Kenya
By Ranelle Sykes A national development challenge unearths big ideas to transform agriculture. Gowing up in Njoro, Kenya, in the 1970s, Fredrick Muthuri remembers working alongside his mother and brothers on their farm, planting maize. His family’s farm neighbored…
Somalia
Mogadishu, 13 August 2014 - Good afternoon distinguished representatives of the Security Council. I am pleased to welcome you to Somalia and for this opportunity to brief you on the humanitarian situation in Somalia, on behalf…
Madagascar
Le centre malgache Akanin'ny marary (Foyer pour les malades) est situé à Ambositra, une communauté urbaine de la région d'Amoron'i Mania, dans la province de Fianarantsoa. Il dispense des soins aux personnes souffrant de la lèpre,…
Kenya + 4 more
On 8 August 2014, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was a public health emergency of international concern. In addition she recommended governments take action depending…
Somalia + 9 more
NAIROBI, 13 August 2014 (IRIN) - Some 20 million people are facing acute food insecurity in eastern and central Africa, with most of them being at “crisis” and “emergency” levels, according to aid agencies. This figure…
Sudan
In South Darfur, herders forcibly entered their livestock on farmlands in Mershing locality on Sunday. Militiamen on Monday raided three homes in the Mawashi camp for the displaced in Kabkabiya locality, North Darfur. Three displaced sustained…
South Sudan
Life for those people who have been displaced by conflict in South Sudan is extremely hard. They are living in temporary tents and shelters during a rainy season which brings mud and disease. They have very…
United Republic of Tanzania
By Sheila Chemjor, IFRC Families in Morogoro’s Dakawa and Kilosa area, 270 kilometres northwest of Tanzania’s capital Dar es Salaam, are rebuilding their lives following flash floods that left a massive trail of destruction earlier in the…
South Sudan
Finn Church Aid started building schools this week in South Sudan, which is struggling with armed conflicts and food shortages. The building is concentrated in the state of Lakes and its border regions. The neighbouring state…
Somalia
United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) For Immediate Release PRESS STATEMENT 39/2014 Mogadishu, 13 August 2014 – Members of the United Nations Security Council arrived in Mogadishu this morning on a landmark visit to Somalia to review progress…
