Press releases and statements

Bangui, le 25 mai 2017 – La violence a encore frappé la ville de Bria, au Centre de la République centrafricaine. Entre le 15 et le 18 mai, à cause d’affrontements d’une violence inouïe entre groupes...

Bangui, le 24 mai 2017 – L’attaque que des individus armés ont mené contre Bangassou le 13 mai 2017 a fait plus de 4 400 déplacés, 72 morts et 76 blessés. Les affrontements intercommunautaires qui...

In the last three weeks, authorities have reported over 35,500 suspected cholera cases, a third of whom are children, and 361 associated deaths in 19 of 22 governorates.

In addition to reports of civilian casualties and allegations of human rights abuses, the situation has severely strained the already weak health services in the South.

The Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, launched at the Oslo Conference on the Lake Chad Region in February, plays a vital role in ensuring an effective, coordinated, prioritized and principled humanitarian response.

Mot du Coordonnateur Humanitaire, El-Mostafa Benlamlih Sept mois après le passage de l’ouragan Matthew en Haïti, les autorités haïtiennes et la communauté humanitaire apprécient le travail réalisé en...

Gaza has been experiencing a severe electricity crisis since mid-April, when the Gaza Power Plant went silent due to a dispute between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas in Gaza over tax rates for...

(N'djamena, le 19 mai 2017): Le Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies aux affaires humanitaires et Coordonnateur des secours d’urgence, M. Stephen O’Brien, a approuvé l’attribution de 3,5...

These funds will help provide vital humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of 40,000 people, largely former internally displaced people returning to their villages of origin.

Nearly 700,000 people have been displaced from their homes, including 500,000 people who have been forced to flee from the western neighbourhoods of Mosul city alone.