27 April 2009 – The United Nations refugee agency today began an emergency airlift operation targeting the some 150,000 people uprooted by intense armed conflict between Government forces and separatist Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka, as the world body’s top relief official continues his visit to the South Asian nation.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), there are at least 50,000 people still trapped in the conflict zone, which has shrunk to less than 10 square kilometres. Read more ...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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