Yearly Archives: 2021
By Emma Smith Around the world, extreme and unpredictable weather events as a result of climate change are making it harder for rural communities to access safe, clean water — and it’s often women and people with disabilities who bear the greatest burden. Listen to Why women and girls lose the most in the absence […]
By Catherine Wachiaya in Kigali, Rwanda Malish Godfrey smiles welcomingly at guests as they stop to admire the beadwork arranged neatly on his table. His is one of several colourful stands at the exhibition area of the Kigali Convention Centre in the heart of Rwanda’s capital. The artwork on display is unique – handmade by a […]
Killings, kidnapping and looting have driven 11,500 Nigerians to seek safety in Niger’s Tahoua region in November. By Boubacar Younoussa Siddo in Bangui, Niger Over three nights in November, armed groups, locally called “bandits,” attacked villages in the border area of Sabon Birni, Sokoto State in Northwest Nigeria. Armed men stormed Rachida Naino’s village in […]
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we draw from IDMC’s latest research in Nigeria and Colombia to highlight how the negative effects of displacement fall heavily on those with disabilities. “Communities are most frequently attacked without warning and usually in the early hours,” says David Sabo, a humanitarian programme specialist with CBM International in […]
GENEVA (3 December 2021) — UN human rights experts* today expressed grave concern about the widespread sexual and gender-based violence committed against women and girls in the Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions of Ethiopia by parties to the conflict. They reiterated the recommendations by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission-Office of the High Commissioner for Human […]
SITUATION AT A GLANCE 6.5-7 MILLION People Facing Severe Acute Food Insecurity in Afar, Amhara, and Tigray USAID – October 2021 8.1 MILLION People Targeted for Humanitarian Assistance in Afar, Amhara, and Tigray UN – November 2021 2.1 MILLION People Displaced by the Crisis Across Northern Ethiopia IOM – August 2021 50,159 Refugees From Northern […]
Gambella, Ethiopia – “My only joy is my child, I don’t have anything else in life,” says Nyabel Jock, a 19-year-old South Sudanese refugee, during her regular pregnancy check-up at the Jewi Health Centre, Jewi Refugee Camp, Gambella, Ethiopia. Nyabel fled to Ethiopia more than five years ago from Nasir in the Upper Nile state […]
ADDIS ABABA – The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has grown to an estimated 9.4 million as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today. Amhara region – the frontlines of the conflict in Ethiopia – has seen the largest jump in […]
Cape Town — Thousands of citizens plan to march across the country today, despite assurances from Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok that he will step down if the Sudanese people see that the political agreement does not serve their interests. Rayan Ma’mon from the Khartoum Resistance Commitee said people are still as committed “to take down the militia rule”, […]
UNITAMS is gravely concerned by the significant rise in tribal and intercommunal violence, resulting in the unfortunate loss of civilian lives and livelihoods, most recently in Tawila, Dar Es Salam and Sortoni, Kabkabiya localities of North Darfur and Jebel Moon, West Darfur. Reports indicate that scores of people have been killed and many others injured […]