Reports

CROSS BORDER & REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS ERC's visit to CEA region The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) John Holmes visited Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and Kenya during an eight-day regional mission. Mr. Holmes arrived in Addis Ababa,…

Goma, DRC, 30 November - UNICEF is winding down its annual Back to School campaign in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since schools reopened in early October UNICEF and the government ministry responsible for Primary, Secondary, and Professional Education (EPSP)…

Highlights - As of 30 November, Ghana Flash Appeal on floods has been funded at 51%. - Concerns have been raised about the availability of sufficient water in the Northern Region when the CAN 2008 starts. - Field work…

Highlights - UNOCI commemorates World AIDS Day in Man, western Cote d'Ivoire - Bondoukou local authority seeks UNOCI's help to sensitise on social cohesion - Repatriation of Liberian refugees slows down as uncertainty of life back home prevails World AIDS Day UNOCI's HIV/AIDS Unit…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Health: Update on cholera cases in Rumonge/Bururi Province WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of health continue to monitor the situation further to the report of some cholera in several neighborhoods in Rumonge town, Bururi Province. Despite ongoing interventions,…

Press Release N°2007-147 The number of children starting primary school has increased sharply since 2000, there are more girls in school than ever before and spending on education and aid has risen. That's the good news, according to the sixth…

On the 28th of November (Wednesday), the Government of Japan and the United Nations (UN) decided to extend assistance totalling 1,245,357.08 US dollars (approximately 144.46 million yen), through the Trust Fund for Human Security to a project entitled "Support…

D'une manière générale, la situation sécuritaire est restée relativement calme cette semaine, sur l'ensemble de la province du Katanga, nonobstant les faits ci après qui ont été retenus: District du Haut Katanga Lubumbashi La ville de Lubumbashi fait de plus…

by Emily Bamford, UNICEF Paoua, Central African Republic. Agnès Sadoua is just seven years old. Perched on the edge of a wooden bench, she swings her legs back and forth freely. Like many other children her age, she is…

Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire: For the past 6 months, UNV has organized a girls' education project in cooperation with four national organizations and a network of local civil society organizations, who partnered to work towards the second Millennium Development Goal…