Reports

Highlights An integrated measles, polio and vitamin A campaign is underway in the three conflict-affected states. So far, 23,826 children have been vaccinated against polio and 23,570 against measles in and around Malakal while 2,802 children have…

James, a humanitarian working in Somalia, recently visited the Hiraan region which is feared to be one of the worst drought-hit areas. He was surprised by the landscape during the rainy season and by the lack…

Nairobi/Geneva, 2 September 2014 – As the threat of food shortages and hunger loom over families in many areas in Kenya, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is appealing for 8.5…

Highlights • Partners reached 2.7 million people with some form of assistance by the end of August 2014. This is 71 per cent of the 3.8 million people targeted with assistance by the end of the year. •…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Well below-average 2014 main “gu” season cereal harvest forecast Prices of cereals stabilize at very high/record levels in most markets Worsening food security conditions across the country, with over one million people classified at IPC Phase…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Good “kiremti” rainfall season favours the 2014 main cropping season. Deteriorating grazing resources observed in coastal areas Favourable rainfall during the 2014 main “kiremti” cropping season Harvesting of 2014 main season crops is expected to start…

Jean de Dieu Basabose, Insight on Conflict's Local Correspondent for Rwanda, looks at how "community based sociotherapy" is being used to heal the wounds of the past and build social cohesion in Rwanda. After the genocide and…

UNMISS “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) Sites As of 2 September, the estimated number of civilians seeking safety in ten Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites located on UNMISS bases is 99,555 including 29,306 in Juba (Tomping and UN…

Plus de 4 600 Congolais ont été déjà accueillis par le Burundi comme demandeurs d’asile durant le 1er semestre de cette année. L’office burundais de protection des refugies et des apatrides affirme avoir accordé l’asile à…

Maputo, 2 September 2014. Speaking in Maputo, UNICEF Representative Koen Vanormelingen stressed the need for Mozambique to address iodine deficiency in children, in order to prevent the grave effects associated with the syndrome. “Iodine deficiency affects the…