MIDDLE EAST: IRIN-ME Weekly Round-up 267 for 29 January - 4 February 2010

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Table of contents 1. YEMEN: Officials warn of humanitarian crisis as IDP population doubles 2. EGYPT: Report details north Sinai flood damage 3. YEMEN: Third country resettlement slowing - UNHCR 4. OPT: Psychological trauma, nightmares stalk Gaza children 5. YEMEN: Selling food aid to pay the rent 6. MIDDLE EAST: Experts urge governments to revise water policies 7. Analysis: Yemen's rebellions fuelled by economic meltdown YEMEN: Officials warn of humanitarian crisis as IDP population doubles SANAA, 31 January 2010 (IRIN) - With the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Yemen having reached 250,000, more than double the number that existed before the current round of fighting between the army and Houthi-led rebels broke out on 12 August 2009, aid workers and local officials have warned of a lack of shelter and basic services for them. full report EGYPT: Report details north Sinai flood damage CAIRO, 1 February 2010 (IRIN) - A report on flood damage in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsular was submitted to the Egyptian Cabinet on 28 January. It said flash floods on and after 18 January left 780 homes totally destroyed, 1,076 submerged and the area suffered material losses of over US$25.3 million. full report YEMEN: Third country resettlement slowing - UNHCR SANAA, 1 February 2010 (IRIN) - Deteriorating security in Yemen since August 2009 has negatively affected efforts by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and recipient governments to resettle refugees. Some third country governments were reluctant to send missions to Yemen to process resettlement cases, UNHCR external relations officer in Sanaa Andrew Knight told IRIN. full report OPT: Psychological trauma, nightmares stalk Gaza children GAZA, 2 February 2010 (IRIN) - Mona al-Samouni, 12, is depressed and has nightmares about the day - just over a year ago - when she witnessed her parents and a number of relatives being shot by Israeli soldiers in their home in Zeitoun, southeast of Gaza City. full report YEMEN: Selling food aid to pay the rent SANAA, 3 February 2010 (IRIN) - Some of the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have fled fighting in Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, are selling food aid in the capital, Sanaa, to pay their rent, say an aid worker and some IDPs. full report MIDDLE EAST: Experts urge governments to revise water policies AMMAN, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) - Governments in the Middle East must put aside political differences, rethink water management and revise strategy and policy in using water otherwise the region will face a dire future, scientists have warned at an international conference in Jordan. full report Analysis: Yemen's rebellions fuelled by economic meltdown SANAA, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) - From the Shiite rebellion in Saada in the north to the surge of secessionist movement in the south and the dangerous alliance forged between tribes and Al-Qaeda in the east, one factor unites analyses of the forces pulling Yemen apart: the failure of its economy. full report

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