Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Paraguay
24 July 2012: Heavy rainfall near the border of Argentina and Chaco Central has caused flooding and devastation in Paraguay. The flooding has isolated entire communities in scattered and marginalized hamlets, where vulnerability to food insecurity is high.
Floods have seriously affected the livelihoods of the most vulnerable indigenous and creole communities. This is due to limited access to...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Sudan, South Sudan (Republic of)
(New York, 27 July 2012): The United Nations humanitarian chief, Valerie Amos, announced today that she has allocated more than US$20 million to help alleviate the suffering of the recent wave of Sudanese refugees fleeing into South Sudan from the conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States.
“Nearly 170,000 people have fled conflict and hunger, and many more are on...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Mali
24 July 2012: The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has given US$6,896,415 to humanitarian partners in Mali to aid conflict-affected people.
Some 146,000 Malians have been internally displaced, and over 191,000 have sought refuge in neighbouring countries following the onset of fighting in January between Government forces and the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Country Team in Uganda
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
13 July 2012: The United Nations System in Uganda today announced that it has secured 7 million US dollars from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to facilitate a humanitarian response to the influx of over 30,000 refugees fleeing fighting in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The number of Congolese...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Angola
22 June 2012: Angola has recently been impacted by drought in portions of the country due to a significant decrease in rainfall, which has adversely affected the food security of vulnerable households and malnutrition levels. According to Government assessments, an estimated 366,780 households, or some 1.8 million people are affected by drought in 11 provinces. A nutrition survey conducted in 10...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic
As of April 2011, Lebanon witnessed the influx of some 6,000 Syrians into the Governorate of North Lebanon. While a small number of the refugees returned after the initial fighting, many remained and their numbers increased as the crisis intensified. As of May 2012, the international aid community is assisting some 25,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The UN reports that two-third...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Central African Republic
(Bangui / Geneva, 13 June 2012): A rapid assessment by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in north-eastern CAR has revealed that over 45,000 people face a major food crisis and need immediate assistance in the towns of Tiringoulou, Sikikédé, Gordil Ndiffa and Mélé in the western region of Vakaga prefecture. ”We are facing a critical humanitarian crisis that could worsen quickly...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Rwanda, Uganda
11 June 2012: Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes and remain internally displaced, or have sought refuge in neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda, as a result of intense fighting between Congolese Government forces and armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
To date, more than 9,000 Congolese refugees have entered...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Sudan (the), South Sudan (Republic of)
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 South Sudan. An estimated 12,000 South Sudanese remain stranded in Kosti way-station in Sudan, a transit centre on the Nile that was originally established to accommodate 1,...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic (the), Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia (the), Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan (the)
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 Organization (WHO). Countries affected include Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Central African Republic...