Reports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JUBA, 16 August (PLUSNEWS) - In southern Sudan, slowly recovering from a 21-year civil conflict, the fight against HIV/AIDS has to compete with other priorities, such as securing…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 17 July (IRIN) - Violence is rampant in the strife-torn region of Darfur in western Sudan despite the signing of a peace agreement between the government and…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Concern Worldwide implemented its Food and Cash Transfers project (‘FACT’) in three districts of central Malawi as a complementary humanitarian intervention during the food crisis of 2005/06. Though limited in scale (5,050 households) and duration (4…

In response to predictions of acute food insecurity across parts of Southern Africa in 2005-2006, Oxfam decided to implement a relief response. As part of that response, the agency undertook cash transfer programmes as an alternative to emergency food…

A month has now passed since the onset of desperately needed seasonal rains in Kenya. However, these rains do not signal an immediate end to the plight of some 3.5 million Kenyans affected by severe food shortages. The almost total…

With the view of better elucidating the underpinnings of the food security policy that the Government of Eritrea has been pursuing in the past years. I. Background 1. The wanton destruction, economic stagnation and chronic backwardness wrought by the long war…

KHARTOUM - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed an Italian donation of Euros 1 million (US$1.2 million) towards its emergency operation in Sudan, which is providing food assistance to more than 6.1 million people throughout 2006. The…

By Patrick Nduwimana BUJUMBURA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Burundi's president has ordered employed citizens to give part of their income to famine relief, underscoring his mantra that only Burundians' hard work will lift the central African country out of ruin. The…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ADDIS ABABA, 16 December (IRIN) - The African Union (AU) will run out of cash for its mission in Sudan's troubled Darfur region within four months, the head…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 24 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - In an innovative approach to relief assistance, the development agency, Oxfam, has opted to provide cash instead of food in two drought-affected districts…