Informes

Situation Overview: Cholera continues to spread, with new cases reported this week in Juba County, Upper Nile and Eastern Equatoria States. As of 3 August, according to WHO, 5,561 cholera cases have been reported, with 122 deaths…

Highlights During a rapid response mission to Gorwai in Jonglei State (see photo above), 4,481 children were screened for malnutrition, out of whom 181 children (4.0 per cent) were suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and 693…

Security Council 7236th Meeting (PM) SC/11511 Elections in 2015 would be the “litmus test” of Burundi’s developing democratic processes and stability, the United Nations senior political official in the country told the Security Council this afternoon. Briefing the 15-member body…

1. Introduction The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2137 (2014), in which the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB) until 31 December 2014, and requested me to…

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…

Situation Update As of 7 August 2014, a total of 5,627 cholera cases including 123 deaths (CFR 2.2%) had been reported in South Sudan as summarized in Tables 1 and 2. Another 58 suspected cholera cases including one death…

KIGALI, August 6, 2014—The World Bank Group and the Government of Rwanda today signed a financial agreement of US$15 million to provide community and health services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) by expanding…

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Water availability, human health, food production and economic livelihoods in the densely populated Upper Awash Basin and central Rift Valley of Ethiopia are intrinsically linked. Surface water resources in this area of central Ethiopia face intense…

JUBA [ACTED News] - Seven months since the start of the crisis in South Sudan, more than 14,000 displaced people continue to seek refuge at Tongping UN base in the country’s capital Juba. Alongside its site…