Reports

EL SAREIF BENI HUSSEIN A man was killed and five others injured in a clash between a rescue team and thieves in El Sareif Beni Hussein locality, North Darfur, on Monday. On the same day, farmer was…

By Fatuma Jimale As communities across the arid northern Kenya gear up for the possibility of drought and worry about the effects it might have on their lives, one group in the outskirts of Isiolo Town is…

Following months of conciliatory talks, Mozambique’s Frelimo ruling party and the Renamo opposition party agreed to a ceasefire on Sunday, August 24. The deal between the government and the former rebel group formalized a peace agreement…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) confirms that three crew members of a UN-contracted MI-8 helicopter have died in this afternoon’s crash near Bentiu in Unity State. One surviving crew member has received treatment from…

Khartoum, 26 August 2014. The United Nations welcomes the approval last week by representatives of the Governments of South Sudan and Sudan of an operational plan that will open a humanitarian corridor between Sudan and South…

Sudanese women contribute greatly to their communities during war, but they have been left out of the formal peace process The 22-year-conflict in Sudan, which consumed so much of the country’s resources, ended with the secession of…

London, 26 August 2014 – A vaccine against cholera is being used on a large scale for the first time in Ethiopia by teams from the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The…

One suspect has been killed and eight others arrested in connection with the recent fighting between the Degodia and Garre communities in Mandera, County Commissioner Alex Ole Nkoyo has said. In an interview with Nation.co.ke, Mr Nkoyo…

Key Messages The food security situation in the majority of the rural households across the country is stable, including areas in the Limpopo Basin affected by mild floods in February/March 2014. Acute food insecurity outcomes will remain…

Flood risk continues after heavy rains caused localized flooding across Sudan Key Messages Heavy rains since late July caused localized flooding injuring dozens and destroying thousands of homes in Khartoum, River Nile, North Darfur, West Darfur, Kassala and…