The sea level increased overnight and in some areas, the situation has been adversely affected by the blocking of drainage canals. The hospital includes a patient ward, operating theater, emergency treatment room, laboratory, dispensary, radiology unit and a gynecology/ obstetrics ward. Mali, one of Africa's poorest nations, faces a series of arduous tasks, including restoring stability, reviving the economy, improving governance, tackling corruption and promoting reconciliation. Most recent activities include: improvement of potato storage, procurement and sowing of winter wheat seed (Jin Dong 8). Some said that they believed the attack was executed in reprisal for the enrolment of young men in self-defense groups, which have been formed to fight the insurgents. The Foreign Office is providing consular assistance to British nationals involved in the earthquake. National experts in infrastructure damage assessment (six weeks). The opposition coalition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), led by Gwanda Chakuamba and Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) of Chakufwa Chihana, had argued that Muluzi, leader of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) had failed to get over 50 percent of the five million registered voters as demanded by the constitution. UNICEF has allocated a total of US $1,235,400 to treat children with severe and acute malnutrition, and to reduce the effects of household food insecurity. In an effort to support the rehabilitation of community health centres, IOM's Medical Team in Banda Aceh continues to work closely with officials of the Ministry of Health to identify suitable locations for the five community health centres which IOM has agreed to build and equip, as well as provide training to medical staff and administrators. A three-member leadership team has travelled in four-wheel drive vehicles into the hard-hit southern (Maputo) area with soya products, powdered milk, mealie meal and other basic food products. The President is assisted in his duties by the National Transitional Council, acting as an interim legislative assembly. If ingested, it can accumulate in the body, particularly the thyroid gland, increasing the risk of thyroid cancer, particularly in children. - 162 U.S. military and civilian cargo airlift flights have delivered about 1900 tons of medical supplies, food, shelter material, blankets, and rescue equipment to Pakistan. To meet the target UNICEF is working closely with the government and non-government partners to repair water systems, provide water purification, construct emergency latrines and hand washing facilities and distribute hygiene kits. There has been some improvement in pasture conditions in many pastoral areas, but the rains were generally inadequate to regenerate sufficient forage or to recharge temporary water catchments. The former French colony holds a third of the world's known bauxite reserves as well as gold and diamonds but has suffered from years of authoritarian rule and economic mismanagement. He said al-Shabaab and other groups affiliated with Al-Qaida were now "actively planning to strike further afield," with al-Shabaab leaders quoted only this week as saying the group wanted to destroy the UN and the United States. They had to adjust to the taste of chlorinated water and learn that it was safe to drink. This enabled CRWRC to continue with rehabilitation and reconstruction phases, and build 2,004 permanent earthquake resistant homes, dig 244 wells to provide access to potable drinking water as old ones were salinated, and provide temporary electricity with generators to 18 villages in addition to its short-term aid. The drought seems to have eased in the eastern valleys from Kabul to Jalalabad to Peshawar, as snows and rains replenish streams and watersheds. It is now the country worst affected by the killer virus, overtaking Liberia where 3,177 people had died out of a total of 7,719 cases as of December 3. The ferry christened 'Kapelwa Kabajani', four banana boats and three speedboats were hard at work evacuating flood victims from Nankuntwe to Kabbe Camp B, some 120 kilometres away. The option of shallow wells will cease to be a durable solution for potable water supply in the area. The intrusion of sea water due to the tsunami and resulting soil salinity affected a range of crops such as grasses (important for livestock), vegetables, young oil palm, rubber seedlings, rambutan, and mangosteen. Oxfam and its partners cleaned, rehabilitated, or constructed over 10,800 wells, drilled or rehabilitated 90 boreholes, constructed or rehabilitated 55 gravity flow water systems, and built a municipal water system to supply 10,000 people in Aceh. Incoming aid will include five huge portable warehouses, 20,000 plastic sheets and 20,000 cooking sets. Survivors may not be able to rebuild their lives and would be vulnerable to any new tremors if helicopters ferrying vital food and shelter are reduced, UN World Food Programme (WFP) regional director Amir Abdulla told AFP. In the area of judicial reform, activities continue to focus on the establishment of institutions and the development of capacity within existing institutions. One [shell also hit the Mugunga 3 IDP camp](http://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/unhcr-condemns-killing-civilians-eastern-drc-seeing-new) near Goma, which hosts around 14,000 IDPs. It also distributed chlorine for purifying water and medical supplies. They are also providing mobile clinic services to smaller evacuation shelters. Current planning assumptions foresee 100% coverage by 20 August with no further inputs or funds required for emergency shelter roofing materials at this stage. India, which governs the archipelago, is reportedly planning to put a cap on the number of mainlanders sailing to the Andamans in search of work in a bid to prevent chaos on its 36 inhabited islands, home to 356,000 people according to a 2001 national census. In Guizhou, Guangdong's Shaoguan and Guangxi's Guilin, rural power grids were almost completely destroyed. Recommendations relating to the restriction of drinking water consumption, based on measured concentrations of iodine-131, remain in place in seven locations (in one location for both adults and infants, and in six locations for infants). In recent weeks, UNITA-Renovada leaders have also been increasingly vocal over what they described as an unfinished" Lusaka peace process, and an alleged campaign of political intimidation in the provinces by the ruling MPLA.