Development
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South Sudanese refugees relocates to decongest border site
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: This month IOM Ethiopia has relocated some 12,763 South Sudanese refugees from a transit site at the Pagak border entry point to Jewi, Tierkidi and Kule camps in Gambella region. “The situation in South... -
ADB retains forecast of strong growth for Cambodia’s economy in 2016
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Economic developments in Cambodia in 2016 have broadly unfolded as expected, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released today. ADB, in an update of its flagship annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook... -
Anti-bribery citizens ‘Pay No Bribe’ reporting platform opened in Sierra Leone
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Pay No Bribe (PNB) is an innovative reporting platform where citizens can anonymously report incidents of petty corruption and bribery. Citizens can register an incident by calling a hotline phone number (515), the PNB... -
5 children killed in a house fire in Guam
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Five children were killed in a house fire in Guam, officials said on Tuesday, describing the blaze as probably the most deadly in the US Pacific territory’s history. The fire broke out on late... -
Taiwan went into shutdown as Typhoon Megi strikes
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Taiwan went into shutdown on Tuesday as the island faces its third typhoon in two weeks, with thousands evacuated, schools and offices closed across the island and hundreds of flights disrupted. Typhoon Megi is... -
The British Council offices in Bangladesh reopens on 26 September 2016
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: The British Council offices in Bangladesh reopens on 26 September 2016. All public-facing operations and services will resume across the country. After the temporary closure to carry out necessary renovation works, The British Council is... -
World Bank pledges continued support for Afghanistan
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: World Bank Senior Vice President for Operations Kyle Peters pledged continued support for Afghanistan on a two-day visit to Kabul that discussed government preparations for the Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan in Brussels in October... -
On World Rhino Day, Julius Yego ; locks horns with Illegal trade in wildlife
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: Kenyan Olympian Julius Yego locked horns with the illegal trade in wildlife on World Rhino Day, joining a huge global campaign to conserve endangered species. Yego, a silver medalist in the Javelin at the... -
Qatar Red Crescent Society strengthen partnership to provide health care to displaced people in Iraq
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: More than 100,000 Iraqis have been displaced since 16 June 2016 by military operations to retake ISIL-occupied areas in the Mosul corridor. IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix identified that the majority of the recently displaced... -
IOM, Egypt train frontline immigration officers in passport examination
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: IOM and the Egyptian Ministry of Interior (MoI) organized a training from 18 to 22 September for 19 government officials on passport examination procedures in order to strengthen security procedures at Egyptian entry and...
