Reports

Situation Overview Generally during the month of July, major parts of the county received depressed rainfalls below 50% of the normal. Temporal and spatial distribution was fair in mixed farming livelihoods but poor in pastoral and agro-pastoral during…

Food security to deteriorate following below-average March to May long rains Key Messages Generally, the below-average long rains resulted in below-average crop development in the high- and medium-potential areas in western Kenya and the Rift Valley. A below-average,…

Prolonged dry spells push pastoralists to the brink of starvation as food prices soar and cattle raids spiral out of control This time last year, Samuel Aboto had 600 goats; today, he has none. "I am not…

Burundi’s ruling party is perpetrating a relentless campaign of intimidation against government critics and its youth wing is carrying out crimes with impunity ahead of next year’s election, warns Amnesty International in a report published today. ‘Locked…

GENEVA (30 July 2014) – At the end of a seven-day official visit to Kenya*, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, called on the Government…

WAU, South Sudan – The need for reproductive health care remains overwhelming in South Sudan. Even before the current humanitarian crisis erupted in December of last year, the country had one of the highest maternal death…

Mogadishu, 30 July 2014 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed today’s agreement in principle to form a regional administration in central Somalia. Under the leadership of the Federal Government,…

New insight into IDP returns to inform durable solutions in Somalia The UNHCR-led Somalia Return Consortium publishes its first review of support to IDP returns in Somalia. The report titled ‘Towards Durable Solutions – Achievements and challenges…

Communities and displaced populations living in congested camps with poor hygiene and sanitation are at high risk of contracting cholera in South Sudan. Since the beginning of July this year, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in…

Highlights The Executive Directors of UNICEF and WFP visited South Sudan from 24-26 June, warning that children in South Sudan cannot wait any longer before the world takes action. “The world should not wait for a famine…