Reports

Moisture deficits remain following a mid-season dry spell that occurred in early November and recent drier than average conditions. With a shortened recovery period in the next several weeks, this could result in a deterioration of…

Final Report; Period covered: June 2005 to May 2006; Final appeal coverage: 55% Appeal history: - Launched on 24 June 2005 - http://www.ifrc.org/cgi/pdf_appeals.pl?05/05EA013.pdf- for CHF 735,000 (USD 576,796 or EUR 477,164) for 6 months (ending 24 December 2005) to assist 43,000…

BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) USAID/OFDA's humanitarian assistance to Kenya has focused historically on short-term response to incidents of drought and floods, as well as episodes of civil…

SUBJECT: Natural disaster preparedness in East Africa and the Great Lakes. SIGNIFICANCE: Over the past 20 years, greater responsibility has been placed upon national governments for disaster planning, and mitigation, in their own territories.  However, recent disaster episodes in the region…

(New York: 17 July 2007): From getting medical treatment, building material and food to Afghan refugees to providing helicopters for distributing food in Sudan, the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has given almost $201 million for life-saving aid…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries. In Brief Period covered by this…

ROME - As crises across Africa continue to dominate the humanitarian agenda, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warmly welcomed a contribution from Turkey of US$ 2 million, for its operations in eight countries where millions face daily…

Weekly Introduction: Indian and Atlantic Oceans Remains Warm The Indian Ocean Dipole, partially responsible for the above normal precipitation in the Horn of Africa during the past few months, has broken down. Despite this, the weakening El…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The situation in pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of the country during the Sugum/Gu rains of 2006 showed mixture of normal to below normal performance. This had been the actual occurrence in Somali and Afar regions, South Omo Zone…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 7 December (IRIN) - The main challenge in responding to the flood emergency in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia continues to be providing adequate supplies of safe water…