Informes

By WYCLIFF KIPSANG More than 10 primary schools in Baringo North Sub-County risk closure due to lack of food and water. This follows the persistent dry spell in the area which has also led to the drying up…

Roma 21 May 2014 Italy announced at a conference of South Sudan donors in Oslo that it would earmark an additional 3.5 million euro, as per a decision by Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini. The funds…

In situations where hygiene is poor and people’s health is weak, diarrhoea can be a killer disease. In fact, it’s the second cause of death of children under five worldwide. When 20,000 Somali refugees suddenly arrived at…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is concerned about a number of incidents that have recently occurred, disrupting the Mission’s operations and exposing its personnel to serious security risks. On 6 May, during a meeting…

HIGHLIGHTS • ICRC cuts down the number of its Sudanese staff by 30% amid lack of progress in the resumption of its activities in Sudan. • Some 38,000 IDPs and South Sudanese arrivals need relief assistance in West…

Extreme weather drives displacement from the Horn of Africa UN University and Norwegian Refugee Council: Thousands of people in the Horn of Africa are at risk of being displaced across borders as extreme weather increases in frequency. Bonn/Nairobi/Oslo-…

Highlights • Juba has witnessed a Cholera outbreak declared by the Ministry of Health on 15th of May. Overall, a cumulative of 1381 cholera cases including 5 deaths have been reported since the onset of the outbreak…

Author: Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kenya should stop rounding up vulnerable urban refugees and readmit those whose lives are at risk after being deported to Somalia, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on…

KUTUM LOCALITY (21 May.) - More than 10,000 newly displaced in the Um Gozein mountains in Kutum locality, North Darfur, are in dire need of aid. The people sought refuge in the mountains when the paramilitary Rapid…

21 May 2014 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan today demanded unhindered freedom of movement for aid workers after alleged members of South Sudan’s security forces assaulted and illegally detained two UN staff. The…