Reports

Who are we? The Southern Africa Regional Office (SARO) located in Botswana is part of the Africa Zone and the wider IFRC Secretariat. The regional office covers 10 countries, namely Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland,…

This policy monitoring brief analyzes the process that led to the “Somali New Deal Compact,” the framework’s potential effectiveness as a peacebuilding tool, and potential ways to strengthen it. We find that the New Deal Compact…

Marial Mayom, South Sudan Red Cross The Government of South Sudan declared a cholera outbreak in Juba in mid-May 2014. Despite the decline in cholera cases in Juba where the first cases of cholera were reported, the…

BENTIU, 31 July 2014 (IRIN) - More than a third of South Sudan’s population is at risk of severe food insecurity as a result of the ongoing conflict, and the international community, NGOs and local organizations…

HARARE, 31 July 2014 (IRIN) - While, smoking tobacco is extremely harmful for human beings, growing it has been good for Zimbabwe's economy and its farmers. Now, however, both the government and farmers have become increasingly…

Highlights · Food pipelines are stretched and WFP requires immediate contributions to meet the needs of new arrivals and existing refugees in all four countries. · UN agencies are working with national and local governments to provide adequate…

By Henry Makiwa, British Red Cross Society Alfred Lati Joseph has the butt of his cigarette tightly pinched between his thumb and index finger, his face animated as he makes his point. “I am young, strong and fit,…

Summary: Zimbabwe is experiencing chronic food insecurity. Based on the 2013 Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZIMVAC) produced in May 2013, the 2013/2014 consumption year was projected to see 2.2 million people (25 per cent of rural households)…

CURRENT SITUATION Markets remain severely disrupted in Unity, Upper, Nile, and Jonglei State following the outbreak of conflict since mid-December 2013 (Figure 1).However, the intensity of the conflict in South Sudan continued to abate through June enabling…

Urgent assistance needed for life-saving support to farmers, fishers and pastoralists 31 July 2014, Rome – Continued efforts to provide farmers, fishers and pastoralists in South Sudan with life-saving emergency livelihood kits are at risk due to…