Botswana
The Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism in collaboration with the SADC secretariat has launched the Monitoring of the Environment for Security in Africa (MESA) initiative in Botswana. In his keynote address at the launch, the acting…
Malawi
LILONGWE, Malawi – “I started having an affair with a grown man when I turned 11. I was in the final year of my primary education,” recalls Mercy Jackson, a girl from the Chikhwawa District in…
Sudan
EL FASHER (14 Jul.) - There are currently 2,308,992 people displaced in the five states of Darfur. Among them are 82,530 orphans, 34,099 widows, and 52,352 infirm and elderly, according to a survey conducted by the Darfur…
South Sudan
July 14, 2014 (MABIOR) – Aid agencies are due to begin air drops of food items in Jonglei state’s Duk county this week, officials said. “Food will be dropped by air in Duk, that will be the…
South Sudan
July 15, 14 (MABIOR) – There has been a sharp increase in the number of hepatitis E infections over the past three months in South Sudan’s Lakes state, with 55 cases reported in June, up from…
Sudan
ZALINGEI LOCALITY (15 Jul.) - Torrential rains on Saturday destroyed more than 1,000 shelters at the Hamidiya, Khamsa Degaig, Hassahissa, and Teiba camps for the displaced in Zalingei locality, Central Darfur. “We have not witnessed rains like…
South Sudan
Situation Update A total of 4,278 cholera cases including 98 deaths (CFR 2.3%) had been reported in South Sudan as of 15 July 2014 as summarized in Tables 1, 2 and 3. New laboratory test results released today showed…
Zambia
By Leighla Bowers — 11 July 2014 WFP has been contracted by the United Nations Development Programme through the Global Fund to distribute 4.8 million mosquito nets to 980 health centres across the country. Chances are, you might…
Malawi
Analysis of recent survey evidence A large proportion of Malawian households are caught in a trap where poverty and food insecurity reinforce one another and where periods of food deficits and severe food crises are frequent occurrences.…
Uganda
Engaging Male Youth in Karamoja, Uganda: An examination of the factors driving the perpetration of violence and crime by young men in Karamoja and the applicability of a communications and relationships program to address related behavior This…
