United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
IRIN is an Internet-based humanitarian news and information service. It comes under the auspices of the United Nations and is dedicated to improving the response of the international community to humanitarian crises and natural disasters through the provi
Primary web addresses
http://www.irinnews.org
Email
irin@ocha.unon.org
Main Address
UNOCHA House
UN Avenue
Gigiri
PO Box 30218 Nairobi
UN Avenue
Gigiri
PO Box 30218 Nairobi
Country
Kenya
Main Telephone
+2542 622147
Joined OneWorld
16.10.2000
Features
07.04.2009
More than 60,000 civilians have fled the combat zone between government and rebel forces in Sri Lanka in the past two months and tens of thousands of civilians are still trapped, acoording to a UN official.
more...Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka]
05.03.2009
Ice caps on the Rwenzori Mountains are shrinking and could disappear completely in the next few years, experts have said. The likely knock-on effects for ecotourism, food production and water supply are alarming.
more...Related topics/regions: [Uganda] [Disease] [Climate change] [Water/sanitation] [Tourism] [Poverty] [Food] [Agriculture]
Image: Rwenzori mountain peak with its dwindling glaciers, 2008. Image credit: sylweczka
18.07.2008
Today you will understand is a collection of 16 true stories related via radio interviews conducted jointly by a radio project in northern Uganda and members of the Uganda Women Writers’ Association.
more...Related topics/regions: [Uganda] [Gender] [Conflict]
Image: A woman sits by the fireplace in her hut in Oromi camp in Kitgum district, northern Uganda. Women and girls in the camps in northern Uganda also face sexual violence and exploitation by the very soldiers who are supposed to protect them. (Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN)
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