Kenya
Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators ▪ The county did not experience any rainfall during the reporting month. ▪ The forage and browse conditions remain good to fair occasioned by the effect of the MAM season rains. ▪…
Kenya
Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification The performance of March to May 2024 rainfall was above average triggering substantial improvement in environmental and majority of production indicators. The sentinel sites data indicated that the county is in…
Sudan
Highlights • On 21 August 2024, a 1GB dedicated undersea fibre internet service was activated in Port Sudan. This notable upgrade significantly enhances high-speed internet connectivity, reducing dependency on satellite communication services for humanitarians. • The ETC has…
Somalia
The Somalia Crisis Recovery Project is supporting the recovery of livelihoods and infrastructure in flood and drought-affected areas and strengthening nationwide disaster preparedness capacity. In late October and November 2019, low-lying areas along the Shabelle and Juba…
Sudan + 1 more
Sudan: Starvation crisis reaches historic proportions Joint statement by Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary General Jan Egeland, Danish Refugee Council Secretary General Charlotte Slente and Mercy Corps Chief Executive Officer Tjada D’Oyen McKenna As the heads of humanitarian organisations…
South Sudan
Juba ‒ Cecilia Achuwor, a 38-year-old mother of six children, is one of the hundreds of thousands of refugees and returnees who have crossed the border into South Sudan since the beginning of the conflict in…
South Sudan
Press Release 23 August 2024 HIV and tuberculosis pose a critical health crisis in South Sudan, as highlighted in a recent Comment article in The Lancet HIV by MSF. Flexible and adaptive healthcare strategies that put people at the…
South Sudan
Health workers wading waist deep through floods to reach malnourished children Tearfund scales up nutrition centre support in response to floods in South Sudan International relief and development agency Tearfund is scaling up support and issuing flood warnings…
Sudan + 9 more
HIGHLIGHTS • Famine conditions have been confirmed in Zamzam IDP camp near Al Fasher, North Darfur State. Thousands more are likely experiencing similar conditions in 13 other areas at risk of famine. • Heavy rains and flooding; disease…
Sudan
Three people have succumbed to cholera in Sudan’s River Nile state, bringing the cumulative death toll from the current epidemic to 14. The state health authorities reported in their daily report issued by the Investigation and…
