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  • [Pakistan] Akhter Bibi, 35, and a mother of eight, is one of thousands of tenants who lost their homes and all her possessions and now lives destitute in quake-ravaged Pakistani-administered Kashmir. [Date picture taken: 06/20/2006]
    Three years on the scars left by the disaster have still to fade
  • [India] Girl child. [June 2006]
    New handbook seeks to bridge information gap
  • [DRC] A patient in the public hospital in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), May 2006. The poorest people receive little help in such hospitals, as health facilities are at a minimum. It is estimated that about a 1,000 people die ev
    Un patient dans un hôpital de Kisangani : selon des responsables de la santé, l’épidémie de méningite s’est propagée dans la ville (photo d’archives)
  • A crowd at an Islamic Courts Union rally in Mogadishu, Somalia, 20 June 2006. A group of Islamic leaders banded together in a self-appointed court system with Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed as overall leader.
  • [Congo] Pregnant women in a tent at Mindouli hospital, in the Pool, south of Congo. [Date picture taken: May 2006]
    Pregnant women in a tent at Mindouli hospital, in the Pool, south of Congo: Maternal and infant mortality rates remain high in the Congo
  • Militiamen of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) easily mingle with civilians in Mogadishu, Somalia, 20 June 2006. The courts' militia also acted as local police forces, being paid by local businesses to reduce crime.
    Militiamen of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) easily mingle with civilians in Mogadishu, Somalia
  • [Somalia] Since the Islamic courts took control of Mogadishu on 4 June, the streets are calm and people are enjoying relative peace of mind. [Date picture taken: 06/20/2006]
  • A child injured during the fighting for control of Mogadishu, Somalia, 20 June 2006. The Islamic militiamen, loyal to the Union of Islamic Courts in Mogadishu, seized control of the city in June 2006 and have since consolidated control over most of southe
  • [Somalia] Infrastructure in Mogadishu has suffered from one and half decades of neglect. In many parts of the once-beautiful city, ruins of buildings stand out as reminders of the problems Somalia has experienced. [Date picture taken: 06/20/2006]
  • [Somalia] Civilians who were displaced by recent fighting between the Islamic Courts militia and armed men loyal to Mogadishu’s faction leaders. The faction leaders have all fled the city. [Date picture taken: 06/06/2006]
  • The Mogadishu skyline is so serene that it creates the impression that all is well in the capital, Somalia, 20 June 2006. The effective absence of government yields free trade without taxes or regulatory expenditures, making business relatively inexpensiv
  • [Somalia] Internally displaced Somalis in makeshift shelters in Mogadishu, June 2006. Many complain that since the Islamic Courts took control several weeks ago, their plight has not yet been addressed. [Date picture taken: 06/20/2006]
  • [Congo] Mindouli hospital, province of Pool, south of Congo. [Date picture taken: May 2006]
    L'hôpital de Mindouli, dans le département du Pool, manque de tout
  • [Sudan] Suleiman Mohamed Jamous, humanitarian coordinator and senior leader within the SLM/A faction of Minni Minnawi in Musbat, a remote SLM/A stronghold in northwest North Darfur State. [Date picture taken: July 2005]
    Suleiman Mohamed Jamous, humanitarian coordinator and senior leader within the SLM/A faction of Minni Minnawi in Musbat, northwest North Darfur State.
  • [Somalia] Islamic Court militia on patrol in Mogadishu. [Date picture taken: June 2006]
    UIC militia on patrol in Mogadishu
  • [Ghana] At Takoradi harbour, drivers wait for weeks before offloading their heavy duty truckers. [Date picture taken: 12/26/2005]
    Esperança, cautela e críticas em torno da circuncisão masculina
  • [Benin] In Cotonou, Benin's economic capital, people travel on moto taxis called Zemidjans. [Date picture taken: 04/12/2006]
    Shopping in Cotonou and elsewhere in Benin is becoming fraught
  • [Togo] Fishermen repairing nets in Kodjoviakope, Togo - Ghana border. [Date picture taken: 04/11/2006]
  • [Yemen] Democracy conference calls for broader. [Date picture taken: 06/27/2006]
    Democracy conference called for greater cooperation between government officials and civil society activists.
  • [Lebanon] Headquarters of the Beirut Bar Association. [Date picture taken: 06/26/2006]
    Headquarters of the Beirut Bar Association.
  • A child injured during the fighting for control of Mogadishu, Somalia, lies in hospital, 20 June 2006. The Islamic militiamen, loyal to the Union of Islamic Courts in Mogadishu, seized control of the city in June 2006 and have since consolidated control o
  • Islamic court militias on street patrol in Mogadishu after assuming full control of the war-ravaged Somali capital, June 2006. They have brought relative calm to the city, once notorious for insecurity perpetrated by various armed groups loyal to ‘warl
  • [DRC] Maj-Gen Christian Damay, commander of the EUFOR DRCongo force in Kinshasa. [Date picture taken: 06/22/2006]
    Maj-Gen Christian Damay, commander of EUFOR in Kinshasa
  • [Congo] View of Mindouli, in the Pool, south of Congo. [Date picture taken: May 2006]
  • [Lebanon] Illegal mini van drivers are taking customers from traditional taxis. [Date picture taken: 06/25/2006]
  • [Jordan] MP Abdul Rahim Malhas has accused successive governments of “lacking serious motivation” for fighting corruption. “. [Date picture taken: 06/24/2006]
  • [Yemen] Street vendors say they work in an increasingly scary environment. [Date picture taken: 06/25/2006]
    Street vendors say they work in an increasingly scary environment.
  • [Lebanon] Illegal mini van drivers are taking customers from traditional taxis. [Date picture taken: 06/25/2006]
    Mini-van drivers are taking customers from traditional taxis.
  • President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen said he was bowing to popular pressure to seek re-election in September, 24 June 2006. Saleh changed his mind and accepted his party's nomination as the presidential candidate of the General People's Congress GPC, say
  • [Iraq] Alcohol addiction is on the rise in Iraq. [Date picture taken: 06/25/2006]
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Benedicte (L) and Elise, her mother, are both coinfected with AIDS and tuberculosis. They live in Danane, close to the border with Liberia, in the western part of the war-torn country where Doctors Without Borders take care of the populati
    Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) need care and support in Togo
  • [Zambia] Jennifer Mwale says sales are down because of the bird flu panic. [Date picture taken: 06/23/2006]
    The disease has been confirmed in chickens in Juba.

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