The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
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The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
World + 47 more
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
World + 47 more
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
World + 46 more
The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.
Years of instability have made the province very insecure for civilians and for aid workers.
Since mid-November, more than 130,000 people have been displaced in and around Goma. Children have limited access to education; many schools have been looted, destroyed or occupied by internally displaced persons or armed forces or groups.
25,000 IDPs are reportedly in Sake from Goma while 60,000 IDPs previously hosted in Kanyaruchinya have been forced to flee again due to the fighting.
Watch the Webcast Good afternoon, everyone. I returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the end of last week. While I was there, I was travelling with the UK’s Director-General of the Department for International Development, Mark Bowman, and also with Catherine Wiesner, who’s the...
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I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES Humanitarian aid rolling out to thousands of people amid persisting population movements More than 320,000 people displaced in North Kivu since April 2012 Killings, looting and property destruction in Masisi denounced by UN officials 55,000 people live in...
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Highlights US$9.9 million allocated to boost humanitarian response in North Kivu HAP 2012: mid-year review dominated by the North Kivu crisis Violence in Katanga triples IDP numbers in six months, thousands out of reach Majority of 2012 pooled funding has supported NGOs North Kivu remains...
Faits saillants Deux civils tués et 17 enlevés dans une attaque à Badengayido. Suspicion de fièvre hémorragique à virus Ebola à Isiro : Trois décès suspects enregistrés. Nombreux cas de diarrhée sanglante demeurent sans prise en charge à cause de l’insécurité et faute de...
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· Children hiding in the bush to avoid the fighting · High proportion of refugees in Uganda are under 15 years of age; reports suggest they left out of fear of being forcibly recruited · Surge in violence sees aid agency shut down life-saving programs including cholera response, in the east of...
23 July 2012 - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reported a sharp increase in the number of cholera cases in the armed conflict area of North Kivu. According to the report, 368 new cases were reported from epidemiological week 24 (11-17 June) to epidemiological week 26 (25 June-1 July). The...
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I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES • Protection of civilians and access, key issues following latest violence in Rutshuru as thousands flee • Aid agencies working to determine needs of affected people • Recruitment of minors, a concern for child protection specialists
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Highlights Over 220,000 IDPS in recent weeks in North Kivu; access and funding critical to relief effort Host families primary source of shelter for IDPs in North Kivu Resurgence of diseases illustrates dysfunctional health system; long term engagement critical Critical food security programme...
Plus de six cents cas de cholera ont été enregistrés en quatorze jours dans tous les centres de santé du territoire de Mahagi dans la cité de Bunia (Province Orientale). L’administrateur du territoire a annoncé que cette épidémie a déjà fait 40 morts. Les zones touchées par le cholera...
BRAZZAVILLE, 2 April 2012 (IRIN) - A cholera outbreak is adding to the woes of thousands of people displaced by a huge munitions blast in the Congolese capital Brazzaville about a month ago, say officials. “We have 10 confirmed cases of cholera,” Youssouf Gamatié, the UN World Health...
Faits saillants Bunia enregistre de plus en plus de cas de choléra alors que la situation se stabilise à Tchomia et Gety. Une première assistance apportée aux victimes des conflits fonciers de Bulo et Ndrungo, en Ituri. Malnutrition galopante et alerte épidémique dans le District de la...
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La Province de l’Equateur risque de retomber dans l’épidémie de cholera qui vient de toucher également le Bas-Congo · Après plus de huit semaines d’accalmie, le cholera semble refaire surface dans la Province de l’Equateur où quatre cas suspects ont été signalés la semaine...
(Kinshasa/Genève, New York, le 1 février 2012) : La communauté humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) a lancé aujourd’hui un appel de 718 millions de dollars américains pour apporter l’assistance d’urgence en 2012 à des centaines de milliers de congolais qui ont...