Reports

Harare City Council is losing thousands of dollars every month from 70,000 unregistered water connections, The Zimbabwean has learnt. “The city has a total of 192,000 registered water connections and an estimated high rate of unregistered connections…

In Summary Police say the violence is about elective politics, with each clan wanting a dominant role. The extent of the killings and damage to property by far exceeds what the government has acknowledged officially since the violence…

Innovative $7.6 million e-learning program will train 6,000 young people to become nurses and midwives and expand capacity of nursing schools in Zambia RICHMOND, Va. – Aug. 28, 2014 – 6,000 Zambian youth will receive nursing training…

Highlights: As of 15 August, 189,327 South Sudanese asylum seekers have arrived in Gambella Region of Ethiopia. Over 90 per cent of the new arrivals are women and children and almost 68 percent are children. The current…

Description of the disaster The poor performance of the long rains March – May 2014 in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands both in pastoral and marginal agriculture livelihood zones (the North Western, Northern, North Eastern, South Eastern…

By Amanda Lawrence-Brown — 29 August 2014 Below average rains, increased food prices and conflicts, have contributed to a 15 percent increase in the number of people requiring food assistance. A Long Rains food security assessment…

Launched: 29 August 2014 End date: 29 May 2015 Appeal timeframe: 9 months Summary This Emergency Appeal will enable the IFRC to support the Kenya Red Cross Society to assist 649,175 beneficiaries for 9 months, and…

By Abdiqani Hassan BOSSASSO, Somalia, Aug 28 (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed in fighting on Thursday between rival areas in Somalia's usually calm Somaliland region, residents said, highlighting the fragility of security improvements anywhere…

JUBA, Aug 28 2014 (IPS) - “What is the benefit when children are crying and people are dying due to hunger? There is no need to cry when you have the potential to dig,” sings Juba-based…

Officials plan to build extra public conveniences in Addis Ababa, which has just 63 loos for its 3 million inhabitants Addis Ababa has more than 3 million people, but there are just 63 public toilets. At one,…