Informes

Active fighting may not have reached Maban County in South Sudan's Upper Nile State but the conflict that has engulfed the world's youngest nation is already having an impact. ORO, South Sudan– On a sunny day at…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson, met with the President of the Republic of South Sudan, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, earlier this morning and delivered the following statement to…

In 2013 the Bureaus of Agriculture in the regional states of Amhara, Oromia, and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples of Ethiopia supported a program of direct marketing of certified seed by seed producers to farmers across…

Highlights Suspected cases of cholera in Juba more than doubled, increasing from 395 cases on 22 May to 892 on 28 May, including 27 deaths. The estimated number of people sheltering in UN bases spiked to over 95,000…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia is one of the worst places in the world to be a woman, especially a pregnant woman. According to recent statistics, one in 18 Somali women die from complications of pregnancy or…

Highlights Despite the signing of the “Recommitment of Humanitarian Matters in the Cessation of Hostilities” at the beginning of May, the situation in South Sudan remains precarious. Refugees from South Sudan continue to cross the border into neighbouring…

On 15 May 2014, the Ministry of Health of South Sudan declared a cholera outbreak in Juba. The index case was retrospectively identified with onset of illness on 23 April 2014. Four cases have been laboratory…

Highlights IOM Special Liaison Office (SLO) has relocated a total of 109,438 refugees to Pugnido, Leitchuor, Bonga, Kule1 and Kule2 refugee camps as of 27 May 2014. As a result of the limited camp reception capacity of 1,200…

Wolayita Zone in Southern Ethiopia is suffering high levels of malnutrition and high death rates from preventable diseases like malaria, especially among children. The European Commission is targeting to directly reach over 250 000 people with…

Food insecurity worsens as peak lean season approaches Key Messages An estimated 5 million people are acutely food insecure in Sudan, a 10 percent increase since April. Food security is expected to deteriorate as a result of ongoing…