South Sudan
24 June 2014 - To assist South Sudanese police with community policing as well as gender, child and vulnerable persons’ protection, UNPOL completed a two-week training today in Aweil, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State. During the graduation ceremony,…
South Sudan
After eight weeks of intensive learning in the field and the classroom, nineteen South Sudanese graduated from FAO South Sudan’s Agro-Pastoral Master Training Course on 7 June 2014 in Lira, Uganda. The course developed the skills…
Eritrea + 3 more
UNHCR Operational Highlights for May 2014 • Completion of Child Protection and Best Interest Assessment Training in Umkulu Refugee Camp • UNHCR Eritrea signed Annual Work Plan for 2014 with the National Union of Eritrean Women for a…
Sudan
EL FASHER - The Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) launched a Justice Committee, and a Truth and Reconciliation Committee in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, on Monday. The establishment of a Justice committee, which will be headed…
Namibia + 1 more
WINDHOEK- More than 3000 Angolan refugees in Namibia have been repatriated back to their country, after their classification of refugee status ended. Namibian Commissioner for Refugees, Nkrumah Mushelenga confirmed the repartriation of all Angolan refugees, after he…
South Sudan
An alarming situation that could get worse The full extent of the conflict-driven food security crisis in South Sudan has yet to unfold, warns Sue Lautze, head of FAO operations in the troubled African nation. Recent conflicts have…
Sudan
KOLBUS LOCALITY (24 Jun) -Five people were abducted in Abu Rumayl village in West Darfur on Sunday. The kidnappers demand a ransom of SDG350,000. “On Sunday, militiamen abducted five citizens in Abu Rumayl in Kolbus locality. Three…
Burundi
Susan Onyango, IFRC Esperance Mukarugamba, 40, is a married mother of seven from Cankuzo Province, Burundi. She is a small-scale farmer who grows maize, beans, millet, bananas and cassava, mainly for her family’s consumption. Her family previously lived…
South Sudan
Cholera: The number of cases went up to 1 845 with 39 deaths. While Juba county continues to bear the burden of cholera, there are now four States in South Sudan with confirmed cholera outbreaks: Central…
South Sudan
Education is critical in averting the loss of another generation Since the current crisis began in December 2013: 1,188 schools in the three most affected States (Jonglei, Unity, Upper Nile) have closed. Nearly half a million children and adolescents…
