Informes

1. Introduction The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2155 (2014), by which the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 30 November 2014 and requested me…

Khartoum, July 30 (SUNA)- Over four hundreds houses, including 250 in Salaha area and 150 in Ombada, have been affected by the current floods and rains that hit the national capital Khartoum. Engineer Malik Bashir, the Head…

Situation Update As of 1 August 2014, a total of 5,499 cholera cases including 119 deaths (CFR 2.2%) had been reported in South Sudan as summarized in Tables 1 and 2.

UNMISS “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) Sites As of 29 July, the estimated number of civilians seeking safety in ten Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites located on UNMISS bases is 95,319, including 31,940 in Juba (Tomping, UN House…

Food security to deteriorate following below-average March to May long rains KEY MESSAGES Generally, the below-average long rains resulted in belowaverage crop development in the high- and mediumpotential areas in western Kenya and the Rift Valley. A belowaverage,…

EASTERN CHAD / WEST DARFUR (31 Jul.) - Officials of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), and West Darfur State announced that 48,000 Darfuris have voluntarily returned from the refugee camps in eastern Chad to West Darfur during…

EL SALAM CAMP (31 Jul.) - Two residents of El Salam camp in South Darfur were assaulted by two soldiers on Monday. Speaking to Radio Dabanga from El Salam camp, Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya reported that two…

31 July 2014 - The role of UN Police (UNPOL) in assisting their South Sudanese counterparts had changed “drastically” following conflict in the country, UNPOL Commissioner Fred Yiga said in Juba today. “Our role in transforming SSNPS…

24 July 2014 - To increase awareness of human rights issues, UNMISS today organized a workshop in the Lakes State capital Rumbek. The workshop, organized in collaboration with African Partnership Aid Rehabilitation and Development, New Sudan’s Women…

With increasing frequency, Kenya has experienced droughts, floods and other extreme climate events – something that has been reflected not only in the findings of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…