Informes

Date of launch:: 20 December 2013 Expected timeframe: 9 months, Expected end date: September 2014 DREF allocated: CHF 67,841; Initial Appeal budget: CHF 2,406,038; Revised Appeal budget: CHF 896,908 Number of people affected: 142,380 Number of people to be assisted:…

Thursday, July 17, 2014 Robin Johnson, Communications Specialist, USAID/Kenya +254 20 862 2232/0719 112 135 robinjohnson@usaid.gov July 16, Machakos County, Kenya – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Karen Freeman joined the First Lady of Kenya, Margaret…

ZAMZAM CAMP(17 Jul.) -The newly displaced who sought refuge at the Zamzam camp in North Darfur are living in dire conditions, owing to the lack of water, food, and shelter. “The more than 35,000 newly displaced at…

The United Nations Security Council must impose a comprehensive arms embargo on South Sudan, Amnesty International urged after receiving reports of Chinese small arms and ammunition proliferation amongst both sides in the conflict. The organization also has…

The report brings the voices of the displaced to light, documenting their experiences around the controversial issue of return. It reveals that although the security situation in Darfur remains precarious, internally displaced people (IDPs) are coming…

BUJUMBURA, 17 July 2014 (IRIN) - Fifteen years after a peace accord called for its creation, Burundi is finally to set up a Peace and Reconciliation Commission (PRC) to examine crimes committed since 1962. But the…

Highlights The South Sudan Refugee Emergency Revised Regional Response Plan was launched on 11 July in Geneva and in Nairobi on 15 July. Governments, UN agencies and NGOs attended both events. The plan requests for US$658 million…

UNMISS “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) Sites As of 16 July, the estimated number of civilians seeking safety in ten Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites located on UNMISS bases is 97,126, including 31,940 in Juba (Tomping and UN…

July 16, 2014 (KAMPALA) – Refugees at a resettlement camp in Uganda’s Kiryandongo district have accused the South Sudanese government of intimidation, saying they feared for their own safety. The accusation came after team of officials from…

Introduction Ethiopia has a new policy on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) led by the DRMFSSS. The structure and content of this policy and approach is a first for Africa and Ethiopia has shown constructive leadership in this…