WorldsAidWorldsAid intelligence
Verified humanitarian updates across AFRICA, with maps and attributed sources.
MozambiqueUNHCR staff prepare to distribute sleeping mats and blankets to families fleeing violence in Palma, northern Mozambique. © UNHCR/Martim Gray Pereira UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, continues to work around the clock to assist thousands of people reaching safety in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province. A recent attack by insurgents on the coastal…
Congo - KinshasaWFP is providing life-saving food to 8.7 million people in DRC. In addition, WFP needs notably to be able to continue its work in the prevention and treatment of malnutrition, which affects 3.3 million children in DRC. Malnutrition in early childhood affects children for the rest of their lives, impairing their ability to realise their full potential and…
Congo - KinshasaAO is focusing on increasing households' access to tools and seeds; providing quality livestock, which plays a key role in improving nutrition; supporting food processes and storage; and helping small farmers in the fight against animal and plant diseases. This year, FAO aims to provide life-saving livelihood assistance to 1.1 million people in areas…
AngolaType: Immigration detention centre (Administrative) Custodial Authority: Service for Migration and Foreigners Management: Service for Migration and Foreigners (Governmental) Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Undocumented migrants (administrative)
AngolaSince the beginning of March 2021, Angolans living in the border provinces of Cunene and Huila in Angola, are crossing into Namibia at illegal entry points in Omusati and Ohangwena regions in search of food, water, medical services and employment opportunities.
MozambiqueThe World Food Programme (WFP) is working to assist more than 50,000 people affected by the deadly violence in Palma, a town in Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado region . “It’s a real humanitarian catastrophe,” says Lola Castro, WFP's Regional Director in Southern Africa, “people are heading all over the place — by boat, on foot, by road.” WFP is…
Sierra LeoneAccording to an initial UN assessment, 7,000 people were affected by the 24 March fire that devastated the Susan Bay community, one of the most vulnerable communities in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. Over 400 people were injured and 73 per cent of those affected are currently sleeping outside. According to Save the Children, many children have been…
Congo - KinshasaAt least 56 suspected cholera cases, including 6 deaths, were reported in the Kambove health zone, in the southern Haut-Katanga province, between 22 February and 10 March. There are no health care providers trained in cholera management in this health zone. Due to a water supply disruption in the area for several weeks, most households obtain water from…
GambiaOn 15th March 2021, The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) received an alert from the Gambian Immigration Department (GID), concerning the eruption of communal violence in the fishing village of Sanyang, where Senegalese migrants have long settled in, earning a living through fishing. As of 22nd March 2021, both the National Disaster Management Agency of…
EthiopiaEritrean refugee children play in Ethiopia’s Hitsats refugee camp in the Tigray region in 2017. © REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has gained access to the Shimelba and Hitsats refugee camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region for the first time since November 2020, amid ongoing security concerns. During a joint mission to the area…
AngolaSevere flash floods triggered by heavy rain affected areas of Luanda Province, Angola from 16 March 2021. National Civil Protection and Fire Service quoted by local media said at least 4 people died and 3 people were missing. Flood waters swept through central parts of the city causing widespread traffic disruption. As many as 554 homes were damaged in…
AlgeriaHeavy rain has been affecting north-western Algeria (in particular the Chlef Province) since 6 March, causing flash floods that have resulted in casualties and damage. Media reports, as of 8 March, seven fatalities and three people missing across Oud Sly Municipality (west of Chlef City, Chlef Province), due to flood-related incidents. In addition, a…
AlgeriaAfter the earthquake event of 6.0 M that occurred on 18 March off the northern coast of Bejaia Province (northern-central Algeria), at least six people have been injured and damage was reported to several buildings, according to media. According to USGS, two more aftershocks of magnitude up to 4.4 M were reported in the area on the afternoon of 18 March…
Central African RepublicHumanitarian partners have resumed assistance in Bria, in central Hautte-kotto Prefecture, and its surrounding axes since 8 March, after they had been suspended at the end of February due to an increased risk of clashes between armed groups and security forces. With 73,000 internally displaced persons, Bria has one of the largest concentrations of…
Congo - KinshasaOn 2 March, heavy rains hit several villages in Kabambare territory, in eastern Maniema province, and destroyed about 50 houses and two schools. At least 250 victims found refuge with host families. So far, they have not received any assistance. In the eastern Tanganyika province, two people died and dozens more were reported missing after heavy rains in…
NigerCases of measles have been on the rise since the start of the year in the three health districts of Mirriah (Zinder region), Abala and Balleyara (Tillabéri region). In the first two months of 2021 alone, 1,221 suspected measles cases have been registered nationwide, compared to 2,798 cases recorded in 2020. This represents almost half of the 2020…
Equatorial GuineaA series of explosions on Sunday in Equatorial Guinea is now known to have killed 31 people, officials say. The number of those injured rose to 600. The blasts hit a military base in the country’s main city, Bata. Officials blame badly stored dynamite along with stubble burning by nearby farmers. Teams including volunteers continue to search the wreckage…
BotswanaOutbreaks of African Migratory Locust (AML) are threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of people in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned today at the launch of an emergency response effort to control the swarms. Around 7 million people in the four affected…
EthiopiaDTM staff are gathering data at a collective center hosting IDPs in Shire © IOM 2021 Addis Ababa – Over 131,000 people are displaced in 39 accessible locations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and neighbouring Afar and Amhara according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) ’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) survey, the first official data…
MozambiqueUNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, today launched a humanitarian appeal for $12 million USD to urgently provide life-saving sexual and reproductive health and protection services to 330,000 women, girls, and youth impacted by the humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, and the secondary impacts of COVID-19. The…
NigeriaOn 2 March, non-state armed groups (NSAGs) attacked the town of Dikwa in northeastern Borno State. Several aid agencies and a hospital were reportedly set ablaze or sustained damage. Edward Kallon, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria condemned the attack and voiced deep concerns for the safety and security of thousands of residents of…
Central African RepublicA medical center supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was struck by bullets and explosives amidst violent clashes in Bambari, Central African Republic , on February 15 and 16, the international medical humanitarian organization said today. MSF surgical teams treated civilians wounded during the violence, including children.…
GuineaThis Emergency Appeal seeks a total of some 8.5 million Swiss francs on a preliminary basis to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the National Societies of Guinea, to scale-up readiness and response to the ongoing epidemic; Cote D´Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone, to set-up advanced readiness and…
NigerNiamey – Niger, one of the Sahel region’s busiest transit countries for migrants, faces multiple emergencies. COVID-19, ongoing security threats and generations of deeply embedded poverty have contributed to a growing humanitarian crisis, with over half a million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and their host communities in need of essential…
GuineaHealth authorities in Guinea today declared an outbreak of Ebola in the rural community of Gouéké in N’Zerekore prefecture after three Ebola cases were confirmed by the national laboratory, marking the first time the disease has been reported in the country since an outbreak ended in 2016. Initial investigations found that a nurse from the local health…