Highlights UNHCR continued to closely monitor the developing situations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Malawi. Efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV)were...
Angola + 18 more
Angola + 18 more
Highlights UNHCR continued to closely monitor the developing situations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Malawi. Efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV)were...
DR Congo + 20 more
Highlights The 2023 Response Plans for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) situation were launched. Efforts towards durable solutions continued, in particular for resettlement and voluntary...
Angola + 18 more
Highlights UNHCR quickly mobilized to provide life-saving assistance to people affected by cyclone Freddy in Malawi and Mozambique. The response to cholera was intensified as Malawi, Mozambique,...
DR Congo + 18 more
Highlights Efforts towards durable solutions continued, in particular for resettlement and voluntary repatriation. Verification exercisesto assess the refugee and asylum-seeker population were...
Ukraine + 28 more
At least one death or injury from the use of explosive weapons was recorded in 28 countries and territories in June 2022. Worldwide, there were 399 incidents of explosive weapon use, causing 2,442...
Madagascar + 12 more
A favourable 2020-2021 rainy season and above-average regional cereal supply across most of Southern Africa caused the number of severely food insecure people to decrease from 25.1 million in May...
Madagascar + 12 more
During the 2020-2021 cyclone season in the South-West Indian Ocean, tropical weather systems affected at least 681,000 people and brought heavy rainfall to Southern Africa, including in Botswana,...
Victoria Kaapanda ONGWEDIVA – Ministry of information executive director Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana said unexploded ordnance (UXO), especially landmines, remain a concern in Namibia, particularly in former...
OTAVI - United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) recently facilitated the training of 15 Namibian personnel in the identification and disposal of unexploded ordnance as part of the U.S. government’s...
World + 58 more
A Message From Deputy Assistant Secretary Marik String This 18th Edition of To Walk the Earth In Safety summarizes the United States’ Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) programs in 2018. CWD...
Uganda + 18 more
Foreword In 2018, the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) drastically worsened, spreading to previously unaffected areas and impacting the Great Lakes region. The ongoing conflicts...
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African states commit to eradicate cluster munitions and end the suffering they cause by stepping up efforts to universalize the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions and to strengthen the norm...
Zimbabwe + 4 more
The ICRC's Harare Regional Delegation carries out humanitarian activities in Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe and in collaboration with the National Red Cross Societies, focuses on...
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Syria: In recent weeks, clashes between Islamic State and other non-government forces over the border area between Turkey and Syria have intensified. IDPs in camps located along the border are at...
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Iraq: The humanitarian situation in besieged Fallujah continues to deteriorate. Supply lines have been cut off since December, when government forces surrounded the city. Islamic State is reportedly...
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Snapshot 31 March–5 April 2016 Syria: The most serious violation of the cessation of hostilities occurred on 2 April around Aleppo, when fighting broke out between government forces and...
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Snapshot 23–30 March 2016 South Sudan: Between 20,000 and 50,000 people are now reported to have been displaced in Wau county, Western Bahr el Ghazal, since fighting escalated in February. Houses...
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Snapshot 16 – 22 March Somalia: On 15 March Al Shabaab moved into Puntland and seized control of Garad, a port town. In the following days Al Shabaab captured another coastal town in Nugaal region...
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Snapshot 9 – 15 March Yemen: Insecurity in Aden is increasing, with attacks carried out on civilian targets. At least 150 people have been reported killed in the past three months, including at least...
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Snapshot 2–8 March 2016 Malawi and Mozambique: Flooding and drought have led to the most severe food crisis Malawi has faced in a decade: 2.8 million people face acute food insecurity, including...