New York, 19 September 2023 Mr. President, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I truly appreciate the opportunity to participate in today’s event, an impressive milestone speaking volumes...
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Madagascar + 12 more
Southern Africa Humanitarian Snapshot (May 2021)
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,...
Zimbabwe + 4 more
Zimbabwe Situation Report, 5 September 2020
HIGHLIGHTS As of 3 September, 6,678 COVID-19 cases and 206 deaths were confirmed, with 85 per cent in the five provinces of Harare, Bulawayo, Matabeleland South, Midlands and Manicaland. From 1 April...
Zimbabwe + 4 more
Zimbabwe Situation Report, 21 August 2020
HIGHLIGHTS As of 20 August, 5,745 COVID-19 cases and 151 deaths were confirmed, with 80 per cent in the four provinces of Harare, Bulawayo, Midlands and Matabeleland South. From 1 April to 19 August,...
Zimbabwe + 4 more
Zimbabwe Situation Report, 6 August 2020
HIGHLIGHTS As of 5 August, 4,339 COVID-19 cases and 84 deaths were confirmed, with 75 per cent of cases due to local transmission. From 1 April to 5 August, over 14,044 Zimbabwean migrants returned...
Zimbabwe + 4 more
Zimbabwe Situation Report, 27 July 2020
HIGHLIGHTS As of 22 July, 2,034 COVID-19 cases and 26 deaths were confirmed, indicating an exponential increase in the last three weeks associated with a steep rise in local transmissions.. From 1...
Zimbabwe + 13 more
Southern Africa Humanitarian Snapshot (January 2020)
Southern Africa—which is on the frontlines of the global climate crisis—has been buffeted by back-to-back shocks, with erratic and uneven rainfall since November 2019 causing both floods and drought...
Angola + 12 more
Southern Africa: Humanitarian Key Messages, December 2019
HIGHLIGHTS Southern Africa is warming at about twice the global rate and has been buffeted by multiple and compounding shocks. Some 12 million people in nine countries across the region are...
World + 4 more
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller remarks at the launch of the 2020 Global Humanitarian Overview [EN/DE]
Welcome to the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview, or GHO, for 2020. This year, we are issuing the 2020 GHO simultaneously in five countries through panel discussions such as these to help...
Zimbabwe + 12 more
Southern Africa Humanitarian Snapshot (November 2019)
The lean season has begun in Southern Africa, with nearly 12 million people severely food insecure, many unable to access clean water, and girls and women reportedly forced to resort to negative...
Zimbabwe + 11 more
Southern Africa: Humanitarian Key Messages, September 2019
HIGHLIGHTS The climate crisis is having devastating consequences in Southern Africa, with parts of the region experiencing their lowest rainfall since 1981 while others have endured the destruction...
Zimbabwe + 12 more
Southern Africa Humanitarian Snapshot (August 2019)
Parts of Southern Africa have experienced their lowest rainfall since 1981, while others have endured the destruction of cyclones Idai and Kenneth, causing food insecurity, malnutrition and disease...
Mozambique + 3 more
Southern Africa: Cyclones Idai and Kenneth Snapshot, as of 10 July 2019
In March and April 2019, Southern Africa was hit by two consecutive tropical cyclones that left a trail of death, damage and destruction in their paths. In March, Tropical Cyclone Idai weather...
Mozambique + 2 more
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller – Opening remarks at ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment Side Event “Cyclone Idai: The Ongoing Needs,” 26 June 2019
Geneva, 26 June 2019 Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, June 22nd marked 100 days since Cyclone Idai wreaked havoc in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, catapulting pre-existing humanitarian...
Mozambique + 2 more
Southern Africa: Cyclone Idai Snapshot (as of 9 April 2019)
OVERVIEW Since early March 2019, the Tropical Cyclone Idai weather system has brought death and destruction to Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, affecting nearly 3 million people and killing at least...
Mozambique + 2 more
Southern Africa: Cyclone Idai Snapshot (as of 26 March 2019)
OVERVIEW Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall during the night of 14 to 15 March 2019 near Beira City, Sofala Province, in central Mozambique. The cyclone brought torrential rains and winds to Sofala,...
Mozambique + 2 more
UN Emergency Fund allocates $20 million to ramp up response to Cyclone Idai in Southern Africa
New York, 19 March 2019: UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock today allocated US$20 million from the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to ramp up the humanitarian response to...
Mozambique + 3 more
Southern Africa: Cyclone Idai Snapshot (as of 14 March 2019)
OVERVIEW Tropical Cyclone Idai has regained intensity and is expected to make landfall near Beira City in central Mozambique on the evening of 14 March, with maximum sustained winds of 180 to 190...
Malawi + 2 more
Southern Africa: Cyclone Idai Snapshot (as of 12 March 2019)
OVERVIEW Flooding in Malawi and Mozambique had affected nearly 843,000 people and caused at least 60 deaths as of 11 March, according to preliminary reports from the respective Governments. In...