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Afghanistan

JSDF Provides $17.9 million to Co-finance Provision of Basic Health Services in Afghanistan

Source: World Bank, Government of Japan, Government of Afghanistan

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, March 14

Source: Reuters - AlertNet

Toll in Afghan suicide attack hits 35: official

Source: Agence France-Presse

D.R. Congo

DR Congo: First Person - Life as a Child Soldier

Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

RD Congo/Bukavu : marche des femmes contre les violences sexuelles

Source: Radio Okapi

RD Congo : Les habitants de Kole toujours retranchés en forêt

Source: Radio Okapi

Indonesia

Indonesia: Landslide in Cianjur claims seven lives; three missing

Source: Jakarta Post

Indonesia: More dead victims found in Cianjur landslide

Source: Jakarta Post

Indonesia: RADICALISATION AND DIALOGUE IN PAPUA Asia Report N°188 11 March 2010

Source: International Crisis Group

Madagascar

Tropical storm Hubert leaves 14 dead in Madagascar

Source: Agence France-Presse

Tropical storm lashes Madagascar, kills at least 14

Source: Reuters - AlertNet

Réduction des risques et catastrophes: la CRM s'investit dans l'EVC

Source: Croix-Rouge Malagasy

Somalia

Seventeen dead in Somalia land clashes

Source: Agence France-Presse

U.S. has no plan to 'Americanize' Somalia conflict

Source: Reuters - AlertNet

SOMALIA Food Security Update March 2010

Source: Famine Early Warning System Network, US Agency for International Development

Sudan

French hostages freed in Sudan: government

Source: Reuters - AlertNet

Sudan: Liberation Movement for Justice about to sign agreement with G'ment on Tuesday

Source: Miraya FM

UNAMID brings together leaders in South Darfur on Doha Declaration

Source: UN-AU Mission in Darfur

Uganda

Ugandas Kony may have moved to Darfur, Musevini says

Source: Sudan Tribune

ICC Outreach Unit joins women in war affected communities in celebrations marking International Women's Day in Uganda

Source: International Criminal Court

Humanitarian Action in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Weekly Bulletin, 12 March 2010

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

More stories from Medair

12. March 2010

First Shelter

Haiti -

Medair’s Emma Le Beau shares the emotional responses of families living in earthquake-affected Jacmel, Haiti.

25. February 2010

We Used to Die in Darkness

Southern Sudan -

Medair’s emergency response team helped combat a deadly disease outbreak in Jonglei state, Southern Sudan.

5. February 2010

No Place For a Baby

Haiti -

Families urgently need safer and sturdier shelters in devastated Jacmel, Haiti

8. January 2010

The People's Road

Afghanistan -

A road construction project in Afghanistan’s remote Surkh Joi and Shahi valleys impacts the region in surprising and transformative ways.

15. December 2009

Life for Women in Afghanistan

Afghanistan -

Hear the voices of some of Afghanistan’s women in a region where Medair is working to improve community health through better water and sanitation (WatSan).