Humanitarian | Horn Affairs

Security ‘volcano’ ready to blow in Sudan-Eritrea border

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

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Tuesday called on donor nations to provide quality aid…

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 @ 11:44 pm

The main Islamist insurgent group in Somalia, which is still in the throes of a major food crisis classified as…

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 @ 6:36 pm