Refugees/IDPs

Time running out for “forgotten” refugees

JAMAM, 3 April 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Under the sweltering sun, women at Jamam refugee camp, in South Sudan's Upper Nile State, dig through the clay of a dried up waterhole in their search for water. full report

MALI: Looting halts aid work in chaotic north

 BAMAKO/DAKAR, 3 April 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Malians in the northern towns of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu are hiding in their homes in fear following the weekend takeover by rebel groups, during which hospitals, health clinics, government buildings, and most NGO and UN offices and warehouses were looted, and in some cases destroyed, leaving the bulk of humanitarian operations suspended. full report

KENYA: Several thousand displaced after fresh clashes in Isiolo

 ISIOLO, 2 April 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Hundreds of families in the central county of Isiolo have been displaced as deadly clashes pitting the Borana, Somali and Turkana communities escalate. full report

CONGO: Cholera hits munitions blast displaced

 BRAZZAVILLE, 2 April 2012 (IRIN Africa) - A cholera outbreak is adding to the woes of thousands of people displaced by a huge munitions blast in the Congolese capital Brazzaville about a month ago, say officials. full report

Analysis: Reassessing international access in Myanmar

 YANGON, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - Access for international aid workers in Myanmar shows signs of improving, but aid workers say huge challenges remain. full report

MYANMAR: What next for the Rohingyas?

 BANGKOK, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - As Myanmar gears up for a by-election on 1 April, experts and community leaders are divided over what the ongoing reforms may hold for the Rohingya people, a stateless Muslim ethnic group living in the country’s Northern Rakhine State. full report

MYANMAR: Hundreds of political prisoners still behind bars

 MAE SOT, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - Human rights groups say hundreds of Burmese political prisoners remain incarcerated, despite an amnesty in January, when about 600 of the most prominent activists were released. full report

MYANMAR: Refugees and dissidents react to reforms

 CHIANG MAI/MAE SOT, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - How much does it take to repair trust once it is broken? How welcoming does home need to be to coax someone to return? IRIN met with Burmese exiles, dissidents and refugees living in northern Thailand to discover their reactions to ongoing reforms in Myanmar. full report

MYANMAR: OVERVIEW

 YANGON, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - As millions of Burmese go to the polls on 1 April, expectations are high for real change. Across this Southeast Asian nation and abroad there is an unprecedented sense of hope not seen in decades following a wave of political reforms now described by Myanmar's own government as "irreversible". full report

Briefing: Myanmar’s ethnic problems

 MAE SOT, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - Mutual distrust, power struggles and tension over the hoarding of resources, including gold, gems and timber, have characterized the long history between the rulers of Myanmar - primarily of Burman background - and the many other smaller ethnic groups that comprise this Southeast Asian nation of more than 50 million. full report

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