Democratic Republic of the Congo
by BILLY NKONO Since the inclusion of the DRC Armed Forces (in the appendix to the United Nations Secretary-General’s 2003 annual report on Children and Armed Conflict), as a party which recruits and uses children, the Democratic…
Cameroon + 2 more
Highlights • UNICEF, in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, is undertaking a SMART nutrition survey in the Northern and Eastern regions of Cameroon. This is the first time a nutrition survey will take place in Logone and Chari departments…
Nigeria
Highlights • Over 110,00 children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have been admitted to therapeutic feeding programmes in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, reaching 27 per cent of the target for 2016 (398,188). • To protect against measles,…
Chad + 2 more
Highlights The national SMART nutritional survey conducted in August-September 2016 reveals global acute malnutrition (GAM) rates of 11.9% and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) rate of 2.6%, which are above the alert and emergency thresholds, respectively. Since January, 127,596…
Nigeria
Officials in Nigeria have confirmed that 21 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria two years ago have been released. High Representative Vice- President Federica Mogherini, Commissioner for International Cooperation & Development Neven Mimica and Commissioner…
Burundi + 4 more
Facts & Figures Over 295 000 Burundian refugees in neighbouring countries since April 2015: 157 700 in Tanzania 81 500 in Rwanda 28 500 in DRC 28 200 in Uganda (as of 1st January 2015) (source: UNHCR) 61 000 internally displaced people…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
by GWENN DUBOURTHOUMIEU In the Democratic Republic of the Congo the situation of young women remains a cause for concern in view of violence of all kinds in which young women are the victims. Despite the adoption…
Central African Republic
1. INTRODUCTION L'approche de responsabilité sectorielle, également appelée approche cluster est une des composantes' clé du programme de réforme humanitaire introduite en 2005. C'est en effet le bras opérationnel du dispositif, celui par lequel la réponse humanitaire…
Central African Republic
Objectif général L’approche Cluster dans la coordination des réponses humanitaires a été lancée en 2005. Cette approche a permis de mettre en œuvre des réponses prévisibles, et plus stratégiques pour les urgences humanitaires dans tous les secteurs…
Central African Republic
Quelques jours après la rentrée scolaire 2016-2017, alors que la majorité des enfants reprennent le chemin de l’école, plus de 10 000 enfants en Centrafrique voient leur scolarisation interrompue en raison de la présence de groupes…
