Sentences with phrase «displaced persons at»

The crowd was made up of Internally Displaced Persons at the Kuchingoro camp, Galadimawa Road, Abuja.

Not exact matches

At least 363 people perished, and more than 2 million people were displaced as a result of these floods which received minimal media coverage globally.

As the article says, many more people will lose their jobs because of this protectionist garbage... why not re-employ the people who are displaced when Arrium goes under instead of three times as many at other companies?

Further, after the emergency has passed, these communities are often displaced or left out of rebuilding initiatives as developers and corporations use the destruction as an opening for permanent displacement of the people who live there and launch rebuilding initiatives aimed at turning a profit and privatizing public services.

However, the total number of people displaced by the storm is still unknown, as at least 65 centres and numerous unofficial displacement sites and host family locations have yet to be assessed.

America's hospitals were beset by an unusual number of calamities in 2017: Fires raged in Northern and Southern California; hurricanes displaced thousands in Houston, Florida and Puerto Rico; the deadliest mass shooting in modern history killed 58 people and wounded more than 500 others in Las Vegas; and an attack at a Bronx hospital in which a doctor turned a gun on his former colleagues, killing one and injuring six.

The council at the centre of the fire disaster says it will do its best to re-house families affected by the deadly fire in the borough but admits some could end up elsewhere in London - as hundreds of people have been left displaced.

At the end of 2013 — even before the Iraq crisis forced an estimated 1.8 million Iraqis from their homes — around 51.2 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced due to «persecution, conflict, generalised violence or human rights violations», according to the UN News Centre.

But one person isn't waiting another minute to help rescue the spirits of the men and women stuck at the Houston convention center that's taking on displaced people.

The commission's top recommendation to address the surge in displaced people is that the US government should raise the ceiling on the number of refugees resettled from 70,000 to at least 100,000, with «additional reserves» for the Middle East.

Bishop Edwin was speaking at the launch on Friday of a new church - led campaign to help rebuild Marawi, five months after the conclusion of the conflict which left 500,000 people displaced.

For many other scientists, however, and for people of a modernistic bent of mind who saw in the sciences «a new messiah,» or at least a directive of life displacing both religion and philosophy, this preoccupation with the immediacies to the exclusion of ultimates meant frankly a secularizing of life, that is, a relinquishing of all ideal or transcendent aspects which hope and wonder might evoke.

Last week I wrote a post on spiritual refugees (people who have left the church and experience feelings of spiritual homelessness) and spiritually displaced persons (those who are still within the church and experience it as unhealthy for them but feel trapped at the same time).

Leon Gersten (at the far left end of the third row back) with other schoolchildren in a displaced persons camp in Germany after the war.

Maybe the people who feel guilty about doubting Jesus will displace their anger at themselves against any skeptic that raises the possibility and causes the doubts to resurface.

At a relief camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Lahore, capital of Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province, donations are coming in.

More than 2.1 million people have already been displaced into camps and at least 200,000 have died in the past four years.

At that time, the displaced people, ex-combatants, military officials, indigenous leaders and other local people I spoke to greeted the news with deep scepticism.

Over 300 Internally Displaced Person's presently at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp in Adamawa State are being relocated by the state government.

«In the same vein, crack troops of 22 Brigade of Operation, LAFIYA DOLE, displayed gallantry on 4th October at about 6:05 pm by intercepting 3 Boko Haram terrorists disguised as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and trying to infiltrate a barrier.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

Group Capt. Azubuike Chukwuka, the Director, Public Health and Humanitarian Services, Air Force Headquarters, stated this while inspecting the ongoing exercise at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) satellite camp, Damboa in Damboa Local Government Area of the state.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has donated 421 trailers of rice totalling 252,666 bags valued at N3.78 billion to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the last 22 months.

The International Crisis Group, a Brussels - based think tank, reports that there have been no fewer than 460 attacks and scores of suicide bombings leading to at least 15,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons.

«Is the Senate president unaware of the more than 1,900 Internally Displaced Persons presently taking refuge at the Aba Central Mosque, the more than 800 IDPs now sheltering in the Aba central police station after the gruesome murder of its Divisional Police Officer and his men?

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through its Medical Services Branch, has organized a medical outreach programme for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Mainok, Benishek and Jakana IDP Camps in Borno State.

The mayor said he sympathizes with residents» concerns about gentrification, development and displacement but echoed his longstanding argument that there are two options: either «do nothing» and watch rents increase and people get displaced or «do something» and at least create new affordable units when developers build luxury housing.

Report says suspected Boko Haram bomber, who disguised as a worshipper detonated his explosives at a camp for people displaced by the insurgency in Dikwa, a town 90 kilometres (55 miles) east of Maiduguri.

