Informes

September 5, 2014 (JUBA) – South Sudan has downplayed a decision by Netherlands to cut direct financial assistance, describing the move as unfair given the government’s commitment to peace talks with armed rebels led by former…

HIGHLIGHTS Kakuma experienced more rains from 2nd to 3rd September. Parts of the camp were flooded, some access roads to the camp were cut off and even parts of the UNHCR office compound were flooded. Refugees were unable…

VOA Staff WASHINGTON DC— Reports say police are harassing displaced Chingwizi villagers, who were recently allocated plots at Nuanetsi Ranch, after they were stranded at a temporary shelter in Masvingo province due to lack of funds. Attorney Kennedy Masiye…

By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI, Special Correspondent An injectable form of the polio vaccine will be introduced into Kenya’s immunisation programme from next year, to contain the on and off outbreaks reported in the country. It will be an additional…

KALMA/DARFUR (5 Sep .) - The Association of Displaced People and Refugees of Darfur has announced the death of 150 children, women, youth and elderly displaced people in Kalma camp, South Darfur, during a four month…

NIERTETI/EL FASHER (5 Sep .) - A water crisis has struck the internally displaced people living in Nierteti locality, Central Darfur, after all the water pumps in the camps have stalled. Meanwhile the accumulation of water…

KALMA CAMP (5 Sep .) - Four displaced people were killed, and 39 people were wounded by government troops during the second day of a peaceful demonstration in Kalma camp for the displaced in South Darfur.…

By Vivian Agaba National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has announced plans to increase water supply to many of the dry areas in and around Kampala by August 2015. To achieve this, the Corporation plans to build sewerage…

3 September 2014 - South Sudan’s National Legislative Assembly today ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The convention, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, defines what…

5 September 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the initiative of holding a comprehensive national dialogue in Sudan to achieve sustainable peace as well as the progress being made by Sudanese stakeholders to prepare for…