Monthly Archives: September 2022
Brazzaville/Kampala, 20 September 2022 – The health authorities in Uganda today declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was confirmed in Mubende district in the central part of the country. The Uganda Virus Research Institute confirmed the case after testing a sample taken from a 24-year-old male. This […]
Rising conflict, climate extremes, and economic instability aggravated by the lingering impacts of COVID-19 and the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine are among the key drivers ROME – The number of people facing acute food insecurity worldwide is expected to continue to rise precipitously, as the food crisis tightens its grip on 19 […]
Sahra Jamac is a mother of four girls and four boys. She lives with her husband in Biyo-Cade – a remote desert settlement in Eyl district, in Somalia’s Nugaal region. Some 180 families – nearly 1,000 people – live in Biyo-Cade, most of whom are pastoralists who lost their livestock to the current drought. But […]
Every day, internally displaced people (IDPs) around the world leave behind their livelihoods, property and often their roots. In some cases, they are separated from their families and communities, disrupting their familiar way of life. Wherever IDPs choose to settle, they inevitably require a space where they can converge and interact. Community centres, for example, […]
Niamey, 16 September 2022 – The United Nations, in close collaboration with the Government of Niger, has activated an anticipatory action framework in Niger to prevent and mitigate the immediate impact of insufficient rainfall related to drought and climate change. In support of this framework, Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths approved $9.5 million (6.2 billion […]
(Geneva/New York, 16 September 2022): United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths today released US$100 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost underfunded humanitarian operations in 11 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East. As people’s lives and livelihoods are threatened by conflict, climate emergencies, hunger and forced displacement, we […]
JUBA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is today calling for the safe and secure passage of food and other humanitarian assistance into conflict-affected areas of Upper Nile and Jonglei states, amidst renewed conflict which has displaced thousands of families and left an unknown number of civilians dead or injured. WFP depends on […]
International Day of the girl is an opportunity for the global community to celebrate achievements that have been made towards gender equality and empowerment of the girl child. Girls are making headlines and contributing to the leadership discourse in spaces that were historically male dominated. The 2022 theme, Our Time Is Now, Our Rights Our […]
Many countries in Africa are facing the worst food crisis in decades. The consequences are greatest for women and children, with many mothers currently fighting to protect their kids from malnutrition. In Nigeria, one of the IFRC’s 12 priority countries in our hunger crisis response, the Nigerian Red Cross and IFRC are using creative ways […]
As the United Nations General Assembly gets underway today amid an unprecedented global hunger crisis, cash offers one vehicle to reach the world’s most vulnerable people in ways that can lift communities and economies. While skyrocketing food prices have fallen recently, they still remain high, with the war in Ukraine driving up the cost of […]