HIGHLIGHTS In 2024, due to the consequences of protracted and acute conflicts, population movements, recurrent and simultaneous public health emergencies, climate change-related disasters and food...
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HIGHLIGHTS In 2024, due to the consequences of protracted and acute conflicts, population movements, recurrent and simultaneous public health emergencies, climate change-related disasters and food...
NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Gambia Red Cross Society was established in 1966 as a national humanitarian organization, auxiliary to the public authorities, particularly to the Ministry of Health as...
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Appeal highlights Major humanitarian crises continue to unfold across West and Central Africa, with devastating consequences for children and communities. The region is facing multiple conflicts that...
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FAO needs USD 50 million for an urgent support to rehabilitate the agricultural livelihoods of communities affected by floods in West Africa and Sahel Overview During the 2022 rainy season, the...
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Nairobi/Rome – 11 May 2022 - As the war in Ukraine pushes food, fuel and fertilizer prices toward record levels putting food security in many of the world’s poorest countries at risk, the UN’s...
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HIGHLIGHTS The West and Central Africa region is facing concurrent public health emergencies, increasing violence and insecurity, and large-scale population displacement. Across the region,107...
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People on the move – migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and other displaced populations – face extraordinary risks to their lives, safety, dignity, human rights and well-being. In part this is...
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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30th January 2020 and a pandemic on 11th March 2020. The World Health...
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Introduction The dangerous irregular mixed movements of refugees and migrants across the Sahara Desert towards and through North African countries as well as via the sea routes to Italy, Malta, and...
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HIGHLIGHTS The West and Central Africa region is home to 67 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including 37 million children. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is...
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COVID-19 Strategic Response Plan in the WHO African Region Since the importation of the first case in the WHO African Region, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to 46 of the...
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SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS Progression of The Pandemic in West and Central Africa The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, which was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province in China in December...
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Anticipatory action and rapid response At a glance USD 50–75 million required by FAO for control, surveillance and livelihoods support by December 2020 17.2 million people in severe acute food...
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Appeal for rapid response and anticipatory action Background Locusts are the oldest migratory pest in the world. They differ from ordinary grasshoppers in their ability to change behaviour...
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UNHCR calls for US$210 million to address deaths and abuses on Central and Western Mediterranean routes UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today calling for US$210 million to assist and protect...
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UN LAUNCHES A SUPPORT PLAN FOR THE SAHEL, A LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES On the margins of the 31st Summit of the Africa Union in Nouakchott, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed...
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Background and context The regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP) was initiated following the large-scale population movements registered throughout Europe in 2015. During 2016, a further...
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Introduction Throughout 2015, increasing numbers of people risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of safety and protection in Europe. By early January 2016, more than 1 million...
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Foreward In 2016 over 125 million people living in crisis-affected countries are in need of humanitarian assistance. The humanitarian community is committed to providing aid to over 87 million of...
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Foreword As 2015 draws to a close, we look back on a year where world agriculture and food security still face serious challenges. We saw a rising number of people affected by crises and disasters,...