Rapports

KEY EVENTS Preliminary assessment reports indicate the high likelihood of an increase in humanitarian needs in the second half of the year. Two investigative teams were deployed to the northern, north eastern and central parts of the country…

4 August 2014 – An attack on women and children during or after a crisis was not just an attack on an individual, but also on families, communities, rule of law, dignity and humanity, a UN…

By Nana Anto-Awuakye There was a bowl of dust and as if like a mirage – a battered green land Rover appeared on the horizon and then disappeared, only to remerge a few minutes later, as it…

By Nana Anto-Awuakye It’s hard to know where Khamsa Dagaig camp starts and ends; as we weave our way through Dickensian-like narrow alleys between makeshift houses that sit higgledy-piggledy on top of each other. We finally reach our…

August 3, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) said that 114 soldiers from the South Sudanese army (SPLA) have sought refuge in Sudan due to severe economic hardship and hunger. SAF spokesperson, al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa’ad,…

Publication Summary This analysis argues that although the crisis was triggered by power struggle within the SPLM, historical issues that remained unresolved after the CPA significantly compounded it. As well, other factors such as illiteracy, maladministration…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Cereal production in 2014 estimated at an average level Maize prices increase in Maseru, but remain generally stable elsewhere Number of food insecure estimated to have increased in 2014/15

KHARTOUM (3 Aug.) Some 18 people have died and 184 sustained injuries as a result of the torrential rains and the ensuing floods in Sudan on Wednesday. In Omdurman, people have not received support by the authorities…

In Summary This followed the rains that have hit the region in the last three days. At least 10 out of 12 houses have had have had their rooftops partly reaped off while the other two are the…

August 1, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Fourteen people were killed in various Sudanese states, mostly in the capital Khartoum, due to heavy rains and floods, which hit the country during the past two weeks. Ahmed Qassim, Khartoum state’s…