Informes

Tessenei, 10 April 2014- The inhabitants of Gerset administrative area, Tessenei sub-zone, are in a position to be primary beneficiaries of Gerset Agricultural Project as it has started witnessing commendable harvest. They further indicated that the project…

10 April 2014 – The United Nations today called on the Government of Burundi to address ongoing political violence and restrictions on human rights, saying it is receiving “troubling” information about recent developments in the country. “The…

Kagondu Njagi BARINGO, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The strength of the wind blowing into Helen Chepkirilo’s home in Baringo County signals to her when the rains are about to fall or a looming drought beckons. Lately,…

Highlights  The third round of the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) campaign conducted by Medair started in Tongping on 9 April 2014 targeting persons vaccinated for the first time in the second round. A total of 452…

By Edward Hoyt In South Sudan, the world’s youngest country is unravelling after a wave of politically motivated violence swept across Juba in December 2013. Fighting has taken on ethnic dimensions, forcing civilians to flee. At least…

Fighting was reported in two strategic areas in the area of Malakal, capital of the Upper Nile oil region. According to the local media, the clashes are underway in Kaka and Wodikona between rebels linked to…

Highlights Since the 15th of December, fighting in South Sudan has displaced around 740,000 people within South Sudan (OCHA), and led to the outflow of asylum seekers into neighbouring countries. Uganda has received the majority of them,…

Refocusing international engagement as well as the peace negotiations is essential to stop South Sudan’s raging civil war from claiming ever more lives. South Sudan’s four-month civil war has displaced more than a million and killed over…

Highlights Considerable social mobilisation efforts including engagement with religious leaders, community awareness activities, radio, TV and mobile phone messages for the polio vaccination campaign have enabled 345,007 children under-5 to be vaccinated this year with no new…

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background information Livelihood baseline assessments are important in understanding household access to food and income as well as expenditure patterns (Chambers and Conway, 1992). Baseline assessments use participatory rapid survey techniques to gather data and…