Press releases and statements

7 June 2012 : Since 1 January 2012, an outbreak of meningitis has been reported in 42 districts in 10 African countries, and contributed to some 11,000 cases, as reported by the World Health...

7 June 2012 : Following the independence of South Sudan on 9 July 2011, South Sudanese were given a transition period until 8 April 2012 to either regularise their status in Sudan or to return to...

Bogotá/ 1 de junio de 2012 / 5:03 p.m. De acuerdo con información preliminar, 45 familias (163 personas) se desplazaron desde zona rural hacia el casco urbano del municipio de Santa Bárbara de...

(Goma/Kinshasa, 31 mai 2012) : Près de 100 000 personnes ont abandonné leurs maisons suite à la récente vague de violence dans la province congolaise du Nord-Kivu, située à l’est du pays, suscitant...

(Goma/Kinshasa, 31 May 2012) Close to 100,000 people have been uprooted from their homes by the recent wave of violence in the eastern Congolese province of North Kivu, prompting renewed calls for better measures to protect civilians and more aid for distressed families. Since the beginning of...

In this Issue Swift Community Action Restores Schools Highlight of NGO: SCC in Zimbabwe Partners in Joint DRR Initiative Forthcoming events for June 2012

Speaker: David Gressly, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel OCHA Listen to the press conference

More than US$427 million provided for humanitarian relief in 2011 (New York, 29 May 2012): The 2011 Annual Report of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the United Nations’ humanitarian fund,...

En el año 2011 se destinaron más de 427 millones de dólares para actividades humanitarias (Nueva York, 29 de mayo de 2012): El Informe Anual 2011 del Fondo central para la acción en casos de...

Plus de 427 millions de dollars versés pour le secours humanitaire en 2011 (New York, le 29 mai 2012) : Le Rapport annuel du Fonds central pour les interventions d’urgence pour 2011 – le Fonds...