The funding was approved for 26 projects that will enable response to the needs of internally displaced persons and vulnerable host communities. It will also support the initial IDP return phase.
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Devastating impacts of El Niño continue globally
23 countries have issued appeals requiring a total of $5 billion. Only 38 per cent is funded as of September 2016, leaving 60 million people at significant risk of further loss.
IOM combats Cholera in Central African Republic
As co-lead of the Camp Coordination Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster, IOM is very conscious of the risk of the outbreak spreading to the city’s 26 IDP sites, which host over 49,000 people.
UNICEF and partners respond to the cholera outbreak in Central African Republic
At least 16 people have died in the first cholera outbreak in CAR since 2011. The outbreak started in Djoukou, in Kemo district, a hard-to-reach area located approximately 100 kilometers up the river from the capital Bangui.
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WHO heightens response to cholera outbreak in Central African Republic
An outbreak was declared on 10 August with 46 confirmed cases and 13 deaths. Most were from villages along the river bordering DRC’s Equateur province where cholera is endemic.
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Caucasus, Central Asia and Ukraine: 2014, a year of conflict
Conflict in Ukraine led to mass displacements and rising needs. In the region, refugees sought protection while cross-border tensions continued.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Typhoon Hagupit in Philippines and Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Nigerian refugees in Niger and Al Shabaab attacks in Kenya
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Total displacement increases by 1.4 million in Eastern Africa
Of the total displaced population, 2,467,547 are refugees while 8,966,205 are internally displaced persons and people severely affected by conflict.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights persistent violence in CAR, Yemen and Nigeria
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Humanitarian organizations reached 90% of the people aimed to be assisted in 2014
Aid organizations providing water, sanitation and hygiene support reached 3.5 million people as of October, though the response needed to be sustained.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Ebola crisis, clashes in DRC and Mali
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights heightened violence in the CAR, Libya and Yemen
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Ebola crisis and 1.5 million IDPs in Nigeria
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How the world must act now to prevent catastrophe in 2015
Aid agencies fear that efforts this year to prevent the crisis from deteriorating will falter as rival sides are regrouping, ready to resume violence once the rainy season ends this month.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights displacement in Iraq, Libya and Sudan
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights the Syrian refugee crisis and Ebola in West Africa
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights hospital shortages in Syria, Ebola in DRC and clashes in Sudan
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Tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees receive cholera vaccine
The mass immunisation campaign will protect South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia’s Gambella region, as well as the host community, against the risk of cholera spreading across the border.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights conflict in Yemen, Syria and Iraq
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.