Informes

By Rachel Williamson HARGEISA, 7 August 2014 (IRIN) - The proposed deployment of armed contingents to protect oil installations in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland risks further destabilizing a region rife with disputes over sovereignty, boundaries and…

Highlights • Partners reached 2.4 million people with some form of assistance by July 2014. This represents 63 per cent of the 3.8 million people planned to be assisted by the end of 2014. • While the cholera…

7 August, 2014 – Nairobi, Kenya: The Sudan Red Crescent Society has come to the aid of thousands of people affected by flooding. Heavy rains in the last two weeks resulting in flash floods have caused…

Nyahok, 27, a mother four, has lined up for firewood along with other South Sudanese refugees at the Leitchour refugee camp in Ethiopia’s Gambella region, about 900 kilometres west of Addis Ababa. Despite the circumstances, she…

August 6, 2014 (JUBA) – Heavy floods have displaced more than 200 hundreds of households in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal state. Residents of Jur River county’s Mapel town were forced to leave their homes and…

Crisis Overview Violence broke out in Juba on 15 December 2013 between government and opposition forces and quickly spread to other locations in South Sudan. Nearly eight months later, the situation is still tense, violence is ongoing…

UNMISS “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) Sites As of 5 August, the estimated number of civilians seeking safety in ten Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites located on UNMISS bases is 95,532, including 31,940 in Juba (Tomping and UN House),…

6 August 2014 - A senior UN peacekeeping official today warned that South Sudan is now on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe and protracted internal conflict after just three years of independence. Briefing the Security Council,…

Above-average national cereal production levels, but localized food insecurity persistent in Central Karonga and Middle Shire livelihood zones Key Messages Estimates by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development indicate that 2013/14 maize production is approximately 9…

HIGHLIGHTS An estimated 44,000 people have been affected and 39 people have died as a result of heavy rains and floods in Sudan, according to the Government. Some 50,000 people in Marla, Magarin, and Hegair villages in South…