I. Introduction

1. In Africa, ongoing and new emergencies caused large-scale displacement in 2010 and 2011. In southern and central Somalia, in addition to drought and emerging famine, fighting led to mass movements within the country and across borders, straining services and facilities in already overcrowded camps in Ethiopia,
   Djibouti and Kenya. In Côte d’Ivoire, in December 2010, more than 150,000 refugees crossed the border into neighbouring countries, as a result of political instability.

YOKOHAMA - The United Nations World Food Programme welcomed this week a donation package of some JPY 2.3 billion from the Government of Japan. The contribution will provide urgently needed food and nutritional assistance to the most vulnerable people in six different countries.

By Jeremy Green

MOROTO, Uganda, 1 September 2011 – In a village in the remote Karamoja sub-region of Uganda, a mother breaks up pieces of wood to build her fire and prepare a meal. As she does so, she provides a deeper insight into this seemingly mundane daily task.

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In this area of the country, the woman explains, villages are prone to bouts of insecurity due to cattle raiding. As a result, leaving home and traveling long distances to find wood can be an unsafe task.

By Daniel Edyegu

RELIEF supplies have started trickling in for the survivors of the landslides in Sisiyi and Buluganya sub counties in Sironko district.

Stephen Womukhota, the Uganda Red Cross Society eastern regional disaster management officer said the Uganda Red Cross Society intends to immediately start distributing relief items to over 50000 affected people in the two sub counties.

Written by Catherine Ntabadde

32, 048 households equivalent to a population of over 160, 240 are experiencing various disasters in the country, Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) vulnerability capacity assessments have revealed.

The assessments indicate the current disasters include hail storms, floods, landslides, food shortage, population movement and health related emergencies.

31.08.11 | Somalia
ACCIÓN HUMANITARIA

España donará 1 millón de euros más a la región a través de la OMS para la distribución de insumos médicos, vigilancia epidemiológica y otras acciones en el sector salud

AUGUST SECURITY SUMMARY

The number of reported LRA attacks per month continued to fall sharply from June, with LRA forces reportedly perpetrating 11 attacks on civilians. August was the quietest month of LRA activity on record in 2011.

Over the course of the highlighted month, LRA forces reportedly killed two and abducted 21 civilians, matching Oct. 2010 with fewest civilians killed and marking the second-lowest level of abductions during the last 18 months.

By Max Delany (AFP)

MABONO, Uganda — Nathan Gimei stares in shock at what used to be his village, a small Ugandan settlement ripped apart by a mudslide that submerged homes and killed entire families.

"There were fifteen houses here, two shops, banana trees and coffee plants; now all that is gone," he said, pointing to the churned up mud and shattered houses, running for several hundred metres (yards) down the mountainside.

The month received normal rains that were evenly distributed across the entire district as predicted by the department of meteorology. The Natural vegetation was characterized by yellowing and shading off leaves by both the Desert dates and Neem trees which is as a result of the windy conditions that are attributed to the rains.

It was noted during the month that a variety of crops were planted with Maize being the most planted crop across the district at 39% total acreage, followed by Beans, Sorghum and other crops (mainly vegetables).