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KenyaThe camp is located on the outskirts of Kakuma town, which is the headquarters for Turkana West District of Turkana County. Kakuma camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlemen t had a population of 196,666 registered refugees and asylum-seekers at the end of July 2020. With an influx of new arrivals in 2014, Kakuma surpassed its capacity by over 58,000…
KenyaThe Dadaab refugee complex has a population of 218,873 registered refugees and asylum seekers as at the end of July 2020. Dadaab refugee complex consists of three camps. The first camp was established in 1991, when refugees fleeing the civil war in Somalia started to cross the border into Kenya. A second large influx occurred in 2011, when some 130,000…
KenyaNAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned more than 435,000 refugees in Kenya faced imminent food shortages unless new funds are swiftly received. WFP needs US$57 million to continue providing food and nutrition assistance to the country’s refugee population between January and June 2021. Without new funds, WFP will need to…
EthiopiaFAO seeks funds for control operations to safeguard agricultural production and livelihoods 16 December 2020, Rome - A new generation of Desert Locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts to control the pest throughout 2020, the Food…
AlgeriaThe Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, are a collection of refugee camps set up in the Tindouf Province , Algeria in 1975–76 for Sahrawi refugees fleeing from Moroccan forces , who advanced through Western Sahara during the Western Sahara War . With most of the original refugees still living in the camps, the situation is among the most…
SudanJust over 50,000 Ethiopians have fled to Sudan to date, following escalating conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with the Sudanese authorities, has moved some 14,000 refugees from Hamdayet and Abderafi border points to Um Rakuba camp, situated some 70 kilometres away from the Ethiopian border. Most of the refugees…
EritreaEritrean refugee children fetch water from a tap at Mai-Aini refugee camp near the Eritrean boarder in the Tigrai region in Ethiopia [File:Tiksa Negeri/Reuters] The Ethiopian Roads Authority in November 2017 completed installation of 11 speed-breakers across the main road in Mai Aini camp to improve pedestrian safety and reduce the risk of road traffic…
EthiopiaIn the analysis period of October to December 2020, about 8.6 million people are facing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). The Meher analysis covers 17 administrative zones which were further subdivided into three to six fairly homogeneous woredas based on geographic proximity, livelihoods and coping, meteorological drought…
EthiopiaTens of thousands of refugees have fled the Tigray region of Ethiopia after conflict erupted in early November 2020. Our teams began triaging and treating war wounded people on 5 November in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is also providing emergency medical care to people who have fled across the…
KenyaThe worst locust invasion in decades The region is also facing the biggest locust outbreak in over 25 years , and the most serious in 70 years for Kenya. Millions are sweeping across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia and have decimated thousands of hectares of crops. This outbreak has been made worse by the climate crisis, with unusually heavy rains leading…
SudanPolitical disagreement, economic decline, refugee influx Despite progress, Ms. DiCarlo reported political forces in Sudan are increasingly fragmented. Disagreements have surfaced following the recent establishment of a new body, the Council of Partners for the Transitional Period, while formation of the Transitional Legislative Council has been postponed…
SomaliaTropical Cyclone Gati made landfall on 22 November at around 22:00 hours local time in Puntland’s Bari region. The heavy rains and strong winds triggered flash floods along coastal and inland areas. The hardest hit were 13 villages in Iskushuban district, including Xaafuun, Dul Xaafuun, Dardaare, Garan, Baarmadowe, Hurdiya, Foocaar, Afdhicin, Haluula,…
EthiopiaThis is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that a full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding as thousands of refugees flee ongoing fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region each day to…
AlgeriaType : (Ad Hoc) Custodial Authority: Not Available Management: Not Available Detains : Not Available
MozambiqueOM/Matteo Theubet A group of people, having fled violence in several districts of Cabo Delgado, arrive in the provincial capital, Pebma. Between 16 and 26 October, the town saw the influx of over 10,000 displaced persons. The United Nations Secretary-General has called on the authorities in Mozambique to investigate the brutal killings, this past…
ZambiaIn Zambia the outbreak of the AML affects parts of Central, Southern and Western Provinces. Affected districts include Shibuyunji, Mumbwa, Itezhi-tezhi, Kazungula, Namwala, Sesheke, Nalolo, Mongu, Mwandi, Kalabo, Senanga and Sioma. The invasion has become very serious in Sesheke, Mwandi and Sioma in Western and Kazungula in Southern Provinces. The…
ChadN’Djamena – An estimated 11,500 people have been forced to leave their homes since late October as a result of flash floods in N’Djamena, Chad’s capital city. The floods, which caused catastrophic damage, are the result of rising water levels which led to the overflow of the Chari River and an embankment break in N’Djamena’s 9th district. IOM, in…
ChadBreidjing Camp is a refugee camp in Chad created in May 2004 for Sudanese refugees from Darfur. While they may be safe from attack in Chad, for many of the refugees the living conditions in Chad one year on since they fled are still unbearable. Take the camp in Breidjing, for example. It is the largest of the camps along the Sudanese border and, with…
South SudanSevere flooding is affecting an estimated 800,000 people across a vast area of South Sudan, overwhelming homes and leaving people without enough food, water or shelter. Many areas have been flooded since July, while river levels are continuing to rise, worsening the crisis. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is responding by…
MozambiqueThe government in Mozambique reports that 22 people have died and 12 injured after heavy rains, and strong winds in several regions of the country since the beginning of October 2020. Government spokesperson and Deputy Justice Minister, Filimao Suaze, said 16,657 people from 3,695 families have been affected by floods in the provinces of Niassa, Nampula,…
KenyaHeavy rain triggered a deadly landslide in western Kenya on 14 October. According to local media , 2 people died in the landslide that struck in Weiwei, West Pokot County, burying at least 5 houses. Four people were rescued and several people were injured. The landslide also caused damage to roads, limiting access to the area. Severe floods struck in…
NigeriaThis is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Ongoing violence in parts of north-western Nigeria forced an estimated 23,000 people to seek safety and security in Niger last month (April). This takes the total number of refugees…
SudanThe Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) has returned from Sudan, where unprecedented flooding has killed more than 100 people and left over 875,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance – about half of whom are children. On his first overseas mission since taking office in February 2020, Jagan…
Congo - KinshasaFloods have affected North Kivu Province (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) following heavy rain on 2 October. According to media reports, at least 15 people died in Sake Town (Masisi territory) after the overflow of the Mutahyo River. Dozens of people have been displaced, several houses flooded and schools and health centres damaged. More rain…
EthiopiaRecovered INSECT INFESTATIONS record for Ethiopia.