Mozambique continues to deal with the effects of tropical storm Kenneth, which is dumping heavy rain across Cabo Delgado province and parts of Nampula and Zambevia. The storm came into Cabo Delgado at landfall as a strong cyclone with winds of 220 kilometers per hour, but has since stalled over…
Conflict in the eastern Libyan city of Derna is at the forefront again, as the humanitarian coordinator for the United Nations appealed Friday for humanitarian aid access in its hard-hit old city center. “I am deeply concerned by the escalation of hostilities in the eastern city of Derna,” said Maria…
At least 16 people have died in Somaliland as Tropical Storm Sagar dealt a blow to the region, bringing high winds, heavy rain and flash floods to parts of Somalia and Djibouti. Images showed waist-deep water in the streets of Mogadishu, and flooding in Djibouti City where the United States…
At least 17 people are dead on Madagascar after a tropical cyclone struck the Indian Ocean island nation at the weekend. A total of 15,000 people have been affected by Eliakim, a storm that caused widespread flooding of more than 1,200 homes and completely destroyed at least 600 more, the…
Another attack in the Central African Republic has claimed the lives of six aid workers, including one humanitarian worker with the United Nations Children’s Fund. “All of us at UNICEF are deeply saddened and shocked by the killing of our colleague, along with five other education workers who were attacked…
The 48-hour window for armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) to pull back from Paoua, a center of humanitarian aid for 60,000 people near the border with Chad, is set to expire. MINUSCA, the United Nations mission in CAR, issued the ultimatum on Wednesday after weeks of violent…
Tropical Cyclone Ava continued to track west-southwest across Madagascar’s eastern coast, where meteorologists reported a landfall near Toamasina on Friday. Meteo Madagascar placed a red alert for the storm in parts of the country, asking local authorities and citizens to make preparations. That warning extends for the communities along the central eastern…
The United Nations Special Representative for Somalia on Tuesday expressed concern over the dismantling of more than 23 settlements that served internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mogadishu. The camps, as well as some humanitarian resources, were destroyed late last week, leaving more than 4,000 IDP households without shelter – all…
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi arrives in Cameroon Thursday for a two-day visit, during which the UNHCR will launch its 2017 interagency funding appeal to assist refugees in the Lake Chad region. Grandi will travel to the far north region of Cameroon, where a refugee camp at…