Press releases and statements

(Jakarta/Bangkok, 12 April 2012): The earthquake, aftershocks and tsunami warnings that had a number of Indian Ocean countries on high alert yesterday has put to test the region’s preparedness and...

11 April 2012: The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has given US$7 million to four UN agencies to provide emergency food aid for most food insecure people in Senegal. In Senegal, according to...

Quatre travailleurs humanitaires tués la semaine dernière dans le Territoire de Fizi Quatre agents humanitaires d’une ONG locale ont trouvé la mort le 3 avril à Kikonde, au sud de Baraka dans le...

In this Issue ACF: Wash interventions in Masvingo Highlight of NGO: Africa 2000 Network NGO Operations

More than 1,000 people have been affected and are in need of relief items Port-au-Prince/11 April 2012/12 pm According to an assessment mission (Department of Civil Protection (DPC), MINUSTAH...

Heavy rains in the Nord and Nord-Ouest departments of Haiti on 8 and 9 April have resulted in six deaths, flooding of houses and crops, as well as loss of livestock. In the Nord, two people died in a landslide in Limbe communal Section and two others drowned when trying to cross a river near Bayeux....

(Doha, 10 April 2012) – The UN and the State of Qatar have signed a humanitarian partnership agreement to expand collaboration and strengthen joint coordination and response to humanitarian crises...

In Nepal, an estimated 3.5 million people are facing food insecurity due to recurring droughts, floods and persistent poverty. The United Nations estimates that that the lack of food at the household level is an acute problem in most of the Mid-West and Far-West regions of the country where acute...

The Central Emergency Response Fund provided $14,845,730 in underfunded grants to six UN agencies and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Pakistan. The grants will target affected...

Due to weak and erratic rainfall during 2011, farmer households in Chad have encountered significant crop shortages. Some 3.6 million people are currently threatened by food insecurity in the Sahel...