Informes

China is sending hundreds of troops to join the U.N. peacekeeping force in war-torn South Sudan, where Chinese companies have major oil interests. Comments from China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday followed a report in the Wall Street…

Overview of Weekly Activities Unity State Pariang—Jamjang Road: • Culvert Installation; • Road works & murram extraction and processing continued in the week. Lakes State Mingkaman IDP settlement sites: • Installation of culvers progressed in the 2 remaining camp sites. • Helipad road works…

Even though current projections suggest famine will arrive in South Sudan in 2015, the catastrophe in the world's newest country has been overshadowed of late by crises in other parts of the world. Through video, photography and…

MASVINGO, 10 September 2014 (IRIN) - More than 3,000 families in Zimbabwe’s southeastern Masvingo Province who accuse the government of forcibly resettling them to small plots of undeveloped land, are facing hardships including a lack of…

KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a US$ 2.7 million contribution from the Government of Germany. WFP will use the funds to buy 2,212 metric tonnes of Super Cereal, a nutrient-dense…

More than 1 million people in Somalia are facing acute food insecurity, and the situation in the country is beginning to resemble the period prior to the famine in 2011. At that time, the international community…

The Australian Government will provide a further $5 million in humanitarian assistance to Somalia. The funding will be delivered through the United Nation's Somalia Common Humanitarian Fund to provide Somalis in need with emergency food, water,…

Security Force Role in 40 Deaths Never Investigated (Kampala, September 10, 2014) – Uganda’s authorities have never investigated killings by security forces during two days of rioting in September 2009 that left at least 40 people dead.…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Favourable national maize supplies, following bumper 2014 harvest Maize prices decrease sharply in response to the improved supply situation Overall, food security conditions improve in 2014, but areas where production declines were recorded remain a concern

Delays in input distribution may adversely impact the 2014/15 agricultural season Key Messages Food from own production and market purchases continues to be available to the majority of households across the country. However, food prices are showing a…