Assessments

Executive Summary South Sudan is the world’s youngest and most fragile country and its media landscape reflects these challenges. Decades of civil war with the Republic of Sudan were only recently resolved through a Comprehensive Peace Agreement…

On 28th December SRCS coordination office has sent a team composed of three person and one vehicle (Ahmed Essa , Hargeisa branch secretary, Yusuf Hassan Ismail ,MoWR regional coordinator and Yasin Osman Jama, resilience Watsan officer)…

The outbreak of violence between armed groups in South Kordofan in June 2011, which later spread to Blue Nile State in September 2011, caused thousands of people to flee their homes – the vast majority of…

Introduction Close to 80,000 refugees currently reside in Kampala, Uganda, the majority of whom have fled conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The remainder have come mostly from Burundi, Rwanda, Eritrea, Somalia, and South…

Raina M Phillips*, Jelena Vujcic, Andrew Boscoe, Thomas Handzel, Mark Aninyasi, Susan T Cookson, Curtis Blanton, Lauren S Blum and Pavani K Ram Abstract Background Refugees are at high risk for communicable diseases due to overcrowding and poor water,…

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 County Background Kilifi County is located in the coastal region of Kenya to the North of Mombasa. The county covers an area of approximately 12,610 square kilometers (km2) and has a population of 1,246,228 according…

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 County Background Information Kwale County is located in the coastal region of Kenya. It borders Taita Taveta County to the West; Kilifi County to the North, Mombasa to the Northeast, the Indian Ocean to the…

This report presents the findings of the community baseline undertaken by the Consortium ‘Building Resilient Communities in Somalia’ (BRCiS) between August and October 2014. The aim of the Consortium is to enhance resilience to shocks and…

Highlights National average maize prices have doubled year-on-year, driving down people’s ability to purchase food. High prices are hampering food access in Southern Malawi. Poorer households and female-headed households employ more negative coping strategies than wealthier households and…