Richard Meares
Richard Meares is an AlertNet correspondent in London. He previously worked as a Reuters journalist in Germany, former Yugoslavia, South Africa and Britain.
In wars and disasters, old people get left behind
Author: Richard Meares
LONDON (AlertNet) - "When the gunfire starts, everyone has to take off suddenly in whatever direction he can, without knowing where that's heading," said Boniface Banabanga, a Congolese grandfather who hasn't seen his children since he fled when fighting reached his village last year.
He grabbed his wife and some of their grandchildren and set off for safety, ending up in a camp near the city of Goma, many days' walk from his home near Rutshuru in the turbulent northeast, he told AlertNet by telephone.
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Author: Richard Meares
LONDON (AlertNet) - "When the gunfire starts, everyone has to take off suddenly in whatever direction he can, without knowing where that's heading," said Boniface Banabanga, a Congolese grandfather who hasn't seen his children since he fled when fighting reached his village last year.
He grabbed his wife and some of their grandchildren and set off for safety, ending up in a camp near the city of Goma, many days' walk from his home near Rutshuru in the turbulent northeast, he told AlertNet by telephone.
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CAR: Malnutrition hits towns as world crisis cuts diamond demand - aid group
Author: George Fominyen
DAKAR (AlertNet) - The global financial crisis has led to an alarming rate of urban malnutrition in the south of the Central African Republic, where diamond mines have closed as demand for the gems falls, the medical relief group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says.
Diamond production fell two thirds over 2008 as mines closed, raising unemployment and cutting incomes, leaving people struggling to feed their families.
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Author: George Fominyen
DAKAR (AlertNet) - The global financial crisis has led to an alarming rate of urban malnutrition in the south of the Central African Republic, where diamond mines have closed as demand for the gems falls, the medical relief group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says.
Diamond production fell two thirds over 2008 as mines closed, raising unemployment and cutting incomes, leaving people struggling to feed their families.
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Aid group feeds some Yemen displaced despite fighting
Author: Richard Meares
LONDON (AlertNet) - Aid group Islamic Relief said on Thursday it had managed to get food to a small group of displaced people for the first time since fighting erupted in the northern Saada region five weeks ago between the army and Shi'ite rebels.
"Despite continuous fighting and the threats and challenges faced by our staff, we have finally been able to distribute food to families affected by the violence in Saada," Khalid Almulad, Islamic Relief Yemen's country director, said in a statement.
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Author: Richard Meares
LONDON (AlertNet) - Aid group Islamic Relief said on Thursday it had managed to get food to a small group of displaced people for the first time since fighting erupted in the northern Saada region five weeks ago between the army and Shi'ite rebels.
"Despite continuous fighting and the threats and challenges faced by our staff, we have finally been able to distribute food to families affected by the violence in Saada," Khalid Almulad, Islamic Relief Yemen's country director, said in a statement.
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Climate change forming dangerous high-altitude lakes
Author: Richard Meares
LONDON (AlertNet) - Melting glaciers and landslides are combining to create huge high-altitude lakes in the Himalayas that could cut off water to millions of people - and then sweep away towns when they collapse, a leading geologist said.
Quakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides and tsunamis may become more frequent as global warming changes the earth's crust itself, scientists heard on Sept. 16 at a conference on the climate's effects on geology.
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Author: Richard Meares
LONDON (AlertNet) - Melting glaciers and landslides are combining to create huge high-altitude lakes in the Himalayas that could cut off water to millions of people - and then sweep away towns when they collapse, a leading geologist said.
Quakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides and tsunamis may become more frequent as global warming changes the earth's crust itself, scientists heard on Sept. 16 at a conference on the climate's effects on geology.
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Warming could bring fire and brimstone, tsunami and quake - scientists
Author: Richard Meares
LONDON (AlertNet)- Quakes, volcanic eruptions, giant landslides and tsunamis may become more frequent as global warming changes the earth's crust itself, scientists warned on Wednesday.
Climate-linked geological changes could also trigger "methane burps" - the release of a potent greenhouse gas, currently stored in solid form under melting permafrost and the seabed, in quantities greater than all the carbon dioxide in our air today.
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Author: Richard Meares
LONDON (AlertNet)- Quakes, volcanic eruptions, giant landslides and tsunamis may become more frequent as global warming changes the earth's crust itself, scientists warned on Wednesday.
Climate-linked geological changes could also trigger "methane burps" - the release of a potent greenhouse gas, currently stored in solid form under melting permafrost and the seabed, in quantities greater than all the carbon dioxide in our air today.
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