Informes

It rained heavily the night before but the sun now beamed down upon Gwlulukuk village. Sign of the downpour is barely visible as rainwater is quickly absorbed by the Sandy loam soil that endows the area. 28.05.2014…

Mogadishu, 27 May 2014 – “Rape and sexual violence is not acceptable in Somalia’’ was the loud and clear message coming out of a workshop held today in Mogadishu. With the background of traditional songs and…

Summary: CHF 184,200 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 22 August, 2013 to support Rwanda Red Cross Society in delivering immediate assistance to an estimated 10,000 people (up to 2,000 households)…

BAIDOA, 28 May 2014 (IRIN) - Acting governor of Baidoa and Sector 3 commander of the Somalia National Army (SNA) Brig-Gen Ibrahim Yaro breaks into a broad grin, bordering on a chuckle, when asked whether his…

NAIROBI, May 27 2014 (IPS) - Somalia’s State Minister for Interior and Federalism Affairs Mohamud Moalim Yahye has told IPS that the hasty repatriation and mass deportation of its citizens by Kenya could compromise recent, critical…

UNMISS Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for being with us despite the rains for this briefing on cholera response in South Sudan. Let me introduce the participants – besides myself: Dr. Abdinasir Abubakar acting Officer in Charge, of the…

May 25, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The head of Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), Tijani Al-Sissi, on Sunday appointed members of two important bodies tasked with achieving justice and reconciliation in the region under the Doha Document for…

UNMISS “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) Sites As of 28 May, the estimated number of civilians seeking safety in ten Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites located on UNMISS bases is 91,541. 29,008 in Juba (Tomping and UN House),…

HIGHLIGHTS The total number of South Sudanese refugees who have entered Ethiopia since the outbreak of the conflict in mid-December 2013 is now over 131,051 individuals, with the number continuing to increase daily. The asylum seekers continue…

The Security Council today extended UNMISS and revised its mandate to focus on protecting civilians and tackling the security, humanitarian and political crisis that has gripped the nation for the past six months. In a unanimously adopted…