Rapports

Stable food prices across the country ensure food access for poor households Key Messages Green harvests have started in the southern, unimodal areas. With less demand on market from these areas and market stores from last year remaining…

Household food availability improves and food security is expected to remain stable until September Key Messages Currently, the majority of rural households throughout the country are able to meet their basic food requirements through own production and are…

Near normal Belg rains led to average area planted outside of eastern Oromia Key Messages In general, the performance of February to May Belg rains had been near normal in terms of amount and temporal distribution from February…

Overview 2013 had been very significant for the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) as it experienced a new start with the ushering in of a new Governing Board and a new Secretary General. This was followed with…

Drought risk in Kenya A recent JRC report on the current food security situation in Kenya finds that, due to a poor 2013-2014 short rains season, northern and northeastern parts of Kenya are affected by drought, and…

KUTUM LOCALITY (30 Apr.) - Militiamen assaulted students sitting for their basic school exams in Kutum town in North Darfur on Monday. Residents of Kutum locality complain of continuing assaults by Janjaweed, as the “government-backed militiamen”…

KABKABIYA LOCALITY (30 Apr.) - A woman of Sibak Al Khel camp for the displaced in Kabkabiya locality, North Darfur, was injured when she was shot by militiamen on Monday. In the vicinity of Kabakabiya, a…

Persistent dry spells result in significant crop failure in Karonga district Key Messages Reports from the Karonga district Agriculture Office (DAO) confirm that prolonged dry spells during the critical stage of crop development resulted in extensive crop wilting…

Photographs by Kate Holt illustrate the pervasive effects of violence on nearly every aspect of children’s lives in South Sudan. By Kristin Taylor “Out of the many refugee and displacement situations I’ve photographed, I’ve never had a child…

Summary: Heavy rains caused flash floods in Morogoro region, located approximately 270 kilometres West of Dar Es Salaam, between 22nd and 23rd January, 2014. The rains which fell upstream in the regions of Tanga, Dodoma and Manyara…