As the holder of such a sensitive office that had all the information about security and other sundry issues at his disposal, Dasuki opined that security agencies in the country particularly the military had their hands full presently and were focused on routing the Boko Haram terrorists menace, whose success will also benefit the elections as internally displaced persons would be able to go back to their communities and vote.

«Every window had fire coming out of it, then we watched it creep into our building,» she said of the seven - alarm blaze at 289 Grand St. on April 12, 2010 that ignited three buildings, killing an 87 - year - old man, injuring 33 people and leaving 200 residents displaced.

A special exercise codenamed Operation LAST HOLD, aimed at completely recapturing the northern Borno from remnant of Boko Haram and return displaced persons to their homes...

Meanwhile, as part of their contribution to the host community and also activities marking the Nigerian Army Day Celebration, troops of 28 Task Force Brigade Nigerian Army are right now at the Internally Displaced Persons Camp, Chibok rendering free medical service to the community.

«What the British people expect for the Prime Minister to be looking at what is the country's overall response to these huge numbers of people that we are seeing displaced and fleeing conflict, and that's what he's been focused on over the weekend.»

According to him, President Buhari believes that Mustapha, who has inspired many Nigerians as well as national and international humanitarian organisations, earned the award because of his courage, hard work and extraordinary commitment to the welfare of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country, even at the risk of his life.

Civil Society Organization, CSO on Sunday, confirmed that, 11 people were killed at an Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp located at Banki, a border town between...

Presenting the equipment and items to the beneficiaries, the Commanding Officer noted that the donation was in line with the civil military activities aimed at ameliorating the plights of the Internally Displaced Persons.

Responding to a concern raised by one of the speakers, Kate Henshaw (a Nollywood star and politician) in her presentation about youth participation in the electoral process, the INEC Chairman said, «women, youth, People Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) have always been at the fulcrum of the Commission's plans.»

He maintained that the cases are common in areas recovered from Boko Haram terrorists, including Baga and Kukawa which consist of people living in their homes and those at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps.

Usman said suspected Boko Haram fighters also attacked the village of Gaskeri, near the sprawling internally displaced people's camp at Dalori, outside Maiduguri, on Thursday night.

• Full deduction for disaster clean up expense • Relaxed retirement plan distribution rules — elimination of the 10 percent penalty tax that would otherwise apply on an early withdrawal from a retirement plan and permit individuals to withdraw up to $ 100,000 without penalty to cover storm - related expenses • Housing Exemptions for displaced individuals — would provide additional tax exemptions for individuals who provide free shelter for at least 60 days to anyone displaced by the storm ($ 500 exemption per person, maximum of four exemptions for the year) • Worker retention credit — would extend tax credits to business owners who continued paying wages while their businesses were forced to close.

INSURGENCY: TROOPS FOIL SUICIDE BOMBING OF IDP CAMP; ARREST CHILD SUICIDE BOMBER Vigilant troops of 7 Division Garrison providing security at Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, Dalori in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State yesterday Tuesday afternoon apprehended an 11 year old boy, Master...

While he is at it, he should not forget the bombing of hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons and the doctors and other medical professionals who looked after them at Rann IDP camp in Borno State.

At present, the palace of the Ada Gwom (District Head) of Dong District in Jos North LG, Kaze Inyam, has been turned to an unofficial camp for Internally Displaced Persons where victims come to get food, clothing and temporary shelter.

He also urged Nigerians to remember to provide refuge to those who could not enjoy Christmas at home with their families, or have been driven from their homes by insurgency or violence, particularly the Internally Displaced Persons.

Regionally, the storm is being taken very seriously — New York City has already started an evacuation of low - lying areas that will displace at least 375,000 people.

A group, Human Rights Watch in October released a report claiming that Camp leaders, Police Officers, Soldiers, Vigilante groups and other authorities working at Internally Displaced Persons camp in the North, have been raping and sexually exploiting some of the Female IDPs.

A statement signed by Col. Sani Usman said, «From all indications, the terrorist's aim was causing havoc at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp located at Dikwa.

The acting President, who was in the state to declare open the distribution of 30,000 metric tonnes of assorted grains for the Internally Displaced Persons in the North - East, landed at the Maiduguri International Airport in a presidential jet at about 12.30 pm.

At least 50 persons have been killed and several others missing after gunmen believed to be Fulani militia yesterday attacked some villages hosting internally displaced persons...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday confirmed that six persons were killed in a fire outbreak at Rann Internally Displaced Persons (Ipersons were killed in a fire outbreak at Rann Internally Displaced Persons (IPersons (IDPs)...