South Sudan
The large-scale violence that has struck in the Republic of South Sudan on 15 December 2013 has deepened needs of hundreds of thousands of people. Six months on, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate; OCHA estimates…
Kenya
Background Wajir County is divided into 8 districts namely; Wajir East, Tarbaj, Wajir South, Habaswein, Wajir West, Eldas, Buna and Wajir North districts. There are 6 constituencies currently i.e., Tarbaj, Wajir East, Wajir South, Wajir West, Eldas…
Kenya
Situation Overview As the operational picture of the Mpeketoni attack that occurred in the night of 15th June 2014, addition two bodies were recovered on 19th June 2014 near Witu, bringing the death toll to 60. The…
Kenya
(i) East Pokot A conflict attack broke out in East Pokot on the evening of 18th June 2014, and continued to 5.00am of 19th June 2014. The incident was as a result of cattle raiding between the Turkana…
South Sudan
By Stephen Graham JUBA, 19 June 2014 (IRIN) - Across a swath of South Sudan, fields where green shoots should be poking through the wet soil lie untilled and overgrown; herds of cattle that would sustain communities…
Kenya
At the KICC today (Thursday 19th), Cabinet Secretary Rotich and European Union’s Development Commissioner Piebalgs are meeting to agree and sign the outline strategy for European Union development spending in Kenya over the next 7 years. Worth…
South Sudan
Highlights New Country Representative arrives. WFP’s new Country Director and Representative for South Sudan, Ms. Joyce Luma, has arrived in country. She is a nutritionist that holds a doctorate in Food and Nutrition (with a minor in…
Somalia
Today, the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed, and European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, signed the country's first European Commission – Somalia National Indicative Programme (NIP) in the past…
South Sudan
June 18, 2014 (RUMBEK) – At least 12 killed people were killed in fresh inter-clan clashes in Lakes state’s Cueibet county, local authorities said Wednesday. The clashes reportedly involved Ayiel and Panyar clans of the Gok Dinka…
Mozambique
By Amos Zacarias MAPUTO, Jun 19 2014 (IPS) - Chronic shortages of antiretrovirals across Mozambique are endangering the health and the lives of tens of thousands of HIV positive people on treatment. Some 454,000 people are on antiretroviral…
