Informes

Almost 18,000 vulnerable people are benefitting from an Islamic Relief project to tackle poverty in Kenya’s North Eastern Province. The latest intervention by Islamic Relief in the area – where many rely on small-scale or subsistence farming…

IN SUMMARY Although most farmers in East Africa are ready to make efforts to boost production, the institutional set-up, governance as well as management of land and other resources create conditions that inherently make farming an inefficient…

The preliminary results of the 2014 Zimbabwe "Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey" (MICS) designed and implemented by UNICEF in collaboration with ZimStat and mainly financed by the European Union were recently released and show a positive and…

The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out in 2014 by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) as part of the global MICS programme. Technical support was provided by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The…

NAIROBI, 1 September 2014 (IRIN) - Frustrated by a resurgence of intercommunal conflict, Kenya's top humanitarian official has called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to make good on a threat to deploy the army in perennially restive…

28 August, Juba — One hundred days after an international donor conference was held to raise money to bring aid to South Sudan, the country urgently requires still more cash as it hovers on the brink…

Period covered by this update: 22 October 2013 to 30 June 2014 Appeal amount: CHF 3,581,308 Appeal coverage: 1% Appeal history: This Emergency Appeal was launched on 22 October 2013 for CHF 3,581,308 to support the Kenya Red Cross Society…

BUJUMBURA, 1 septembre 2014 (IRIN) - Les pénuries de sang, qui ont causé la mort de plusieurs personnes au Burundi et ont suscité des appels en faveur d'une réforme du système de transfusion sanguine, sont imputées…

Satellite imagery confirms reduction in cultivated area in Mayendit County During a July 2014 rapid assessment in Unity State, residents of Tharker (Mayendit County), and Bieh, Boaw, and Dor (Koch County) reported that up to 30 percent of…

Capacity building and agro-business training programmes spearheaded by the Zimbabwe Development Democracy Trust (ZDDT) have brought hope to some residents in Bulawayo’s high-density suburbs. by Pamenus Tuso While aid organisations have been working hard to help people in…