Rapports

KUTUM LOCALITY (1 Sep.) - (UPDATE 20:00) Teachers of 14 secondary schools in Kutum locality, North Darfur, embarked on a one-week strike today, in protest against the murders of seven teachers in the locality since last…

On 28 August 2014, following a recent rift between the Reizegat and Ma’alia tribes, tribal leaders of South, East and Central Darfur met with UNAMID Sector East Head of Office (HoO), Mr. Landing Badjie, and representatives…

Amref Health Africa South Sudan believes that the Outreach Programme can greatly help to address the backlog of surgical cases in state hospitals, as many patients cannot afford to access private medical services available in Juba…

HIGHLIGHTS South Sudan: Peace is in sight as warring leaders sign ceasefire deal. Ethiopia: IOM has moved a total of 171,794 refugees from both Gambella and Benishangul-Gumuz regions, since December 2013. Uganda: IOM has supported 2,897 households with WASH…

KEY EVENTS Critical water shortages persist in areas that received poor seasonal rainfall in Afar, Oromia and Somali regions. The WaSH needs and associated monetary requirements are expected to increase in the second half of 2014 and…

Almost 18,000 vulnerable people are benefitting from an Islamic Relief project to tackle poverty in Kenya’s North Eastern Province. The latest intervention by Islamic Relief in the area – where many rely on small-scale or subsistence farming…

IN SUMMARY Although most farmers in East Africa are ready to make efforts to boost production, the institutional set-up, governance as well as management of land and other resources create conditions that inherently make farming an inefficient…

The preliminary results of the 2014 Zimbabwe "Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey" (MICS) designed and implemented by UNICEF in collaboration with ZimStat and mainly financed by the European Union were recently released and show a positive and…

The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out in 2014 by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) as part of the global MICS programme. Technical support was provided by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The…

NAIROBI, 1 September 2014 (IRIN) - Frustrated by a resurgence of intercommunal conflict, Kenya's top humanitarian official has called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to make good on a threat to deploy the army in perennially restive…