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Michelle DelaneyMichelle 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 SkarsteinTiril 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 AbdullaBecky 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 BruceTom 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, Europe and Latin America:

Christian JepsenChristian Jepsen
Regional Communications Adviser
Mobile: +254 706 248 391
E-mail: christian.jepsen@nrc.no
Time zone: UTC+03:00
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Enayatullah AzadEnayatullah 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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David GarciaDavid 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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USA:

BasmaAlloushBasma Alloush | Washington, USA
Advocacy and Communications Officer, NRC USA
Phone: +1 (617) 966-0333
E-mail: basma.alloush@nrc.no
Time zone: UTC-05:00

 

 

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Amid rising hunger, many displaced people say they are tempted to return home to access their fields, remaining food stocks and feed their families, but face the increasing threats of attacks. Other displaced people have to make a different but equally painful choice: staying in a besieged area where shortage of food has turned so critical that only leaves are left to eat, or risking a days’ long walk to reach a place where they can hopefully feed their children. Dozens of women from Mansila have trekked in the past few weeks to Sebba with their children in tow, some of them dying of exhaustion and hunger on the road. “People feel they are no longer part of Burkina. We feel that we are not worthy of assistance. Hunger makes you scream for help but no one’s coming,” said Bandé, a mother who just escaped from Mansila. “If the choice is dying on the way, or dying of hunger in Mansila, better at least die trying to get out,” she said. Date: 02 September 2021 Location: Dori, Sahel region, Burkina Faso Photo: Tom Peyre-Costa /NRC
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Amid rising hunger, many displaced people say they are tempted to return home to access their fields, remaining food stocks and feed their families, but face the increasing threats of attacks. Other displaced people have to make a different but equally painful choice: staying in a besieged area where shortage of food has turned so critical that only leaves are left to eat, or risking a days’ long walk to reach a place where they can hopefully feed their children. Dozens of women from Mansila have trekked in the past few weeks to Sebba with their children in tow, some of them dying of exhaustion and hunger on the road. “People feel they are no longer part of Burkina. We feel that we are not worthy of assistance. Hunger makes you scream for help but no one’s coming,” said Bandé, a mother who just escaped from Mansila. “If the choice is dying on the way, or dying of hunger in Mansila, better at least die trying to get out,” she said. Date: 02 September 2021 Location: Dori, Sahel region, Burkina Faso Photo: Tom Peyre-Costa /NRC

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