Somalia + 1 more
(New York, 2 July 2014): John Ging, Operations Director for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and Ted Chaiban, Emergency Director of UNICEF, told media after a week-long mission to Somalia and Yemen…
South Sudan
UNMISS “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) Sites As of 2 July, the estimated number of civilians seeking safety in ten Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites located on UNMISS bases is 96,995, including 31,840 in Juba (Tomping and UN…
Ethiopia + 4 more
Highlights · WFP urgently requires US$103 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 Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya. The Uganda…
Sudan
MSF reinforcement team denied permission by Sudan authorities to respond to the needs 02 July 2014 / Brussels – Extremely poor living conditions are putting at risk some 15,000 displaced victims of conflict in El Sereif camp…
Sudan
The residents of Kalma camp in Nyala locality, South Darfur, suffer from a severe shortage of drinking water since two weeks. Sheikh Eisa Adam Ahmed reported to Radio Dabanga that since two weeks the entire camp is…
South Sudan
By: Merlijn Stoffels, Netherlands Red Cross Society We are up early this morning to set off for Minkamen, the biggest settlement site in South Sudan for people forced from their homes due to the ongoing conflict. The…
South Sudan
Tayar* remembers the day he and his family saw their home for the last time. “When the fighting broke out we heard artillery, gunshots, bullets. “There were dead people everywhere and their houses were burnt. Everything in…
Somalia
The New Deal: Aligning UNDP strategic support and the Somali Compact The Somali Compact, signed on 16 September 2013 at the New Deal Conference in Brussels, is seen as a roadmap for promoting statebuilding and peacebuilding over…
Kenya
The Ministry of Health has announced free rotavirus vaccinations beginning July 1. An advertisement in the Daily Nation on Tuesday said the vaccine will be offered in all public facilities free of charge. The first dose is to…
Sudan + 1 more
KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed today a generous contribution from the Government of Canada towards WFP emergency operations in Sudan. The contribution of CAD 5 million (US$4.5 million) will be used…
