Reports

MOGADISHU, 9 May 2014 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has highlighted the need for urgent funding to relieve the serious humanitarian situation in the country, noting that without additional…

Each and every day midwives make a significant change to the lives of people. The International Day of the Midwife which is held every year on 5th May 2014 was celebrated by UNFPA Somalia which greatly…

8 May 2014 - Fighting and heavy rains are the biggest disruption to hundreds of displaced children attending primary school at the UNMISS base in Bentiu, Unity State capital, a UNICEF official said recently. Luel Deng Ding,…

by Thabani Dube Southern African countries have pledged to work together to fight malaria through the Regional Network on Roll Back Malaria Partnership. Lieutenant Colonel Kaka Mudambo leads Zimbabwe’s contribution to the initiative. “The involvement of uniformed defence…

By Amy Fallon This is the last in a three-part series on youth and AIDS in Africa. KAMPALA, May 7 2014 (IPS) - Every morning at six a.m. before he goes to school, and every night at six…

By John Thawite and Taddeo Bwambale TWO new-born babies and a 77 year-old woman died on Thursday in a stampede at Kilembe Mines Hospital, as patients fled the hospital to escape approaching floods. Two other unidentified people's bodies…

In the last week of April, large numbers of civilians were reported to have been displaced from their homes in Delami County, South Kordofan as a result of a major new military offensive launched in Southern…

Claver Nduwamungu left Rwanda in horrific moments of during the genocide against Tutsis in 1994. On Thursday May 8, 2014, he landed at Kigali International Airport with her wife and children and other eight returnees. Nduwamungu took…

9 May 2014, Addis Ababa, H.E Salva Kiir Mayardit, the President of the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and Dr. Riek Machar, Former Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan and leader of the SPLM/A…

Statement from the Humanitarian Coordinator (Geneva, 9 May 2014) — The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Mr. Philippe Lazzarini warned that without intervention Somalia’s fragile food security situation is likely to worsen in the coming months. Due to…