Drought Situation Drought - not insecurity - is now the main reason for new displacement in Somalia. More than 52,000 people have been displaced due to drought since 1 December 2010, many of them...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseMogadishu Update: IDP Drought Response
Libya + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations humanitarian fund allocates $5 million for emergency response in Libya
(New York, 2 March 2011): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has allocated US$ 5 million dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)...
DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseSituation humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo - Note d'information à la presse, 2 mars 2011
National - Le Directeur général du Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance Anthony Lake est arrivé le 1er mars à Kinshasa. Au cours de sa visite de quatre jours en République Démocratique (RDC), M...
Zimbabwe
News and Press ReleaseZimbabwe: Emergency Response Fund (ERF) Update, March 2011
ERF News: Review of the ERF Charter and adoption of a criterion for selection of projects to be funded under the ERF has been completed. In a Board meeting on 15 February 2011, chaired by the...
Libya + 3 more
News and Press ReleasePress Conference by Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs on Libya
The United Nations top humanitarian official told reporters today that while the world body's marquee relief agencies were ramping up activities in the eastern part of Libya and along the country's...
Djibouti
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates $3 million in response to ongoing drought in Djibouti
In response to the destruction of rural livelihoods due to severe drought and rising food prices throughout the country, CERF has allocated $3 million for humanitarian response in Djibouti. The World...
Madagascar
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates $4 million in response to ongoing drought in Madagascar
9 February 2011: In response to the protracted drought situation primarily in the south of the country, CERF has allocated $4 million for humanitarian response in Madagascar. The United Nations...
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseCôte d'Ivoire : Violents combats dans l'Ouest du pays et à Abobo, le Coordonnateur humanitaire en appelle à la retenue et à la protection des populations civiles
(Dakar, 28 février 2011): Les violents combats qui se déroulent depuis jeudi dans l'Ouest de la Côte d'Ivoire et depuis une semaine dans la commune d'Abobo à Abidjan ont poussé, brutalement à...
Côte d'Ivoire
News and Press ReleaseHealth, education and economy severely affected by post-election crisis in Côte d'Ivoire
(Abidjan, 24 February 2011)- Health, agriculture, education and economy have been severely affected by Côte d'Ivoire's post-electoral crisis, United Nations agencies and non-governmental...
Côte d'Ivoire
News and Press ReleaseLa santé, l'éducation et l'économie sont fortement affectées par la crise post-électorale en Côte d'Ivoire
(Abidjan le 24 février 2011) - La santé, l'agriculture, l'éducation et l'économie sont fortement perturbées par la crise post-électorale qui sévit en Côte d'Ivoire, ont annoncé aujourd'hui des...