The schools that collapsed on the children should not have collapsed. They were death traps.
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The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is very serious. The need for international aid is big and growing.Jan Egeland
We have enough to keep people alive, but we can't at all change their totally inhuman kind of situation in camps where they cannot live without being attacked.
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We are also assisting the refugees who have fled across the border to Chad. As many of them have been subject to attacks by militia crossing from Sudan, UNHCR is mounting a major logistical operation to establish camps and transfer refugees away from the border zone.
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Based on numerous accounts, including reports from our own staff, the Janjaweed militia are primarily responsible for carrying out the attacks.
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The good news is that we have very good pledges. The bad news is that we still have too few concrete commitments to the U.N. flash appeal.
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I am again appealing for the eviction campaign to stop, there is not enough shelter ready to house those who have been evicted.
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