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Congo - KinshasaBrazzaville – The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today announced that a new case of Ebola has been detected in Butembo, a city in North Kivu Province, where a previous outbreak was declared over in June 2020. The Butembo branch of the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) confirmed Ebola in samples taken from…
EthiopiaThe World Health Organization Ethiopia country office is working with Somali Regional Health Bureau to contain the spread of dengue fever in the region. Close to160 confirmed cases have been recorded in Warder Woreda of Dolo Zone and 47 suspected cases in Dolo Ado Woreda of Liban Zone. Samples of the suspected cases from Dolo Ado have been sent to the…
MozambiqueCyclone Eloise, which recently hit Sofala province central Mozambique, compounded by covid-19 and economic fallout from previous climate-fuelled disasters, has crippled people's ability to recover, and left over 260 thousand people in desperate need of humanitarian aid, said Oxfam. Around 142 thousand hectares of land and crops and over 16 thousand…
LibyaTripoli, 1 February 2021 – UNICEF expresses concern over the deteriorating WASH situation in Libya. Over 4 million people, including 1.5 million children will face imminent water problems if immediate solutions are not found and implemented. The prolonged crisis has left the sector facing great challenges, leading to a significant decline in services.…
MozambiqueBEIRA, Mozambique/NEW YORK, 26 January 2021 –More than 176,000* people, including 90,000* children, in central Mozambique are likely to need humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of Cyclone Eloise, UNICEF said today. Children living in the affected areas, particularly those who have been displaced, could soon be at risk of contracting waterborne…
Central African Republiceople in the town of Bouar, in western Central African Republic (CAR), have been living in fear since the end of December, when the town became one of the theatres for the latest cycle of violence in the country. A coalition of armed groups and the government, supported by its international allies, are clashing. The situation is particularly critical for…
MozambiqueSOFALA, Mozambique —In the early hours of 23 January, Cyclone Eloise – a category two storm bringing winds of up to 160 kilometres per hour – made landfall in Sofala Province in central Mozambique, an area still recovering from the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai nearly two years ago. Heavy rains in the lead-up to Cyclone Eloise had already raised…
EthiopiaIn southern Tigray, MSF teams are running mobile clinics and have restarted some services at health centers in the towns of Hiwane and Adi Keyih, alongside staff from the Ministry of Health. Between December 18 and January 3, MSF teams in Hiwane and Adi Keyih provided 1,498 medical consultations. In eastern Tigray, MSF is supporting the hospital in…
CameroonGAROUA-BOULAI, Cameroon – Sitting at the bar of a hotel in Garoua-Boulaï, a small town in eastern Cameroon on the border with the Central African Republic, a middle-aged man makes a series of phone calls. Just a few weeks ago, he was a candidate in legislative elections in the Central African town of Bouar. Insurgent incursions and violence put an end to…
South SudanFollowing recent clashes and displacement in Bunj, Upper Nile region, of South Sudan, UNMISS has increased the number of Rwandan peacekeepers deployed here by 50 additional troops as well as reinforced their capacity with extra vehicles and an Armored Personnel Carrier. “For our peacekeepers to be agile, responsive and effective in quelling any future…
EthiopiaThe Adi-Harush refugee camp was established in March 2010 to accommodate Eritrean refugees seeking international protection. 2010 Camp opened in 2010 2,084 (incl. 200 mud-bricked) Permanent shelters built. 40% Of the population is under the age of 18 10,599 refugees Individually registered with ration cards Education Infrastructure available: 1 primary,…
MadagascarSouthern Africa – Tropical Storm Eloise Flash Update No.1 As of 18 January 2021Southern Africa – Tropical Storm Eloise Flash Update No.1, As of 18 January 2021 A new weather system has formed in the south-west Indian Ocean and intensified into a moderate tropical storm, named Eloise, today. Tropical Storm Eloise is expected to make landfall in northern…
Somalia17 January 2021 – The Ministry of Health of Somalia has announced 68 new suspected cases of cholera, with no reported death, for epidemiological week 2 (4 -10 January 2021). In week 2, all of the cases were reported from 12 districts of Banadir region as well as Baidoa district of Bay region, with no cholera cases reported from other regions. The…
MadagascarPhoto: WFP/Tsiory Andriantsoarana ANTANANARIVO – Three consecutive years of drought coupled with a sharp recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic will leave a third of the population in Southern Madagascar struggling to put food on the table. With severe malnutrition rates continuing to spiral and many children forced to beg in order to help their…
MozambiqueWFP is currently assisting up to 400,000 people in Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa provinces with an in-kind monthly family food basket of 50 kg of cereals, 5 liters of oil and 10 kg of dried beans and lentils. WFP also provides cash-based assistance where local markets are functioning, allowing families to choose which basic needs to meet (food items…
SudanThe first group of refugees from Ethiopia’s Tigray region are welcomed by UNHCR staff at the Tunaydbah refugee camp, Sudan. © UNHCR This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, continues to…
EthiopiaAn estimated 92 000 hectares of forests and woodlands, as well as 2 billion metric tons of fertile soil are lost every year in Ethiopia due to improper land use, poor land management practices, population pressure, overgrazing, deforestation and climate change. Action Against Desertification works on the restoration of over 1 700 hectares of arid and…
Central African RepublicTo help stop ;the spread of Corona Virus Oxfams teams, on the ground, are installing 20 temporaray emergency water points in the Central African Republic Capital, which will be gradually be replaced by 10m permanant boreholes so that 100,000 ppeople will have access to clean water.
KenyaIfo, the oldest of the five Dadaab camps, provides accommodation for refugees from over ten countries, although most are from Somalia. Like many of the camps on this list, Ifo is severely overcrowded: most household plots are just 12m x 15m, and all nine sectors of the camp have exceeded their designated capacities. Worse yet, half of the camp is located…
KenyaDagahaley refugee camp, also part of the Dadaab complex, is the third-largest refugee camp in the world, with a population of nearly 90,000 people. Like Hagadera, the camp was rapidly constructed in the early 1990s in response to the Somali Civil War, and has well outlasted its expected retirement date. In 2011, an uptick in violence—coupled with ongoing…
KenyaThe second, third, and fourth-largest refugee camps in the world all belong to the Dadaab refugee complex in southeastern Kenya. Hagadera, the largest of the five camps (and the second largest in the world), is home to over 100,000 refugees, of which over 95% hail from Somalia. In the quarter-century since it was founded, Hagadera has evolved into a…
MadagascarThe tropical depression that formed earlier this week in the Indian Ocean intensified on 24 December into Moderate Tropical Storm Chalane. The tropical storm was located about 860 kilometres east of Antalaha District in Madagascar in the afternoon of 24 December and was moving at 17 km/h with an average wind speed of 75 km/h and gusts capping 100 km/h.…
MozambiqueApproximately 250,000 children have been displaced by the escalating crisis in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado and are now at risk of deadly diseases as the rainy season sets in, UNICEF warned today. The United Nations’ children’s agency is especially concerned that safe water, sanitation and hygiene services are insufficient to meet the…
MozambiqueThe funding will allow the United Nations and humanitarian partners to scale up the humanitarian response in northern Mozambique, where nearly 530,000 people have been forced from their homes due to the ongoing conflict. Maputo, 18 December 2020 - The United Nations and partners today launched an appeal for US$254 million to provide urgently needed…
KenyaThe 14-year project (2016-2030) is led by four thematic working groups and a development committee, and takes the Turkana CIDP (County Integrated Development Plan) as its basis. Key characteristics are sustainable urban and agricultural/livestock development for the host community (estimated population of 20,000) and refugees (estimated population of…