Informes

Perpetrators of female genital mutilation becoming more difficult to catch as hospitals and clinics carry out procedure covertly Parents are taking their daughters to remote regions of Kenya to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) in secret, according…

24 July 2014– This Tracing Desk report describes ammunition documented at the Kali-Ballee mosque in Bentiu, Unity state, in late May 2014, approximately one month after an alleged massacre of some 200 civilians at the mosque…

Somalia: eight warnings of catastrophe so far, and still no action Early warnings need to result in early action in Somalia Last week marked three years since the UN declared famine in Somalia. The catastrophe facing the Somali…

The Government today adopted a new development cooperation strategy for Uganda for 2014-2018. Sweden's total support is estimated at SEK 1.35 billion (approx. 200 MUSD). The aim is to improve child and maternal health, including sexual and…

24/07/2014 The European Commission has just signed two major contracts with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), totalling €14 million, to deliver vitally needed food assistance and facilitate the movement of humanitarian cargo in South Sudan.…

23 July 2014 - To promote peace in Western Equatoria State, UNMISS today organized a sports competition in the state capital Yambio. Hundreds of local youth and mission staff participated in the event under the theme “Run…

23 July 2014 – Rumours that UN Police (UNPOL) had fallen out with South Sudanese police were untrue, UNPOL Commissioner Fred Yiga said in Juba today. Speaking at the end of a three-day UNPOL State Advisor’s workshop,…

HIGHLIGHTS • Three Sudanese aid workers who were abducted in Kutum, North Darfur last month were freed after 32 days in captivity. • About 34,000 new IDPs in Um Dukhun and Mukjar localities in Central Darfur need humanitarian…

General Overview Reporting completeness and timeliness remained at 76% and 68% respectively during week 28. Measles cases continue to be reported in Bentiu where six cases were registered in week 28. The priorities for the on going response…

Current Situation: In the past week Kakuma Camp has received 295 South Sudanese arrivals from the Nadapal border point. As of 23 rd July 2014, the number of South Sudanese asylum seekers received was 40,893. This brings…