Abuja (Nigeria), le 20 mars 2023. Une mission intégrée de haut niveau de la Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO), séjournera au Burkina Faso du 21 au 27 mars 2023 afin...
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Malawi: IFRC launches Emergency Appeal to respond to the effects of Tropical Storm Freddy in Malawi
Malawi, 21 March 2023 - After passing through Southern Africa for the second time this month, Tropical Storm Freddy swept through Southern Malawi on 12 March 2023, with strong winds and heavy rains...
The U.N. Water Conference and a Collective Call to Action
Two billion people lack safely managed drinking water, 3.6 billion people—nearly half the world’s population—lack safely managed sanitation, and 2.3 billion people do not have access to basic hygiene...
RDC : 150 000 personnes déplacées dans le Lubero ont besoin d'une aide humanitaire d'urgence
Depuis un an, dans une partie de la province du Nord-Kivu, la population fait face à une résurgence des combats liés à la reprise du conflit avec le M23. Caroline Seguin, coordinatrice des opérations...
« Les Événements » ; un documentaire au cœur des familles centrafricaines
Dix ans après le début de la troisième guerre civile en Centrafrique, Médecins Sans Frontières s’est associée à la photographe Adrienne Surprenant pour aller à la rencontre de familles...
Spain + 11 more
Información de país de origen - Boletín COI febrero 2023
CONGO, REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA HRW: RD Congo: Atrocidades de los rebeldes del M23, apoyados por Ruanda, febrero 2023. Disponible en [EN] [FR] El grupo armado M23, apoyado por Ruanda, ha llevado a cabo...
Ecuador + 2 more
Natural Hazards Monitoring - 20 March 2023
Official Severe weather United States of America (update) On 20 March 2023, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), published updated information on the heavy rain and flooding...
Palestinian Territory: Meeting teachers’ demands is crucial for students’ exercise of right to education
Palestinian Territory - The serious potential consequences of continued disruption to the West Bank public schools due to the Palestinian government’s delay in meeting strike teachers’ demands are...
Colombia + 1 more
Colombia: Information and Orientation Centers (PAO) Factsheet, 2019-2022 (4th trimester 2022)
The Information and Orientation Centers (Puntos de Atención y Orientación in Spanish) are a UNHCR initiative developed since 2017 and currently implemented in 19 departments. Since 2021, the project...
Half a Million Displaced in Malawi by Cyclone: Humanitarian Needs Soar
Geneva / Lilongwe – Nearly 508,250 people have been displaced and at least 499 killed (as of 20 March) by the flooding following Tropical Cyclone Freddy, as it made landfall in Malawi, leaving a...
Polio programme provides vital support to nationwide measles vaccination in Afghanistan
With more than twenty years’ experience on the ground in Afghanistan, WHO’s polio eradication programme continues to leverage its extensive operational capacity to deliver better health outcomes for...
Water scarcity in Iraq: Urgent action needed for sustainable and equitable access to clean water on World Water Day
On World Water Day, we must recognise the urgent need for action to address the water crisis in Iraq and raise awareness about water conservation practices. Access to clean and reliable water is a...
Syria + 1 more
U.N. Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths to Visit Jordan, Syria
New York, 21 March 2023 The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, is traveling today to Jordan and Syria. In Amman, Mr. Griffiths will...
South Sudan formulizes One Health Multi Sectoral Coordination Mechanism to address zoonotic diseases and other public health threats
To reduce the risk and mitigate the impact of future emergence of zoonotic, vector-borne and communicable diseases, South Sudan has operationalized and launched its One Health Multi Sectoral...
World + 1 more
FAO and Japan support four countries in Africa to collect and analyze food security and nutrition data to effectively monitor progress towards Zero Hunger using standardized tools
Ending hunger and ensuring access of food by all people through quality data 21 March 2023, Johannesburg – Several African countries have yet to conduct a detailed analysis of the two FAO indicators...
Islamic Relief Climate Action Policy Paper: Children & Climate Change
Children are often seen as being the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, but they can also be effective agents of action and contribute to efforts to mitigate and adapt to its impacts. ...
Haiti - Gang Violence
DELIVERED BY Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado FROM Geneva We are gravely concerned that extreme violence continues to spiral out of control in Haiti. Clashes...
WHO and Ministry of Health collaborate to enhance Syria’s medical supply chain
21 March 2023, Damascus, Syria - The World Health Organization (WHO) has partnered with the Ministry of Health in Syria to hold a workshop, which, starting yesterday, aims to assess the national...
Afghanistan - girls’ education
DELIVERED BY Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado FROM Geneva This week, girls in Afghanistan should have been starting another year in secondary school with hope...
Burundi - crackdown on civil society
DELIVERED BY Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado FROM Geneva We are seriously concerned by the increasing crackdown on critical voices in Burundi following the...