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RELIEFWEB.INT - Source: UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Country: World By Jonathan Fowler YAOUNDE, 20 July 2015 – Africa this week launches a global drive to apply the new Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a…

RELIEFWEB.INT - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Mali, Mauritania MBERA CAMP, Mauritania, July 20 (UNHCR) – Almost 400 people fleeing a renewed outbreak of fighting in northern Mali have sought refuge in Mauritania over…

The app quiz, called 'Fighter, not Killer', is a new tool that will help in the dissemination of the rules that protect civilians in conflict. It's available in English, French and Arabic Can a hospital be targeted if…

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Myanmar More concerted support needed to resolve the plight of displaced people and those with undetermined citizenship, the top official says. YANGON, Myanmar, July 16…

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia,…

A UN program expands to offer practical wisdom for all manner of natural disasters in developing Asian nations. Training in Bangladesh comes just after a powerful earthquakes disrupts nearby Nepal. DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Students like Eidia…

MASSA AIRPORT, ITALY - HEMS Congress has been the most important meeting about air ambulance rescue of the Italian market. With more than 250 professionals, 50 discussants, 42 relators and the most important companies about helicopters and…

The Madrid Fire Department continues to choose Allison fully automatic transmissions for the renewal of its fleet, recently adding an Allison-equipped heavy-duty fire truck for rural applications to its 11 existing Allison-equipped vehicles…

Gruau is the most important manufacturer of LCV in France, and the market of this company – with time – has become global. Created in Mayene (West of France) in 1889, the Gruau Group is today the N°1 in Europe for conversions, designs and…

INTERSCHUTZ PRESSRELEASE - Nordic Solution is a comprehensive recorder system for recording simulation training events at a simulation centre. Nordic Solution is part of the family of Nordic Simulators recorder products, all of which are…