News tagged with 'displaced'. Found 13 tagged news.

Sri Lanka floods kill 5, leave thousands displaced

Jaffna :: Sri Lanka | 3 days ago

Keerthi Ekanayake of the Disaster Management Centre said that the northern Jaffna peninsula, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts are inundated with flood water. An estimated 71,000 people are left without homes after persistent rain destroyed thousands...

Tags: displaced, flood, Sri Lanka, Jaffna peninsula

Food items aplenty in the Vanni, warehouses are full to the brim - Commissioner General of Essential Services

Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 29 days ago

Food item are aplenty in stocks available in the Wanni region, where all warehouses are full. Government Agents in Mullaitivu and Kilinochcho are looking for additional buildings to store the new stock of food items arriving weekly, on a regular basis.

Tags: displaced, food item

Iraq Christian displaced return home

Baghdad :: Iraq | about 1 month ago

Posted by Alsumaria

MP Yunadim Kanna affirmed that thousands of Christian families who have fled Mosul City this month have regained home in the past days. Kanna added that hundreds of families have returned as security improved clarifying that the situation in these Districts...

Tags: Iraq, Christians, Mosul, displaced

UNHCR Helping Iraqi Christians in North, Syria

Mosul :: Iraq | about 1 month ago

The United Nations refugee agency says it is helping thousands of Iraqi Christians seeking refuge in northern Iraq and Syria...High Commissioner for Refugees said Friday most of the Christians who have fled persecution in Mosul in the past two weeks have...

Tags: christian, christians, iraq, iraqi, families, attacks, displaced, Syrian-Iraqi, attack, lebanese, Aswat al-Iraq, Mosul, flee

Al Maliki vows to protect Iraq Christians

Baghdad :: Iraq | about 1 month ago

Posted by Alsumaria

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki stressed that Christians are a component of the Iraqi people and enjoy the same rights. In a meeting with French Ambassador to Baghdad Jean François, Al Maliki affirmed that the government will help all displaced...

Tags: Iraq, Al Maliki, Christians, protect, displaced

Iraq pours in police to protect Christians

Mosul :: Iraq | about 1 month ago

He said the reinforcements had been deployed from midnight in the restive northern city, considered by US and Iraqi commanders as the last urban stronghold of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Mr Khalaf added that two investigation teams, one security and the other criminal,...

Tags: christian, iraq, christians, iraqi, attacks, attack, violence, families, Iraqi Kurdistan, flee, displaced, Mosul

PM calls to seize investment opportunities in Iraq (Voices of Iraq)

Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 months ago

The spokesperson quoted Maliki as highlighting the importance of cooperation between ministries and the National Authority for Investment. Maliki added that it is also significant to facilitate all procedures for investors. Meanwhile, the authority's...

Tags: displaced, iraq, Iraqi, Baghdad, displaced families, al-Maliki

Army begins squatter evictions in Baghdad

Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago

The Iraqi army yesterday began evicting squatters occupying the homes of people who fled sectarian violence in Baghdad, but little movement could be seen on the first day of Ramadan for Shias.“The Iraqi forces started today (Tuesday) to evacuate the homes...

Tags: families, iraq, displaced, shia, Baghdad, Iraqi

Lebanon, Iraq Leaders Pledge Closer Ties

Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago

The prime ministers of Iraq and Lebanon have pledged to improve relations and help Iraq deepen its ties with other Arab nations...Mr. Siniora said the reintegration of Iraq into the Arab world is an important goal...Mr. Maliki said they will sign an agreement...

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Kurdish regions 'may explode' in violence

Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago

The presence of Iraqi national forces along the eastern border of Iraq is causing tensions with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, officials said. Iraqi security forces have been deployed to the Kurdish areas in Iraq to ease tensions sparked by the ongoing...

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