Informes

HIGHLIGHTS In Upper Nile, heavy fighting in Nasir and Ulang counties caused significant movement of people. Over the last week, more than 11,000 people southt refuge in Ethiopia. Parties to the conflict signed an agreement on May 9,…

African forces leading campaign against Islamists Government needs the aid to shore up support President says new joint operations securing capital Somalia rebuilding donor trust after financial concerns By Edmund Blair MOGADISHU, May 10 (Reuters) - Somalia needs help airlifting basic…

UBA, May 10 (Reuters) - The United Nations in South Sudan was readying aid on Saturday for towns ravaged by conflict but was waiting to see if a new ceasefire deal holds between the president and…

Urgent action required to prevent famine Expert multi-partner food security analysis points to deteriorating situation in country devastated by conflict since December 2013 10 May 2014 , Rome/Juba - The latest IPC food security analysis carried out in…

Statement by Toby Lanzer, Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan Juba, 10 May 2014: “Given the enormous, immediate and medium-term humanitarian consequences of the past five months of fighting, I am pleased to note the parties' agreement in…

Without urgent action, populations in localized areas could face Famine Due to the impacts of continued conflict in South Sudan, more than three million people are currently in need of urgent humanitarian response to address food insecurity…

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Fri, 9 May 2014 01:21 PM Author: Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Children displaced in the violence that followed Kenya’s 2007 elections are too poor to attend school and are turning…

9 May 2014 - When fighting first erupted between government troops and opposition fighters in her town of Malakal, SOS mother Nyanyul Look did not imagine her family would be in danger. Surely, no one –…

ROSE MLAY As a midwife, I am all too familiar with the challenge of women arriving too late to the hospital to give birth. On many occasions throughout my career, I have attended to women who have…

JEAN FAIRBAIRN Over 87 percent of Uganda’s 36 million people live in rural areas and are involved in farming, according to the World Bank. Without access to information about modern farming methods and equipment, many struggle to…