Sudan: South Sudan expects mass returnees
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: SudanFollowing the recent formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU), it is expected that many more internally displaced People (IDPs) and refugees will...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: Country update - Oct 2005
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: AfghanistanOckenden International currently maintains offices in six provinces of Afghanistan, employing approximately 200 Afghan and 3 expatriate staff to carry...
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World: Bleeding Boundaries: Civil-Military Relations and the Cartography of...
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, WorldThis paper seeks to reflect on the often difficult interplay between humanitarian organisations and the military. It looks...
View ArticleSudan: Woking charity eases the pain in Sudan
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: SudanWoking charity Ockenden International has been to Sudan to explore ways it can help refugees of the country's bitter civil war.Jake Phelan, a research...
View ArticlePakistan: Trip report - Pakistan Earthquake zone, NWFP, 7 - 8 Dec 2005
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: PakistanBalekot -- 7 DecemberThe road through the mountains was only briefly blocked and is now open. The destruction increases the closer you get, as Balekot was...
View ArticleSudan: Rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army attack major town in western...
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: Sudan, UgandaOver the course of the previous two nights security fears have grown in the town of Maridi, southern Sudan, as the rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan earthquake
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: PakistanOn 8 October 200,5 an earthquake devastated parts of northern Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. In Pakistan it is estimated that more than 87,000 people...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan's parliament sworn in
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: AfghanistanFor the first time in 3 decades, Afghanistan has a popularly elected parliament. The last year that an elected national assembly functioned was 1973,...
View ArticleNepal: Nepal developments
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: NepalOckenden International has worked in Nepal for the past three years helping Tibetan refugees. Ockenden's programmes have proved very successful and in 2005...
View ArticleSudan: Sudan: An uncertain return
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Central African RepublicReport on the current and potential impact of displaced people returning to southern...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Ockenden's earthquake response
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: PakistanThe earthquake that struck northwest Pakistan and Kashmir on 8 October 2005 had a devastating effect on most people living in the region. 87,000 people...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: Country update - Feb 2006
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: AfghanistanAfghanistan has been and will remain a challenging environment for Ockenden International to serve its beneficiaries. The confluence of myriad forces...
View ArticleNepal: Nepalese government to issue a new IDP policy
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: NepalThe continued conflict between Maoist rebels and the government in Nepal has had devastating effects on the lives of many of Nepal's people. The war has led...
View ArticleIraq: Iraq crisis deepens
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: IraqAccording to a recent report from the NGO Coordinating Committee in Iraq the humanitarian situation in Iraq remains desperate and may well continue to decline...
View ArticleSudan: Sudan's internally displaced
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: SudanFor many years Ockenden has been working with internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Sudan and in and around the capital Khartoum. We have often...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Life after the earthquake - Two stories of young women
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: PakistanPakistan sustained the heaviest death toll and destruction in its 58-year history after a powerful earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter scale ripped...
View ArticleNepal: Maoists join interim Nepal government
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: NepalA major change in the Nepalese political landscape was announced in Kathmandu on Friday 16 June. Marking a potential end to the 10-year-old Maoist...
View ArticleSudan: Eastern Sudan peace talks succeed
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: SudanOn 19 June 2006, peace talks aimed at settling the complex conflict in eastern Sudan were said to have come to a conclusion. With international focus on...
View ArticlePakistan: Reporting on education project cuts to Afghan refugee communities...
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: Pakistan, AfghanistanOckenden International works in Afghan refugee camps in northern Pakistan, working on education projects with the communities there. We...
View ArticleIraq: Reporting on the expenditure of community assistance projects in...
Source: Ockenden InternationalCountry: IraqSince mid-2005, Ockenden International has been carrying out community assistance projects in Missan governorate in south Iraq. We work with small...
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