Reports

Highlights UNICEF working with partners is reaching more than 2,735 school going age children affected by flooding with hygiene promotion, clean water and appropriate temporary sanitation. UNICEF has also supported the initial setup of temporary learning spaces…

Highlights Most parts of Malawi experienced dry spells for more than 10 days in March 2014 with Karonga district in the northern region facing the worst effects of this dry spell so far. It is likely that…

SC/11362 Security Council 7159th Meeting (AM) Sudan’s Representative Urges Armed Movements to Sign Peace Document Following a period of calm, violence had returned to Darfur, the Security Council heard today as it evaluated the effectiveness of the joint African Union-United…

HIGHLIGHTS  The ongoing military offensive against al-Shabaab is limiting humanitarian access to conflict-affected populations  The U.S. Government (USG) has provided more than $227 million in humanitarian assistance to date in FY 2013 and 2014

Lydia Nambiro, 32, is a mother of three who lives in a village in Kenya’s Lake Victoria region, where malaria prevalence rates are particularly high at 38 per cent. Despite a decreasing malaria rate in the…

More than 16,000 people have been caught in a reign of terror as the battle for South Sudan’s oil rich region of Unity State intensifies. Concern Worldwide’s emergency programme manager, Tom Dobbin, witnessed firsthand the battle…

Gu 2014 rains started, but were largely below normal amounts in most of the country A dry spell persisted in most parts of the country from April 1 to 10. However, moderate to light rains were received…

Urges international community to take immediate action to protect civilians Juba, South Sudan – The global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps, deeply concerned by the escalation of violence against civilians in South Sudan, warns the nation is on…

Security Council SC/11363 AFR/2870 The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu ( Nigeria): On 23 April, the members of the Security Council were briefed by UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Hervé…

The UN Mission in South Sudan condemns in the strongest possible terms this morning’s unprovoked attack on a convoy of barges hired by the Mission to deliver urgently needed food and fuel supplies to the UNMISS…