United Republic of Tanzania
The Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT) has awarded two grants worth almost US$650,000 to high value agriculture infrastructure projects in Tanzania. Tanga Fresh UHT Milk Factory and Kijani Agro Integrated Horticulture projects have been selected for…
Mozambique
The AfDB’s Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT) has awarded two grants worth almost US$1.5 million to high value agriculture infrastructure projects in Mozambique. EcoFarm Sugar Cane Production and Odebrecht Integrated Poultry Production projects have been selected…
South Sudan
May 30, 14 (BOR) - The United States aid arm (USAID) has urged South Sudan government to provide to assistance to international agencies providing assistance to people affected by conflict in the country. A team from USAID…
Sudan
KUTUM (30 May.) - Two people were killed, others were injured, and more than ten people went missing in an attack by militiamen on Nurain, 60 km north of Kutum, in North Darfur on Thursday afternoon.…
Ethiopia + 1 more
HIGHLIGHTS Eastern areas of Ethiopia remain food insecure; food security improves in the west Authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have deported more than 163,000 Ethiopians since November KEY DEVELOPMENTS · The USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network…
Sudan + 1 more
Security Council SC/11419 7186th Meeting (AM) The Security Council today unanimously voted to renew the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for four months, until 15 October, calling on the communities and Governments of…
Sudan
El Fasher, 29 May 2014 – Peacekeepers from the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today celebrated the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers in El Fasher, North Darfur. Held under the theme ‘A force…
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s maize production is still far below the country’s consumption figures, says the Commercial Farmers Union President, Charles Taffs. Failure by government to come up with agricultural policies that work in the interest of growers would condemn…
Ethiopia
Summary: CHF 155,608 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 25 October 2013, to support the Ethiopia Red Cross Society (ERCS) in delivering immediate assistance to some 508,097 beneficiaries. Six cases of Wild…
Somalia
Security Council SC/11421 Security Council 7188th Meeting (AM) The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) for one year and expanded it to include support to the Federal Government and African Union…
