Informes

Seasonal improvements in food security expected as harvests begin in October Key Messages As of July 2014, an estimated 5.3 million people in Sudan face Stressed (IPC Phase 2), Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or Emergency (IPC Phase 4)…

MP Goldring announces support to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to help protect livelihoods and preserve access to safe and nutritious food for families in Somalia August 11, 2014 – Edmonton, Alberta – Foreign Affairs,…

KABKABIYA LOCALITY (11 Aug .) - Militiamen gang-raped three sisters, two of them minors, in Kabkabiya locality, North Darfur, on Sunday. “Four government-backed militiamen on horseback on Sunday assaulted the sisters, aged 21, 17, and 15, while…

EL FASHER LOCALITY (11 Aug .) - Extensive floods have swept through North Darfur's capital El Fasher and the surrounding areas, following torrential rains on Saturday and Sunday. The heavy rain destroyed a large number of shelters…

In Context The MCC compact with Mozambique approved a five-year investment (2008-2013) program of $506.9 million in four project areas. Of this budget amount, excluding administration and monitoring and evaluation costs, a total of $447.1 million of…

Training Africans to increase sales and grow small agricultural businesses PHOENIX (August 5, 2014) – President Barack Obama spoke to 50 African leaders at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington D.C. from Aug. 4-6, to promote Africa’s…

Khartoum, 11 August 2014 - It gives me a great pleasure to welcome you to this press conference today. The last one was quite a while ago (January 2014). We should do this more…

The striking-down of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is a step towards stopping state-sponsored discrimination in its tracks, said Amnesty International. “Even though Uganda’s abominable Anti-Homosexuality Act was scrapped on the basis of a technicality, it is a significant…

11 August 2014 - Humanitarians are facing mounting challenges assisting over 40,000 displaced persons in UNMISS protection of civilian (PoC) sites in Bentiu, Unity State, where heavy rains have led to extensive flooding. “The water is up…

11 August 2014 - Numerous children had been intentionally killed, abducted or recruited to fight in the South Sudan conflict, African Union experts recently said. The current conflict as “nothing less than a war on children of…