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Maize, rice, and cassava are the most important food commodities. Markets selected represent the entire geographic length of the country: two markets in each of the north, center, and south. In the north, Karonga is one of…

Maize and beans are the most important commodities consumed, with maize availability considered synonymous with food security. Beans are very often consumed with maize. The Nairobi market is indicative for urban consumers. Eldoret is a producing area…

Highlights Since the 15th of December, fighting in South Sudan has displaced more than 1 million people within South Sudan (OCHA, June 20), and led to the outflow of asylum seekers into neighbouring countries. Uganda ha s…

HIGHLIGHTS  Relief actors scale up health, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) response activities at the UNMISS protection of civilians (PoC) site in Bentiu town, Unity State.  Internally displaced persons (IDPs) continue to relocate from…

Violent attacks on civilians in and around Mpeketoni between 15 and 17 June 2014 have underscored a further deterioration in Kenya’s security environment. Heavily armed gunmen killed over 60 people in the attacks, making them the…

At the end of her visit in South Sudan, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, called for the full implementation of the Action Plan signed by the Government to…

EL SAREIF BENI HUSSEIN Abbala tribesmen killed ten Beni Hussein tribesmen in two separate incidents in North Darfur, on Thursday. Ali Daoud El Beid and a number of members of the Committee of the Social Fabric are…

NYALA/GARSILA The AU-UN Joint Special Representative Mohamed Ibn Chambas extended his best wishes to the Sudanese government and citizens with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan. Internally displaced people living in camps in Darfur begin…

GENEVA / KHARTOUM, 27 June 2014 - The current IDP and refugee crisis in Sudan is manifesting itself clearly as a children’s crisis, with up to 70 per cent or more of people on the move…

By Crystal Wells, Communications Officer, Concern Worldwide Jamel Egal was born the year it all fell apart. Somali President Siad Barre was overthrown and anarchy overtook the east African nation of Somalia. Warlords filled the void of a…