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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... heavy monsoon rains and flooding exacerbated the humanitarian situation," said EU aid commissioner Louis Michel. In a statement, Michel also condemned the recent killing of a 28-year-old aid staffer, who worked for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on a shelter project financed by Brussels. "I am appalled by the assassination of this brave and committed young aid worker in...
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The Pump Handle (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Zimbabwe: “Cholera is a disease of destitution that used to be almost unknown in Zimbabwe,” Louis Michel, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, told The Associated Press. He was referring to a time when Zimbabwe was a breadbasket of the region. But during the past decade this nation has plunged into ruin, one reason being the confiscation of white-owned farms...
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... and Sudan). There are also around 2.600 refugees from Darfur in the north-east of the CAR. Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, said: "The European Commission continues to provide humanitarian assistance to around 200.000 vulnerable people in the Central African Republic to limit the terrible suffering of so many uprooted families. However, both...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... statement explains that interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has also written to Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, and told him “the interim Government will take a step back to provide external political space for consultations needed, and in this context it has invited external mediators from the Commonwealth, the UN and Pacific...
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
"I'm shocked at the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe and call upon the authorities there to respond quickly to this cholera outbreak by allowing full assistance from international humanitarians and regional partners," said Louis Michel, the EU commissioner responsible for the bloc's humanitarian aid.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... shocked at the deteriorating humanitarian crisis," said European development commissioner Louis Michel, urging the government to allow full assistance in from abroad.President Robert Mugabe had blamed the country's crumbling health system and economy on sanctions imposed by Western countries after Mugabe seized thousands of white-owned farms starting in 2000 that were redistributed...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... outbreak by allowing full assistance from international humanitarians and regional partners," said Louis Michel, the EU commissioner responsible for the bloc's humanitarian aid. The European Commission says it is the main donor to the vulnerable populations of Zimbabwe, having provided more than 500 million euros in direct support to the population since 2002. On Monday, authorities...
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Burgundy-Report (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
I visited Domaine Comte Liger-Belair a little later in the year than has been my ‘tradition’, but this gave me the opportunity see the stunning ‘extension’ to the cuvérie that has seen a crane dominate the Vosne sky-line for over 1 year. When you or I talk of an extension, we don’t really talk of the same thing(!) Louis-Michel’s extension not only provides a fabulous new space for working...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... from open trade, while protecting some of their key interests over a long period of time," said Louis Michel, the European commissioner for development and humanitarian aid. "They have a strong development dimension, and will bring the reforms necessary for economic integration within the region and beyond."But anti-poverty activists accused the Commission of putting pressure on the...
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Global News Blog (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... from open trade, while protecting some of their key interests over a long period of time,” said Louis Michel, the European commissioner for development and humanitarian aid. ”They have a strong development dimension, and will bring the reforms necessary for economic integration within the region and beyond.” But anti-poverty activists accused the Commission of putting pressure on...
