Informes

As field monitor for WFP Ethiopia's Gambella office, Pereleth Othieing is putting in marathon hours in the refugee camps and border points of western Ethiopia. His task: making sure the hundreds of South Sudanese refugees pouring…

Losing the space to live in dignity and safety Nairobi, 20 June 2014 – Imagine waking up one morning to find a story in the newspaper saying you have to move to a refugee camp. After fleeing…

Highlights As of 5 June, 141,900 South Sudanese have sought asylum in Gambella, Ethiopia through Pagak, Akobo, Burubei, Matar, Raad, Pugnido and Wanke entry points. According to UNHCR, the majority of the new arrivals through Pagak are from…

Addis Ababa, 18 June 2014 – The African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smail Chergui, concluded a working visit to the Republic of Burundi on 16 June 2014, during which he discussed the…

The 2011 famine in Somalia killed more than a quarter of a million people and displaced hundreds of thousands within the country and elsewhere throughout the Horn and East Africa region. This was a double blow…

Marthe van der Wolf ADDIS ABABA — South Sudan refugees have been crossing Ethiopia’s border in large numbers since the start of the conflict in December. The International Organization for Migration is concerned about the rainy…

16 June 2014 - In line with new UNMISS mandate which emphasizes protection of civilians, a training course for police officers ended in the Lakes State capital Rumbek today. UN Police (UNPOL) in the state organized the…

16 June 2014 - Hundreds of people in Ibba County, Western Equatoria, today witnessed the opening of the first ever primary boarding school in the state. The all-girls school is the brainchild of Ibba County Commissioner Bridget…

Source: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:42 GMT Author: Shifa Mwesigye KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The past six years have been a nightmare for Harriet Nakibuule, a widow and mother of seven. When her husband died from HIV-related…

18 June 2014 - To boost the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) in monitoring, investigating and reporting on human rights violations and security, UNMISS organized a one-day training in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal capital Wau…