Covers responses to crises and emergencies, detailing efforts to provide relief and support to affected populations in times of need.
World Refugee Day wascelebrated in Tongogara Refugee Camp with the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and SocialWelfare, other dignitaries, partners, refugees and asylum-seekers. UNHCR and partners are finding innovative ways to support therefugees and asylum-seekers ‘producer groups by usingnutritious alternatives such asduckweed to feed the livestock inTongogara Refugee Camp. UNHCR has installed a satellite office […]
Humanitarian impact leaves millions lives at risk (Juba, 4 July 2022) Life-saving humanitarian operations have been either suspended, reduced, or will be terminated if the funding situation remains as it is. Current estimates indicate that US$400 million dollars are urgently required to provide minimum humanitarian services to alleviate people’s immediate needs. If not addressed, these […]
4-7 July 2022 – Dar es Salaam and Dodoma: The Global Lead Coordinator for COVID19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP), UN Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Ted Chaiban, arrived in Tanzania on 4th July 2022 for a four-day official visit. Accompanied by the Acting WHO Country Representative, Dr. Zabulon Yoti and UNICEF Country Representative, Ms. Shalini Bahughuna; Mr. […]
Main Highlights • The significantly below-average March-May rainfall season marked the 4 th consecutive poor season since late 2020 and the most severe in 70 years in many areas of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. • The exceptionally long drought, amplified by warmer-than-normal temperatures, has devastated livelihoods and debilitated livestock herds, crops and vegetation, water availability, […]
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 01, 2022) — Nearly 30,000 children fled a new wave of violence in Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique in June, the highest number of children uprooted in a single month in the past year [i], Save the Children said today. At least 53 people were killed in the districts of Ancuabe, Metuge, Mecufi, Meluco, […]
A sharp increase in essential goods in the Central African Republic (CAR) linked to war in Ukraine will likely have a devastating impact on the already dire humanitarian situation there in coming weeks, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Some 2.2 million people are already acutely food insecure in the Central African […]
265% increase in severely malnourished children under the age of 5 in one IRC clinic alone in Somalia between April-May 2022 200% price increase in fuel and malnutrition treatment since outbreak of war in Ukraine, severely impacting aid delivery – 230,000 people already living in famine conditions 7 million of a population of only 16 […]
With these hearing aids hundreds of children can now hear their teacher at school and communicate with their parents, allowing more independence and participation. For children with profound hearing loss, it may be the first time they hear their parents’ voices. Pascaline, 13, was diagnosed as having moderate to severe hearing loss. She could only […]
JUBA – Almost one-third of the acutely food insecure South Sudanese the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) planned to support this year will be left without humanitarian food assistance due to critical funding shortages, heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people. The suspension of aid comes at the worst possible time for […]
Somalia and Somaliland are facing one of the worst droughts in decades, following four poor rainy seasons and a locust invasion that swept across the Horn of Africa. Severe water shortages and dry pastures have decimated livestock, affecting the livelihoods of Somali pastoralist communities. As crops fail and food prices rise, people’s ability to stave […]
