Reports

ANTANANARIVO – The Government of Japan has contributed US$900,000 (nearly two billion Malagasy ariary) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for assistance through food-for-work activities for 62,000 people in disaster-prone areas in the south…

By Zarina Geloo LUSAKA, Apr 25 2014 (IPS) - Zambian Martha Nalishupe is torn between taking one more pill with her daily regimen of antiretrovirals, or run the risk of a miscarriage. Struggling to adhere to her antiretroviral…

Highlights As the conflict in South Sudan persists, refugees continue to cross the border into neighbouring countries. Since mid-December, more than 290,000 South Sudanese have arrived in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan. To adequately respond to the evolving…

GENEVA (25 April 2014) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, will visit South Sudan from 28 to 29 April 2014, to discuss the worsening human rights situation, in the wake of the…

Executive Summary On 27 and 28 January 2013, the Seychelles were hit by Tropical Depression Feleng causing devastating damage and flooding. Approximately 1,000 families were affected, with 246 families displaced. An allocation from IFRC’s DREF was made…

Executive Summary: The team visited two sites, one affected by (floods, in Zaka District, Masvingo Province and hailstorms in Mberengwa District, Midland Province). The field visit gave an interesting perspective into both the “planned” flood response and…

Executive Summary During the review, the team held interviews with key informants and focus group discussions, as well as visited the affected district and community in Mangochi. The field visit gave the opportunity for those directly involved…

April 24, 2014 (RHINO CAMP) – Emmanuel Peter Gai, a secondary school student, sits at Rhino camp refugee settlement in Uganda with little hope for further education. “Our complaint is we do not have secondary [schools] here.…

25-04-2014 Feature Thousands of Ethiopian nationals returning from Saudi Arabia had the opportunity to re-establish contact with their families thanks to a free phone service set up by the ICRC and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society. “There…

The total number of South Sudanese refugees who have entered Ethiopia since the outbreak of the conflict in mid-December 2013 is reported to be above 97 000 individuals. Around 45 000 refugees are in camps in…