Reports

Mr. President, Thank you very much for the opportunity to brief the Council on the humanitarian situation in Somalia. Since the establishment of the Federal Government of Somalia in 2012, optimism over the expected progress in state and…

June 4, 2014—Slowly roasting in the heat of the mid-day sun, residents of El Saharig in East Darfur State line up just outside the local water yard with their donkey carts, horse carts, camels, and on…

The former rebels of the RENAMO (Mozambican National Resistance) claimed attacks conducted this morning in the central Sofala region, reports the national AIM news agency. Based on a reconstruction, the ambushes took place near the Gorongosa National…

NATONGA, Zambia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Barotse floodplain in western Zambia stretches into the distance, dark swamp grasses framing ripples glittering in the light of the setting sun. For half of the year this vast…

By Molly Schmalzbach Health extension workers now form the backbone of Ethiopia’s health care system, providing basic health services in rural villages around the country where they alert families to unhealthy practices and empower them to take…

Human Rights Council Twenty-sixth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 23/21. It is based upon information that the Special Rapporteur on the situation…

In Kenya, a woman is burdened with the important chore of collecting, managing, transporting and storing water. This can be an incredibly challenging task in Samburu County in northern Kenya, one of the driest areas of…

Struggles to influence the balance of power and the distribution of economic resources in Kenya have a long history of violence: national and local, actual and threatened, physical and psychological. Somewhat controlled by sophisticated legal, administrative…

Talking Peace in the Ogaden outlines the modern history of ethnic Somalis in relation to the Ethiopian state from the late 19th century to the present day, and assesses prospects for a peaceful settlement between the…

Funds Sent To: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) Amount Sent: USD 35’000 Date: 4 June 2014 Details of Response Emergency: Humanitarian support to Flood Survivors in Kyela, Tanzania Date of Emergency: 14th April 2014 to date ACT Requesting Member(s):…