Rapports

On the occasion of the 6th National Sawa Festival the ICRC, in cooperation with the National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students (NUEYS), held a seminar on international humanitarian law (IHL) attended by 325 representatives from…

Joint UNHCR/WFP/UNICEF/ARRA/Humanitarian Partners Strategic Guideline Introduction At the end of 2013, the number of refugees in Ethiopia had reached 431,648. With the influx over 141,900 new arrivals from South Sudan, this number has soared above half a million.…

September 2, 2014 (JUBA) – Overcrowding in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, is exposing young people sheltering at the sites to the risk of HIV/AIDS. Three people have died and seven…

KEY MESSAGES Atypical rains during the first half of August replenished pastoral resources and livestock body conditions. Land preparation for Season A has also started early, improving income opportunities for poor households. Season B harvests in June were…

Arthur Chigoriwa 02.09.2014 19:52 CHINHOYI— Malaria deaths are on the rise in Zimbabwe as gains made in eliminating the infectious disease continue to be eroded by a new drug resistant strain and lack of funds to sustain disease monitoring…

It’s difficult to visualize the scope and magnitude of the current crisis in South Sudan — created by brutal internal conflict that started in December of last year. More than 1.7 million people have been displaced. 3.8…

Those behind unlawful killings and torture of protesters must be brought to justice The brutal suppression of protest in Sudan must end, and members of the security forces responsible for killing, injuring, and torturing protesters must be…

UNMISS “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) Sites As of 2 September, the estimated number of civilians seeking safety in ten Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites located on UNMISS bases is 99,555 including 29,306 in Juba (Tomping and UN…

September 3, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – An outbreak of hepatitis at Kalma camp for Internally Displaced People in South Darfur state has led to the death of 150 people and infected 500 others. Hepatitis, an inflammation of the…

Extreme poverty drives some Kenyans to scavenge through rubbish dumps for materials to sell for recycling. At the main dump in Eldoret, a town in Kenya’s Rift valley with a population of 280,000, people sift through…