Kenya
KISUMU/NAIROBI, 30 July 2014 (IRIN) - The US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR), the biggest funder of HIV programmes in Kenya, is set to significantly scale down its funding, a move activists and government…
Kenya
1. Brief description of the emergency and impact Kenya has been experiencing a series of attacks by militant groups in the recent past. After the Westgate attack on 21 September 2013, successive attacks have targeted various settlement towns…
Mozambique
Summary This Livelihood Zone Descriptions document includes the map and descriptions of livelihood zones in Mozambique based on secondary data reviews and workshops conducted in October and November 2013. The Livelihood Zone Descriptions product, sometimes called Livelihood Zoning…
Zambia
Summary This Livelihood Zone Descriptions document includes the map and descriptions of livelihood zones in Zambia based on secondary data reviews and workshops conducted in February 2014. The Livelihood Zone Descriptions product, sometimes called Livelihood Zoning “Plus”, provides…
South Sudan
The South Sudan Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of cholera on 15 May 2014 and to date over 5,176 cases of the disease have been reported throughout the country, including Upper Nile State, where an…
Zimbabwe
Small holder farmers have criticised the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) for ripping them off by levying the water they are harvesting from mountains using their own resources. Disgruntled villagers told The Zimbabwean that the water utility…
South Sudan
July 29, 2014 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese human rights body has condemned last week’s arrest of youth in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, describing the government’s move as “barbaric”. In a statement issued Tuesday, South Sudan…
South Sudan
Highlights Executive Directors of WFP and UNICEF visit South Sudan. Last week the Executive Directors of WFP and UNICEF jointly visited the country and went to Malakal, where they met the IDPs and the beneficiaries of some of…
Sudan + 2 more
HIGHLIGHTS Violence has displaced more than 388,100 people in Darfur to date in 2014. Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) prompts additional displacement and humanitarian needs in the Two Areas. Approximately 5…
Zimbabwe
Jonga Kandemiiri 29.07.2014 19:32 WASHINGTON DC — Human rights group, Heal Zimbabwe Trust, says the judiciary and police should investigate outstanding cases of the 2008 political violence that saw close to 500 political activists being killed. The group said it…
