Reports

Highlights Special Air operation to Support Humanitarian Deliveries in South Sudan approved. The Operation, approved for a total cost of about US$ 17 million, will support the delivery of humanitarian supplies in assistance to conflict affected people…

Chingwizi/Mwenezi– The food situation at Chingwizi Resettlement Camp had become dire but, thanks to a generous contribution from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the UN World Food Programme is able to provide food for…

Bern, 27.06.2014 - Switzerland contributed significantly to demining the province of Maputo, Mozambique, declared "free of mines" on 21 March 2014. This success will allow the inhabitants of the decontaminated zones to return to work in…

Summary: CHF 168,065 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 25 October, 2013 to support South Sudan Red Cross Society (SSRC) in delivering immediate assistance to some 525,749 beneficiaries. An active outbreak of polio…

The Kenya market watch report is produced by the VAM unit of the World Food Programme Kenya on a monthly basis. Wholesale price data for maize (which is Kenya’s staple) and beans from the State Department…

CAPE TOWN, 27 June 2014 (IRIN) - It is a Saturday in Cape Town. In many parts of South Africa’s second largest metropolitan area people mill about, inspecting baby cabbages and shitake mushrooms at one of…

To tackle the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, IOM Uganda has developed a Behaviour Change Campaign (BCC) to raise awareness not only on HIV/AIDS, but also sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned pregnancies. The sites selected to launch…

Current Situation: In the past two weeks, Kakuma Camp has received 905 South Sudanese arrivals from the Nadapal border point. As of 25th June 2014, the number of South Sudanese asylum seekers received was 39,180. This brings…

The livestock sector is central to the economic and cultural life of the Somali people. The sector provides food and income to over 60 percent of the country’s population. Burao and Galkayo are the largest livestock…

Cooking banana (matoke), dry cassava chips, sorghum, millet, beans, and white maize are important food commodities for Ugandans. The staple food varies by region. Matoke is most important in the central, western, and southwestern regions; millet…