Reports

GAMBELLA, Ethiopia, 25 July (UNHCR) -- Twelve-year-old Nyawech Chuol can barely stop sobbing long enough to tell the story of the night South Sudan's civil war came to her home. She and her eight-year-old sister, Nyalouk,…

OVERVIEW The security situation across South Sudan remains unpredictable and highly volatile. In Guit and Nhialdu (18km from Bentiu town), Unity State, clashes disrupted food distribution to 37,000 people on 16 July. Fighting was also reported in…

Millions in South Sudan and Somalia are at risk, according to sophisticated tracking models and data collected this year on crops, livestock, markets, and stockpiles. But early warning doesn't always mean action. NAIROBI, KENYA — Nearly seven…

Sudan - IOM, as part of the Sudan’s National Flood Taskforce, which is coordinates emergency response operations throughout the country, has been asked by the country’s Federal Ministry of Health to contribute to the country’s malaria…

Improved cereal availability may stabilize basic food prices KEY MESSAGES As the agricultural season progresses, overall production is considered to be good this season. The five provinces accountable for most of production are Kuanza-sul, Huambo, Bié, Malanje and Huila.…

Addis Ababa July 24/2014 The government of Ethiopia has made a commitment to eliminate child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) traditional practices by 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen said on Tuesday, July 22, 2014…

25 July 2014, Nairobi, Kenya. 14 technical experts working at the IGAD Secretariat and its specialized programmes including the Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), the Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) and IGAD-Somalia,…

Situation Update As of 25 July 2014, 5,217 cholera cases including 114 deaths (CFR 2.2%) had been reported in South Sudan

Highlights WFP urgently requires US$107 million for the next six months to meet the needs of all refugees in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan. The resource situation remains critical in all the four countries. Shortfalls may require WFP…

“We are now facing a famine in South Sudan,” says GOAL’s refugee programme manager in Ethiopia GOAL’s refugee programme manager in Ethiopia, Mary T Murphy has said that refugee numbers from South Sudan into Ethiopia are set…