(Kinshasa, RDC, 15 août 2011) – Jeannine se sent mieux. Cela fait déjà cinq jours qu’elle est hospitalisée au Centre de traitement de cholera (CTC) de Maluku, dans la périphérie de la ville de...
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The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.
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DR Congo
News and Press ReleaseEpidémie de cholera à Kinshasa : une prise en charge gratuite pour sauver des vies
Somalia + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseUN humanitarian chief completes three-day mission to Kenya and Somalia
(Nairobi, Kenya, 14 August 2011) The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Ms Valerie Amos, has just completed a three-day mission to...
Somalia
News and Press Release‘We have the aid to save the lives of thousands of Somalis but we need safe passage’
(Mogadishu/New York, 13 August 2011): Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos, on a one-day visit to the Somali capital Mogadishu, visited Banadir Hospital, where the most severe cases of malnutrition, mostly in children, are treated. “It’s heartbreaking. The children are so weak they can’t...
Djibouti + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseDjibouti drought response boosted with $3.2 million from CERF
More than $3.2 million was allocated to United Agencies in Djibouti in August to respond to drought in the East African state. An acute crisis was caused by the region-wide drought, with...
Bhutan
News and Press ReleaseSigning of the Model Agreement on Customs Facilitation in Humanitarian Assistance
The UN has welcomed a decision by Bhutan to finalize the Model Customs Facilitation Agreement, a bilateral agreement allowing the expedition of aid to the country in the event of a disaster. The...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseFamine spreads to more areas in southern Somalia
(Nairobi, 3 August 2011) Three new areas in southern Somalia have deteriorated into a famine situation. These are parts of Middle Shabelle region, the Afgooye Corridor settlements home to roughly...
Somalia + 2 more
News and Press ReleaseKey Figures on Somalia –3 August 2011
General Information Famine has been declared in parts of Middle Shabelle, IDP settlements along the Afgooye Corridor, parts of Mogadishu hosting IDPs, Lower Shabelle and parts of Bakool Famine is...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates $38 million for Somalia famine response
Nearly $38 million was made available from the CERF in July and August to address the famine in Somalia. Tens of thousands of people had died and hundreds of thousands more risked starvation...
Kenya
News and Press ReleaseDrought response and coordination strengthened
The Government and United Nations agencies today held a meeting to workout modalities to strengthen collaboration and coordination between partners responding to the drought needs to ensure that...
Somalia + 4 more
News and Press ReleasePress conference by Emergency Relief Coordinator on Horn of Africa drought
Watch the Webcast With more than $1 billion in aid still needed, images emerging from the Horn of Africa of starving women and children must serve as a “wake-up call” to donors, said the United...