19 Jun 2013 - Story by Helvy Shaanika

OPUWO - The Kunene Directorate of Health says 50 people, mainly children, had to be hospitalised due to malnutrition at the district hospitals of Outjo, Opuwo and Khorixas.

Story by Albertina Nakale

WINDHOEK - Almost 11 000 flood victims in the Caprivi Region are expected to return to their homes by the end of this week after spending months in relocation camps.

The 11 000 flood victims were accommodated in the 13 flood relocation camps that government established for the thousands of people displaced by floods in that region of the country. They were evacuated to safer areas at the beginning of March following heavy flooding that swamped the region in the flood-prone Kabbe constituency.

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

Vienna, Austria, June 17, 2013. The Governing Board of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), meeting in its 143rd Session on June 13, has approved 17 loans and grants totaling over US$234 million to boost socio-economic development in over 44 partner countries. The majority of the public sector funding will co-finance transportation, energy and water supply and sanitation projects.

The approved public sector loans are as follows:

Burkina Faso

Even as the flood season draws to a close, poor distribution of rainfall in most countries may result in below average rainfall-related crop performance this season.

By Hanna Butler, IFRC

When floodwaters rose around her home, Catherine Muyoyeta Namukolo escaped with the most precious items she could carry – her children.

During this past rainy season in Southern Africa, hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes, leaving behind their belongings to be carried away by the rising water. Saving themselves was the only priority.

Prolonged dry spells in Southern Africa have led to a food and water crisis in Namibia and Angola where the respective governments have called on the international community for support.

Transportation is one of the major challenges to efforts to distribute drought relief food to 17, 727 people affected by the prevailing drought.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Madagascar:

The first round of presidential election is currently scheduled to be held on 24 July 2013. No decision yet on whether it will be postponed or not.

• Namibia:

On 17 May 2013 the President declared a national drought emergency and called for assistance from international community. An estimated 330,925 people have now been classified as food insecure - 14 percent of Namibia's 2,324 million people (total population)