12840 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-1-7-may-2018MYANMAR. About 6,800 people have been newly displaced in Kachin State since early April when fighting broke out between the Myanmar Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Clashes have displaced people from locations in 6 different townships across Kachin State.Mon, 07 May 2018 15:16:00 +0200reliefWeb-82f08f71db62fad23065f236ef7585a920180507151600http://www.irinnews.org/news/2018/05/07/dial-help-surprise-hotline-helping-quake-survivors-papua-new-guineaMore than two months after Papua New Guinea’s strongest earthquake in almost a century , stranded survivors are turning to an unexpected lifeline: a small domestic violence hotline run by a non-governmental organisation. Although the risks of violence against women rise after disasters, most callers aren’t women.Mon, 07 May 2018 14:59:00 +0200irinnews-24c53a2f08695ecc64232a7dea1bef9020180507145900https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-1-7-may-2018MYANMAR. About 6,800 people have been newly displaced in Kachin State since early April when fighting broke out between the Myanmar Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Clashes have displaced people from locations in 6 different townships across Kachin State.Mon, 07 May 2018 13:11:00 +0200reliefWeb-de47c20d500f3f82ea290b1c55b45f1820180507131100https://reliefweb.int/report/papua-new-guinea/png-earthquake-recovery-moving-rehabilitationDisaster recovery efforts in accessible parts of Papua New Guinea's earthquake affected Highlands region are moving towards a rehabilitation focus, aid agency World Vision says.Mon, 07 May 2018 09:02:00 +0200reliefWeb-fda687f906871ac35268ff47b910d9c420180507090200