The international community needs to refocus on South Sudan and to increase support for recovery and development there, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General said today.
Days after the UN and African Union condemned as unacceptable the bombings of villages and markets in Darfur by Sudanese government planes, at least 13 people were reported killed in an attack on a primary school and market in North
Sudanese officials and representatives of donor nations opened a major conference in Norway on 5 May, amid warnings that the provisions of a three-year-old peace accord had fallen dangerously behind schedule.
Focus on Operationality " Briefing Papers are meant for humanitarian organisations inside Iraq, supporting agencies, policymakers and donors. They provide information on current operational and policy challenges, as well as lessons learned and best practices drawn from recent field experience.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has annnounced a new UNHCR and Google Earth initiative "Google Earth Outreach" that was launched in Geneva on 8 April 2008. The programme gives the humanitarian agencies an opportunity to
This report is based on the findings and observations made by ICRC personnel during their regular contacts with the staff in hospitals, health care centres and water and sanitation facilities, with public authorities and with other organisations. According to the
In the last period NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq has been witnesses of the humanitarian crisis that has been rapidly unfolding all over Iraq. NCCI have to ask ourselves was the emergency situation declared before the fighting and violence in
The analysis of the humanitarian situation inside Iraq is severely constrained by the extreme difficulties faced by everyone (Government Ministries, NGOs, the UN, or research bodies) who attempt to collect accurate data that is agreed upon by all parties. The
Various types of conflicts are present today in almost all communities in Iraq, due to multiple causes and sources. Obstacles in the political process are widening the rift in existing conflicts and fuelling the emergence of new conflicts. Due to
President Yoweri Museveni has clarified that his government will not beg Joseph Kony to come out of the bush. "If he wants to come, let him come. If not, it will be too bad for him," he said.
The International Crisis Group (ICG) has presented President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf an award for her outstanding leadership in democracy, development and peace building in Africa.
The revelation that Pakistani and Indian members of the United Nations Mission in the Congo sold weapons in exchange for minerals once again puts the UN under the spotlight.
Traditional elders in Somalia's northern Puntland region met privately on Friday in discussions aimed at easing tensions following a deadly gunfight yesterday that killed at least two militiamen.
The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has taken note of recent statements in the media accusing its Peacekeepers of supplying weapons to the Allied Democratic Forces/National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF/NALU), a
The United Nations humanitarian chief today strongly condemned the killing of Pascal Marlinge, Country Director of Save the Children-UK in Chad, and extended his condolences to the agency and to Mr. Marlinge's family.
On January 23, 2008, after weeks of talks, the Congolese government signed a peace agreement in Goma, North Kivu, with 22 armed groups committing all parties to an immediate ceasefire and disengagement of forces from frontline positions. Yet since the
The security situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is relatively stable but fragile, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC, Alan Doss, warned on 30 April 2008 during MONUC's weekly press conference.
AS POLITICIANS TRAVERSED the country recently preaching peace and tolerance, a Nairobi-based organisation was busy putting together a traditional peacebuilding initiative that has helped stem bloodletting in several areas.
