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Country Stability and Conflictive Events - The most important domestic developments included the start of the voter registration process, while elections were further shifted to 2008, and the peace process in the enclave of Cabinda, which was undermined by ongoing…

Risk Assessment: The fluctuations in Country Stability and increase in Conflictive Events indicate that recent months have been characterized by instability which has grown steadily until July when a number of senior politicians were arrested on charges…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The situation in pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of the country during the Sugum/Gu rains of 2006 showed mixture of normal to below normal performance. This had been the actual occurrence in Somali and Afar regions, South Omo Zone…

Preface The purpose of this technical document is to provide health professionals in United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organizations, donor agencies and local authorities with up-to-date technical guidance on the major communicable disease threats faced by flood-affected populations. The endemic and epidemic-prone…

Introduction Johannesburg - After nearly five years as the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Humanitarian Needs in Southern Africa, James Morris, who is also the Executive Director of WFP will undertake his final mission to the region from December 7-15. When James…

By Kenya Food Security Steering Group, November 2006 Introduction Immediately following the heavy rains that fell during the weekend of 10 November, representatives from the Office of the President, Government of Kenya, and the UN agencies agreed on an urgent need for…

1. GENERAL SITUATION Unusually heavy rains during the months of October and November have turned large parts of the Horn of Africa into flood disaster areas, particularly affecting Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. Across the three countries it is estimated that…

Risk Assessment: Considering the graphs, Rwanda seems to have been remarkably stable over the last six months, in spite of the rise an fall in Conflictive Events. This should not come as a surprise, but as an indication of a…

INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Bossasso, Puntland is a port town at the Northeast tip of Africa. For many years, Ethiopian migrants have travelled to Bossasso for the purpose of taking boats across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen and the Arab States…

Summary In follow-up to a humanitarian and human rights assessment mission conducted by the United Nations and non-governmental organizations, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Uganda (OHCHR) dispatched a fact-finding mission to Kotido…