Reports

Highlights ● At least six South Sudanese aid workers were killed in Maban County, Upper Nile State, causing aid agencies to suspend essential activities such as food distributions and evacuating some staff. ● Continued rains in Bentiu worsened…

ADDIS ABABA, 8 August 2014 (IRIN) - After decades battling high maternal death rates - at least a third of which were due to botched abortions - Ethiopia took a stand: it prioritized newborn and maternal…

Overview After clashes broke out in Juba in mid-December 2013, between competing factions within the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army, the situation quickly degenerated into a full-scale conflict. The fighting spread to Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile states,…

Over a million people in South Sudan have been displaced since the violence started in December 2013. Since there was no possibility to cultivate the land, over three million people could be victim of food shortages…

By Ivan Gayton, MSF emergency coordinator in Bentiu, South Sudan In South Sudan, 40,000 people are crowded into a flooded United Nations compound in Bentiu. Living conditions are horrific but it is the only refuge they have…

HIGHLIGHTS As at 6 th August 2014, Kakuma had received 41,780 asylum seekers from South Sudan. This brings the total camp population to 177,210. Out of this figure, 169,652 had been registered by UNHCR and DRA as…

Somalia faces major human resource gaps as it attempts to move forward and achieve the reconstruction and peace-building objectives set out in its Vision 2016 initiative. The Somali diaspora present a unique reserve of experts with skills…

IOM has donated 3,300 solar lanterns to reach 20,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia. The recipients are now at less risk of gender-based violence (GBV), their children will be able to do homework after school,…

Since the crisis began in South Sudan in December 2013, over 1.1 million people have been displaced from their homes. Over 95,000 of them are sheltering in UN Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites throughout the country,…

Lucy Poni, Mugume Davis Rwakaringi Last updated on: August 07, 2014 12:27 PM NAIROBI— International media rights organization the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the authorities in South Sudan to ensure the safety of freelance journalist…