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Nigeria: Insurgency - UN, Govt Launch $1bn 2021 Humanitarian Plan for North East
Vanguard, 16 March 2021
The United Nations and the Federal Government along with development partners have launched the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan for the insurgency-ravaged northeastern part of… Read more »
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Nigeria: UN Launches U.S.$1 Billion Appeal for Victims of Armed Conflict
This Day, 17 March 2021
The federal government and the United Nations have launched a $1 billion virtual appeal fund to provide critical humanitarian assistance for 6.5 million most vulnerable people in… Read more »
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South Sudan: South Sudanese 'One Step Away From Famine', As UN Launches Response Plan
UN News, 16 March 2021
As hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan due to a combination of violence, climate change and COVID-19, the 2021 South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan was launched on… Read more »
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Kenya: 1.4 Million at Risk of Starvation Following Failed Short Rains
Nation, 16 March 2021
At least 1.4 million people are facing acute hunger in Kenya, double the number reported in 2020, a report by the government and the United Nations has warned. Read more »
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Africa: 39 Million Africans to Become Extremely Poor This Year
Leadership, 17 March 2021
No fewer than 39 million Africans will go into extreme poverty in the current year, if there is no serious plan by African governments to ameliorate it. Read more »
UN Appeals for Funds for Humanitarian Crises in Africa
The increase in funding appeals for field operations reflect the increasing humanitarian needs linked to conflict and violence in countries like South Sudan, Nigeria, the DR Congo, Somalia, and Libya, according to the UN. As an example, the 2021 South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan was launched with the intention of asking for U.S.$1.7 billion in funding to enable UN aid agencies and partners to deliver life-saving assistance and protection to the country. Hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan due to a combination of violence, climate change, and Covid-19. The UN is also appealing for U.S.$1 billion to help 6.4 million of Nigeria's most vulnerable people, including two million who have been forced to flee their homes because of armed conflict. The bulk of the money will be used to provide life-saving assistance to millions of people in Nigeria's northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe.
InFocus
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said that several hundred Nigerians have returned home from Cameroon, seven years after they were displaced by Boko Haram ... Read more »
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For nearly seven years, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the DR Congo have been generously hosting refugees from Burundi. While last year's political transition has brought hope that ... Read more »
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Military interventions have failed to end a violent insurgency and humanitarian crisis. The crisis has grown from armed conflict in north-east Nigeria and expanded into ... Read more »
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has tasked his envoys to push against possible regional intervention in the Tigray conflict, reports The Nation. This as the UN refugee agency ... Read more »
South Sudanese refugees carrying Core Relief Items walk down a road in Bidibidi refugee settlement, Yumbe District, Northern Region, Uganda.
