Reports

Hilary Heuler May 30, 2014 1:30 PM KAMPALA — Uganda has made headlines recently for controversial new legislation, but most Ugandans have little understanding of the laws and no access to legal counsel. To solve this problem, a Ugandan…

KASS/MERSHING (31 May.) - In South Darfur, two policemen were killed in an attack by five militia members on a police station 21 km west of Kass town on Thursday. Two travellers en route to Nyala…

by Dan Stewart “We could see and hear the fighting outside,” Majek*, a 77-year-old grandfather in South Sudan tells me. “Men were firing machine guns in the street. Bullets flew through the windows into our building. We…

HIGHLIGHTS Nearly 900 cholera cases, including 27 deaths, reported in Juba since late April. New UNMISS mandate makes civilian protection a priority. Four donors commit 86 percent of the new $618 million in pledges announced at the humanitarian conference…

Editor's Note I’m pleased to introduce the May 2014 issue of Voices of Darfur, which, like other issues of Voices, contains news, features and interviews not only about unique aspects of life in Darfur but also about…

Executive Summary Data collection: WFP carried out data collection jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) in April and May, which marked the beginning of the lean season. Food security: Reflecting the poor harvest in the 2013/14 agricultural…

Situation Overview Rainfall recorded in May was 23.2 mm compared to 52.1 mm over a similar number of days in April. The rain was received around Mt Marsabit and its environs only. Lowlands reported zero rainfall during…

SITUATION OVERVIEW The county drought situation is at alert stage on worsening trend following the depressed rainfall which was poorly distributed in both time and space. Agro pastoral livelihood zone of Bute and Gurar received 196.6mm and 211.8mm…

Situation Overview No Rainfall received over May 2014, the April rainfall was below normal by 54% on average compared to LTA. Rainfall failed in the northern (Merti) and western (Oldonyiro) pastoral livelihood clusters. Drought conditions worsened compared to…

Situation Overview  The overall early warning stage for the county is NORMAL, with a deteriorating trend. The late on-set rains longer dry intermittents, unfavorable to production ending with an early cessation.  A total of about 39…