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If you're a member of the press, the NRC media team can assist you with interviews or provide facts about our operations and emergency response in more than 31 countries around the world.

NRC media hotline

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+47 90 56 23 29

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Global Media Contacts

Head office in Oslo:

Michelle Delaney | Oslo, Norway
Senior Media Adviser to the Secretary General
Mobile: +47 941 65 579
E-mail: michelle.delaney@nrc.no
Twitter: @michelledelaney
Time zone: UTC+01:00
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Tiril Skarstein | Oslo, Norway
Head of Media Unit
Mobile: +47 905 69 287
E-mail: tiril.skarstein@nrc.no
Twitter: @tirilskarstein
Time zone: UTC+01:00
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Becky Bakr Abdulla | Oslo, Norway
Specialist Adviser Media and Communication
Mobile: +47 41613766
Email: beba@nrc.no
Twitter: @BeckyBakr
Time zone: UTC+01:00
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Catriona Loughran | Oslo, Norway
Media Adviser
Mobile: +47 90925528
Email: catriona.loughran@nrc.no
Twitter: @Catlough
Time zone: UTC+01:00

Middle East:

Karl Schembri

Karl Schembri | Amman, Jordan
Regional Media Advisor
Mobile +962 (0) 7902 20159
E-mail: karl.schembri@nrc.no
Skype: karl.schembri
Twitter: @Karl_Schembri
Time zone: UTC+03:00
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Elena Dikomitis

Elena Dikomitis | Beirut, Lebanon
Advocacy and Information Adviser
Mobile +32 476 70 56 22
E-mail: elena.dikomitis@nrc.no
Skype: elenadikomitis
Time zone: UTC+03:00

Racha

Racha El Daoi | Beirut, Lebanon
Communications Manager
Mobile +961-76 777 509
E-mail: racha.eldaoi@nrc.no
Skype: racha_el
Time zone: UTC+03:00

Marine Olivesi | Erbil, Iraq
Media and advocacy coordinator
Mobile +33 650 300 154
E-mail: marine.olivesi@nrc.no
Skype: mo2373
Time zone: UTC+03:00

Riona Judge McCormack | Sana’a, Yemen
Communications and media coordinator
Mobile +353 85 257 1926
E-mail: riona.mccormack@nrc.no
Skype: rionajmc
Time zone: UTC+03:00

Africa:

Mike Bruce Tom Peyre-Costa | Central And West Africa
Regional Roving Media Adviser
Tel: +964 751 182 3882
Skype: tom.peyre-costa
E-mail: tom.peyrecosta@nrc.no
Time zone: UTC+00:00
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Asia:

Enayatullah Azad | Kabul, Afghanistan
Media, Information and Advocacy Coordinator
Mobile: +93 (0) 72 893 2019
E-mail: enayatullah.azad@nrc.no
Twitter: @EnayatAzad
Time zone: UTC+04:30
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America:

David Garcia | Bogota, Colombia / Americas
Advocacy Manager
E-mail: david.garcia@nrc.no
Tel: +573214957209
Mobile: +573214957209
Time zone: UTC-05:00
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BasmaAlloush Basma Alloush | Washington, USA
Advocacy and Communications Officer, NRC USA
Phone: +1 (617) 966-0333
basma.alloush@nrc.no
Time zone: UTC-05:00

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23. Feb 2021

Urgent action needed to tackle triple threat of conflict, flooding and hunger in South Sudan

Rising levels of armed violence, and almost 500,000 people displaced by floods and looming famine in five states are deepening an already dire humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. Renewed fighting in many parts of the country has escalated to levels as serious as any, since the conflict started in 2013. Delivery of humanitarian assistance continues to face significant obstructions particularly in areas hardest-to-reach. Four aid workers have also been killed in the line of duty this year alone.

Anne fled her village when armed groups attacked in the morning of the 19th of January. She was going back home from the church when she saw armed men arriving from the bush.

"I saw them deep in the bush. My house is at the end of the village. They came in a column. As soon as I saw them, I immediately understood that it was the rebels.

I left immediately, without taking anything. I only caught what was around me.

Since we have been here, we have stayed under this tree. We are on the ground. We are suffering a lot and we have nothing to eat.

It was the good people who brought us cassava leaves. The price of cassava has risen and we are finding it difficult to eat.

Even the children are suffering. They have lost all their school supplies. They go to school without a bag, without a notebook, without a slate, without clothes. What I can tell you is that we are suffering," says Anne.

Date: 8th February 2021
Location: Liton village - 22km from Bangui
Photo: Tom Peyre-Costa/NRC

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