Highlights Further to the declaration of cholera on 2 February 2024, the Union of the Comoros has recorded 119 confirmed positive cases of cholera including 6 deaths as of February 25, with a high...
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Comoros Cholera Response DREF Operation (MDRKM011)
What happened, where and when? Cholera is currently on the rise in East Africa, with eight countries in the region fighting the epidemic, including Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. Cholera is not an...
Post-Election Civil Unrest in Comoros DREF Operation MDRKM010
Description of the Event Date of event / Date when the trigger was met 2024-01-17 What happened, where and when? After the elections organized on 14th January 2024 in the Union of Comoros, the...
Comores : Volker Türk appelle au calme, exhorte les autorités à protéger le droit de manifester et les principes démocratiques
GENÈVE (17 janvier 2024) - Alors que les tensions montent aux Comores, où des manifestations ont lieu depuis l'élection présidentielle de dimanche, le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de...
Comoros: UN Human Rights Chief calls for calm and urges the authorities to protect free assembly, uphold democratic principles
GENEVA (17 January 2024) – As Comoros witnesses protests following Sunday’s presidential election and tensions mount, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today urged the authorities to...
Comoros: Yellow alert Volcanic eruption DREF Operation-Final report n° MDRKM009
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster The Union of Comoros is composed of 3 main islands, Anjouan (Nzwani), Moheli (Mwali) and Grande Comore (Ngazidja). Karthala volcano, which is...
U.S. Engagement in Comoros
FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON MAY 31, 2023 Bilateral Relationship and U.S. Assistance The United States and Comoros signed a Joint Statement of Cooperation in February 2023. COVID Support:...
Lessons for the World from the “Islands of the Moon” - Comoros: Opportunity, Ambition and Scale Up
Authors NOURA HAMLADJI Deputy Regional Director, Regional Bureau for Africa RIAD MEDDEB Senior Principal Advisor for SIDS PRADEEP KURUKULASURIYA Director and Executive Coordinator, Nature, Climate...
Comoros: Yellow alert Volcanic eruption DREF Operation Update n° MDRKM009
Summary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action: This operation update aims to inform the stakeholders on the progress of this DREF operation since the launch on 21 September 2022 and...
Comoros 2023 IFRC network country plan (MAAKM002)
Located in the Indian Ocean at the northern entrance to the Mozambique Channel, the Union of the Comoros sits between northwestern Madagascar and the southeastern coast of the African continent. It...
Aux Comores, tous les enfants nés de mère séropositive sont sains
Moroni – Nadja* a appris sa séropositivité il y a deux ans, alors qu’elle préparait son mariage. « J’ai eu du mal à le croire au début », raconte-elle. Huit mois après les noces, la jeune dame tombe...
Comoros on the path to ending mother-to-child HIV transmission
Moroni — Nadja* was in the midst of planning her wedding two years ago when she learned that she was HIV-positive. "I couldn't quite believe it at first,” she says. But when she became pregnant eight...
Comoros - Risk of eruption of the Karthala Volcano (DG ECHO, IFRC, Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros) (ECHO Daily Flash of 05 October 2022)
A yellow alert has been triggered on 17 August by Minister of Interior, following abnormal seismic activity on the western flank in Karthala Volcano. The Karthala volcano is very active, having...
Forced into early motherhood, a child rape survivor in the Comoros fights stigma to finish school
MORONI, The Comoros – “I followed him into the house. I didn’t know he was going to rape me.” At just 13 years old, Mariama* was sexually assaulted by a neighbour when she returned home from school:...
Comoros: Yellow alert Volcano Karthala Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) DREF Operation n° MDRKM009
A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster On 15 July 2022, abnormal activity of the Karthala volcano in the Comoros was recorded by the Karthala Volcano Observatory (KVO), which manifested...
Restoration of livelihoods and resilience strengthening of small scale vulnerable households affected by the passage of Cyclone Kenneth through agricultural activities (OSRO/COI/001/JPN)
Objective: To improve the resilience of at least 600 vulnerable households affected by the passage of Tropical Cyclone Kenneth in the Union of the Comoros, through early warning and intervention. Key...
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Resilience Building and Disaster Response Management in the Indian Ocean programme: Briefing on the component “Building Resilience and Improving Institutional Capacity in Indian Ocean Island States for Disaster Risk Reduction” implemented by UNDRR
BACKGROUND The Indian Ocean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are threatened by several environmental challenges such as extreme weather conditions, sea-level rise and climate change. The latter...
264 877 enfants des îles d’Anjouan, Mohéli et Ngazidja aux Comores vaccinés contre la rougeole et la rubéole
Moroni – Le Ministère de la Santé des Comores, avec l’appui de l’OMS, GAVI l’Alliance Mondiale pour le vaccin et l’UNICEF, a lancé une campagne de vaccination contre la rougeole et la rubéole...
Communiqué de la 1039ème réunion du Conseil de Paix et de Sécurité (CPS) de l'Union africaine (UA) tenue le 19 octobre 2021, sur l'examen du rapport de la Mission technique d'intervention rapide (TERM) aux Comores
Adopté par le Conseil de Paix et de Sécurité (CPS) de l'Union africaine (UA), lors de sa 1039eme réunion tenue le 19 octobre 2021, sur l'examen du rapport de la Mission technique d'intervention...
Communiqué of the 1039th meeting of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union held on 19 October 2021, on the consideration of the report of the Technical Early Response Mission (TERM) to The Comoros
Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 1039th meeting, held on 19 October 2021, on the Consideration of the Report of the Technical Early Response Mission...