Humanitarian | Horn Affairs

Somalia: Rape on the rise amid “climate of fear” in Mogadishu IDP camps

The number of reported rapes in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, has risen sharply,…

Friday, December 23, 2011 @ 5:10 am

At the global aid effectiveness forum in Busan, South Korea, in November and December this year, the "G7+", a group…

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 @ 5:55 am

Five years after a peace deal was signed to end a rebellion in eastern Sudan, a perceived failure to address…

Sunday, December 18, 2011 @ 6:23 am

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Consolidated Appeal for Somalia 2012 Updated Date: 14 December 2011 Increased emergency…

Sunday, December 18, 2011 @ 6:10 am

At least 1,000 refugees are arriving daily in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, fleeing conflict in Blue Nile state across…

Saturday, December 17, 2011 @ 12:20 pm

Dec. 9, 2011 (UN News Center) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid an unannounced visit to Mogadishu today together with the…

Saturday, December 17, 2011 @ 6:07 am

On November 15th the EU was sent a letter stating that the Government of Eritrea intended to close all ongoing…

Friday, December 9, 2011 @ 10:58 pm

Aid agencies must now plan for worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan's South Kordofan and Blue Nile states where ongoing conflict…

Friday, December 9, 2011 @ 10:25 pm

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) indicated that the two aid workers abducted in Kenya last October were spotted in southern Somalia…

Friday, December 9, 2011 @ 10:20 pm

GENEVA, November 29 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency expressed concern on Tuesday at the decision earlier this week by…

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 @ 6:11 am