Source: UN Women - Africa |

United Nation Women Somalia trains civil society on gender in humanitarian Action

The training targeted civil society organizations actively engaged in Somalia with priority given to women-led organizations, women's rights groups, and gender-focused entities

In December 2023, UN Women Somalia partnered with Somalia Disaster Management Agency (SODMA) for a capacity building training in a determined effort to train civil society and civil right organizations across Somalia on gender in humanitarian action. Somalia, grappling with the frontline impacts of climate change, experiences a merging of…

United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
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    • To help residents in Pieri access clean and potable water, UNMISS has funded and handed over a solar-powered water treatment unit. Photo by Mach Samuel/UNMISS
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Source: United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) |

United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)-funded solar-powered water treatment plant boosts residents and returnees in Pieri

The project was implemented by Impact Actions, a national non-governmental organization

A lack of access to safe water remains a significant challenge for the people of South Sudan. Families are often forced to use contaminated water sources, exposing them to waterborne diseases like cholera, typhoid, and malaria, with their quest for clean water further complicated by both climate change and intercommunal…

Source: United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) |

Surge in Intercommunal Conflict Causing Immense Harm to Civilians in South Sudan, according to the Latest United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Quarterly Brief

Compared to the previous quarter, this represented a four percent increase in incidents (215 to 223) and 35 percent increase in victims (641 to 862)

Civilians are bearing the brunt of a surge in intercommunal conflict in pockets of South Sudan with 862 victims documented as being killed, injured, abducted, or subjected to conflict-related sexual violence during these incidents in the last quarter of 2023. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) brief on…

Source: U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia |

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Announces More Than $80 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the People of Ethiopia

This funding will support USAID humanitarian partners providing urgently needed assistance to the most vulnerable communities

Today, the United States, through USAID, announced more than $80 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help people affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia. USAID Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Sonali Korde announced the funding during her visit to the country. According to…

Source: United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) |

Kajo-Keji Conference Seeks to Reconcile Communities to Chart Common Destiny of Peace

The event resulted in concrete resolutions to mitigate cattle-related conflicts, develop a plan of action to encourage refugees and internally displaced persons to return home

The people of Kajo-Keji County have pledged to mend ties to chart a future of peace and the kind of unity needed for socioeconomic development to take place. They did so at a recent reconciliation conference held on home turf. The event resulted in concrete resolutions to mitigate cattle-related conflicts,…

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Sudan: Urgent Action Needed on Hunger Crisis

Security Council Should Act on Access for Aid Deliveries

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to alert the Security Council in the coming days that Sudan has entered a downward spiral of extreme conflict-induced hunger, Human Rights Watch said today. The council should immediately take action, including by adopting targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for obstructing aid access in Darfur.…

Source: Norwegian Refugee Council |

Burkina Faso: Aid from International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) only reached 1% of civilians in half of the towns under blockade

Eighty percent of the international organisations’ interventions in enclaved areas last year focused only on 10 towns, often those hosting a large number of internally displaced and where enough data on humanitarian needs had been collected

Half a million people under blockade in Burkina Faso find themselves in a blind spot of the humanitarian response due to lack of funding and severe operational constraints, warn international organisations ahead of the European Humanitarian Forum. In 20 locations cut off from the rest of the country and home…

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The State of Qatar |

Governor of Sudan's Red Sea state meets Qatar's Ambassador

The meeting reviewed cooperation relations and a number of topics of common interest

HE Governor of the Red Sea State of the Republic of the Sudan Mustafa Mohammed Nour met with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Sudan Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Sada. The meeting reviewed cooperation relations and a number of topics of common interest. During the meeting, HE the…

Source: United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) |

United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) -funded Police Post Boosts Security and Rule of Law in Magwi County

The construction of the building, which is one of the peacekeeping mission’s low-cost, long-lasting Quick Impact Projects benefitting local communities, cost $50,000

Residents in Magwi County are rejoicing, and for good reason. Thanks to a new police post in the village of Loa, funded by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and recently handed over to local authorities, they feel much better protected and have more faith in the rule…

Source: Save the Children |

Sudan: Nearly 230,000 Children and new Mothers likely to die from hunger without critical action – Save the Children

Of these children, more than 109,000 are likely to have medical complications like dehydration, hypothermia and hypoglycemia, which requires intensive and specialized care at a hospital to survive

Nearly 230,000 children, pregnant women and new mothers could die in the coming months due to hunger unless urgent, life-saving funding is released to respond to the massive and worsening crisis in Sudan, Save the Children said. More than 2.9 million children in Sudan are acutely malnourished and an additional…