DR Congo: Landslide - Aug 2017 Updates

This report evaluates the impact of the natural disasters and extreme weather events that occurred worldwide during 2017 and provides an overview of global economic losses. The report reveals that...

HIGHLIGHTS Violence in DRC continues to generate population movement, critical humanitarian needs Heavy rainfall and resultant flooding in South Kivu results in 12 deaths, nearly 20 injuries, and an...

This weekly bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 46 events in the region...

This weekly bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 49 events in the region...

Highlights • On August 1, 2017, the UNICEF Executive Director activated the Level 3 Corporate Emergency Response for the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for a period of 6...

This weekly bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 46 events in the region...

Nouvel incendie d’un site de déplacés dans le Tanganyika Plus de 3 000 ménages déplacés qui vivaient dans le site spontané de Kalonda depuis février 2017, sont actuellement sans abris suite à un...

KASAI REGION CRISIS: SCALING UP RESPONSE FOR DISPLACED PEOPLE; UNICEF LAUNCHES “BACK-TO-SCHOOL” CAMPAIGN The UN World Food Program has started distributing to more than 22,000 people living in Katoka...

Overview This weekly bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 48 events in the...

Faits saillants D’autres sites des pêcheurs au bord du lac Albert sous menaces d’éboulement. Les premières interventions en vivres au profit des déplacés à Linga, cinq mois après leur déplacement. Le...

Tanganyika : relance du Cadre Provincial de Concertation Humanitaire (CPCH) Le gouverneur de province et la communauté humanitaire se sont convenus, le 04 septembre dernier à Kalemie, de raviver le...

WHO PROVIDES USD 400,000 FOR CHOLERA RESPONSE In a statement on Saturday, The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has contributed USD 400,000 to fight a cholera epidemic that is reaching worrying...

Overview This weekly bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 45 events in the...

KASAI REGION: CONTINUED INCREASE IN FUNDING The United States government's development agency, USAID, has announced more than US$ 8 million in funding to respond to humanitarian needs in the Kasai...

Overview This weekly bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 45 events in the...

Kasaï : augmentation continue des financements L’agence de développement du gouvernement américain, USAID, a annoncé un financement de plus de 8 millions dollars US pour la réponse au Kasaï, un...

CAMEROUN 15 PERSONNES TUÉES ET 8 ENLEVÉES PRÈS DE KOLOFATA Dans la nuit du 24 août, des membres présumés de Boko Haram ont attaqué le village de Gakara, juste à la sortie de la ville de Kolofata,...

CAMEROON 15 KILLED AND 8 KIDNAPPED NEAR KOLOFATA Suspected Boko Haram militants attacked Gakara village just outside the town of Kolofata, near the Nigerian border, on the night of 24 August, killing...

Addis Ababa, 23 August 2017: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat extends his sincere condolences to the affected families, people and Government of the...

« Nous ne pouvons commencer cette conférence de presse sans avoir une pensée pour toutes les victimes de l’éboulement qui a dévasté le village de Tara sur les rives du Lac Albert en Ituri. Le chef de...