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The political protests and violent crackdown in Libya has caused nearly 250,000 people to flee, mainly into neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt, and to a lesser degree into Niger.

A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan this morning. It unleashed a major tsunami which has caused major damage in the country.

CARE warns that the mostly forgotten crisis in Côte d’Ivoire has the potential of escalating into a regional humanitarian disaster unless a larger-scale aid effort is put into place.

While the floodwaters and heavy rains that began in December last year have largely ceased, over a million Sri Lankans now face the difficult task of recovering from the devastation caused to their property and livelihoods.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (January 28, 2011) – 100 days after the first confirmed cases of cholera in Haiti, CARE continues to step up the emergency response in rural areas where death rates are alarmingly high and access to prevention and treatment still difficult.

As ministers arrive in Cancún one of the most urgent issues they need to resolve is loss and damage for small island states. CARE International calls for decisive action to overcome this deadlock in the negotiations.

CANCUN, MEXICO (December 8, 2010) - In the final days of the Cancún climate negotiations, CARE calls on Parties not to bargain with the lives of poor people but to put them at the centre of their efforts to tackle climate change.

CANCUN, MEXICO (December 11, 2010) – After two weeks of difficult negotiations the Climate talks in Cancun finally delivered concrete results, according to CARE International. “We welcome the important progress made but we should be cautious because the…

The rain in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro began late on Wednesday, January 12th, and in a few hours had left over 650 dead and thousands homeless in eight counties.