Informes

By James Jeffrey ADDIS ABABA, Jul 1 2014 (IPS) - The streets of Addis Ababa are increasingly turning into water-logged obstacle courses as downpours increase in the run up to Ethiopia’s July to September rainy season. Strangers…

SG/SM/15984 AFR/2921 WOM/1997 Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at an event on ending maternal mortality, in Nairobi today: I am pleased to be here in Nairobi to speak on a subject so close to my heart. Maternal mortality has…

Situation Overview It’s almost two weeks now, since the fateful Sunday of 15th June 2014, when Mpeketoni town in Lamu County was attacked with unknown gunmen. In a period of five days since the attack, the Mpeketoni…

More than 5,000 pupils in Lamu County are out of school following their closure enforced by the violent attacks. Education officials also said more than 100 teachers had fled their work stations. According to the county executive for…

A debriefing on the results of the first locust control campaign (2013/14) of the Three year Programme in response to the locust plague, was held on Friday 27 June 2014 at the FAO Representation in Madagascar.…

In response to the 2012 food insecurity crisis in Lesotho, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) designed a three-year cycle programme to assist…

Situation Update As of 28 June 2014, a total of 2,377 cholera cases including 62 deaths (CFR 2.6%) had been reported in South Sudan as summarized in Table 1 for Juba County and Table 2 for outside Juba County.

Since October 2012, Terre des hommes (Tdh), alongside 18 other main aid agencies, has been involved in a major emergency response operation in favour of Somali refugees in the North-eastern part of Kenya. According to UNHCR…

KAMPALA, 30 June 2014 (IRIN) - As South Sudan's peace process stalls, questions are being raised about Uganda's military involvement, with some analysts saying it is impeding regional efforts to broker a peace deal. Although the 23…

Key Events Launched on 15 June in Somali region and on 21 June countrywide, the multi-agency and multi-sector belg/gu/ganna/sugum needs assessment is on-going. The assessment findings will inform the revision of the humanitarian needs and monetary requirements…