Urban Risk

Coping versus adapting

JOHANNESBURG, 2 April 2012 (IRIN Global) - People often use “coping” and “adapting” interchangeably in the context of disaster response - an issue the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seeks to address in its new report. full report

SYRIA: Unrest affecting entire communities

 REMTHA/MAFRAQ, 27 March 2012 (IRIN Middle East) - As Ramisyah Ali El-Zaabi fled across the Syrian border - scaling a dirt wall, crawling under a fence and dropping to the ground amid gunfire - her eight-month-old daughter slept. full report

KENYA: Many sex workers are married, new report reveals

 NAIROBI, 27 March 2012 (PlusNews Global) - A new survey of commercial sex work in Kenya, the first to include male sex workers, has revealed that 40 percent of female and male commercial sex workers are in marriages or stable unions. full report

ISRAEL: Deportation looms for South Sudan migrants

 TEL AVIV, 27 March 2012 (IRIN Global) - Asylum-seekers from South Sudan living in Israel have until 31 March to return “home” or face deportation, but some have asked to stay, saying conditions are not yet conducive for their safe return. full report

YEMEN: Behind militia lines in Jaar

 JAAR, 27 March 2012 (IRIN Middle East) - At first glance the city of Jaar, in Abyan Governorate near the Gulf of Aden, resembles many Yemeni towns struggling to rebuild after a year of nationwide protests shackled the central government’s ability to provide basic services. full report

TIMOR-LESTE: When do mother tongues divide?

 DILI, 26 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - A proposal to sanction the use of indigenous languages in primary schools in polyglot Timor-Leste has divided members of government, civil society and educators, raising questions about how language can spur harmony - or discord - in the young nation. full report

ISRAEL-OPT: Helping ex-detainee children cope with trauma*

 RAMALLAH, 26 March 2012 (IRIN Middle East) - A year after his arrest and detention by the Israeli military in Bethlehem, Hamza, a 17-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank, is seeing a social worker to try and overcome the trauma he suffered in a small cell with 10 other people. full report

Analysis: Warriors and websites - a new kind of rebellion in Mali?

 MOPTI, 26 March 2012 (IRIN Africa) - In the wake of the coup that deposed Mali’s President Amadou Toumani Touré, military junta leader Captain Amadou Sanogo has stressed a willingness to negotiate with rebel groups reportedly surrounding the northern town of Kidal and reinforcing positions around Gao, 190 km further south. full report

CONGO: Thousands still homeless after munitions blast

 BRAZZAVILLE, 23 March 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Around 14,000 people are homeless in Congo’s capital, Brazzaville, two weeks after munitions in an army barracks exploded killing 223 people, wounding 2,500 and destroying large parts of the city. full report

MALI: Rebellion claims a president

 BAMAKO, 22 March 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré, overthrown this morning by mutinous soldiers, said recently that tackling recalcitrant Tuareg rebels in the north is going to be an ongoing task for future governments. full report

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