians who were caught up in the Islamic State (ISIS) caliphate.
Kamalle Dabboussy s Sydney-born daughter Mariam and three young grandchildren are marooned in the mud and misery of al-Roj refugee camp in north-east Syria, among an estimated 60 Aussies stuck there.Â
Kamalle Dabboussy with his daughter Mariam Dabboussy and her daughters Aisha and Fatema in al-Hawl camp.(Supplied)
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Benue begins relocation of about 20,000 IDPs
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By Peter Duru, Makurdi
By Peter Duru, Makurdi
Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, weekend commenced the relocation of close to 20,000 Internally Displaced Person, IDPs, from unpalatable locations in Makurdi town, Daudu and Uikpam in Guma Local Government Area, LGA. It also called on the federal government to pay greater attention to the pitiable condition of IDPs in the state.
The relocation of the IDPs to a newly built camp in Uikpam Guma LGA is being carried out in collaboration with humanitarian partners including Action Aid and Nigeria Red Cross.
Flagging off the relocation exercise, Executive Secretary of Benue SEMA, Dr. Emmanuel Shior said Governor Samuel Ortom approved the new camp to provide a conducive environment for IDPs housed at the LGEA Primary School Daudu, Uikpam host community and those on University of Agriculture Road, Makurdi.
The International Humanitarians Listening to the Land in Appalachia Mar 06, 2021 Christoph and Lauren Herby gave up their desk jobs to start a farm in the mountains. Photography courtesy Lauren and Christoph Herby
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After years spent moving from one country to the next as part of their humanitarian work, Lauren and Christoph Herby wanted two things: a piece of land to call their own and some kind of food or fiber that they could grow there in a sustainable fashion. Finding the first came relatively easy; the second took considerably more work.
The couple first met a decade ago in the Central African Republic, where Lauren was working for the United Nations and Christoph for the International Committee for the Red Cross. Several years and several more stops on the international aid circuit later, the pair couldn’t shake the feeling that something was missing from their lives a home, yes, but a
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The Yemeni government and Houthi rebels accused each other of intransigence after the failure of month-long prisoner exchange talks, another humanitarian setback in the seven-year civil war.
UN special envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths said on Sunday that the talks to release 300 prisoners ended in Amman without results. The prisoners include senior government figures, journalists and academics.
The diplomatic and military landscape has changed in favour of the Iran-aligned Houthis since the two sides exchanged more than 1,000 prisoners in November. The swap was the result of a deal made during an earlier round of talks in Montreux, Switzerland.
Government delegates said a decision by US President Joe Biden to revoke a Houthi terrorism designation emboldened the group, which renewed an offensive this month on the ancient city of Marib.
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