Reports

Situation 1. Torrential rains in the last week of August and the first week of September, compounded by the opening of the spillway from the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso have caused major flooding in northern regions including Upper East,…

The humanitarian community begins to have a broader picture of the consequences recent clashes have had on civilian populations. The absence of fighting allowed humanitarian workers to access more areas where ongoing returns have been reported. While some people have…

The Department for International Development has today committed =A3250,000 to immediately support the recently launched International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) appeal. These funds will provide emergency water and sanitation and shelter facilities to those most affected in the…

On September 18 (Tue), the Government of Japan decided to provide emergency assistance in kind (portable water tanks, blankets, and tents) worth about 13 million yen to the Government of the Republic of Ghana, which sustained a large-scale flood…

Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $35,000 to the Liberian Red Cross Society (LRCS) for the purchase and distribution of emergency relief supplies, such as plastic sheeting, blankets, sleeping mats,…

GLIDE nos. FL-2007-000153-GHA & FL-2007-000158-TGO This Preliminary Emergency Appeal has been revised, and now seeks a total of CHF 2,501,246 (USD 2.1 million or EUR 1.5 million) in cash, kind, or services to assist a total of some 82,000 beneficiaries…

L'importance de la gestion des ressources en eau n'est pas à démontrer dans un pays désertique comme la Mauritanie. Mais l'actualité a révélé de façon dramatique un autre aspect du problème de l'eau : à la crainte de la…

Torrential rains have caused flooding across large swathes of Africa, leaving 40 dead and thousands homeless. The flooding has affected more than 10 countries in east and west Africa, including Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo…

Humanitarian organisations have been able to bring assistance to vulnerable families in Mushaki - 12 km north of Sake in Masisi district - who had remained inaccessible for the past three weeks. Access to other areas where there are…

Scope of floods 1. Flooding in Upper East, Upper West and Northern regions has killed 20 people and affected 260,000 according to the Government. Victims are spread as follows: Upper east 30,000 affected and 20 deaths; Northern region 227,817…