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Photo by Megan McKennaChad

Violence erupted in the capital of Chad after an attack by rebels intent on ousting President Idriss Déby. The Red Cross reported that more than hundreds of civilians were killed and more than 1,000 wounded. more here Read More

Photo by Sandra KrauseMyanmar

Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 3. An extensive area through the Irrawaddy Delta and the former capital city, Yangon, was severely affected. Villages have been wiped out. Many of those affected cannot be reached. more here Read More

REUTERSChina

China’s most devastating earthquake in more than 30 years struck Sichuan province on May 12, leaving 88,000 dead or missing and more than 5 million people homeless. more here Read More

Photo by Lauren HellerNepal

Nepal is one of the poorest nations in the world and has a history of political instability. After a peace accord was signed, ending a 10-year civil war that displaced upwards of 250,000 people, people are now returning home. more here Read More

Photo by Yvonne KemperDemocratic Republic of Congo

In Eastern Congo, women and girls are systematically targeted. The United Nations reports that 27,000 sexual assualts were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone. more here Read More

Photo by Jocelyn CunninghamSierra Leone

Sierra Leone is still recovering from a brutal eleven-year civil war that ended in 2002—a war that left 50,000 people dead and displaced 2 million, nearly half of its population. Most of the combatants were children and young people. more here Read More

REUTERSGeorgia

The conflict erupted when the Georgian military attempted to forcefully regain control of separatist South Ossetia, a pro-Russian region. Russia immediately responded by pouring troops across the Georgian border and bombing key cities. more here Read More

REUTERS/Opheera McDoomSudan

More than 30 people were killed when Sudanese troops raided Kalma, one of Darfur’s largest refugee camps in western Sudan in August. more here Read More

 

Photo by Anna HusarskaKenya

Following the presidential election, an estimated 300,000 were displaced by violence in Kenya. News in the aftermath include reports of a sharp increase in rapes, including brutal gang rapes. more here Read More

Photo by Jocelyn CunninghamZimbabwe

A crescendo of intimidation and violence in Zimbabwe has driven two million over the border to South Africa. The government has ordered all humanitarian aid groups to suspend operations that have been providing food aid to the most vulnerable people. more here Read More

 

Photo by Megan McKennaIraq

The war in Iraq has created the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world. Several million people have left their homes in search of safety. Many refugees have fled to Jordan, a country with already limited resources. more here Read More

 

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