ACTED is supporting the establishment of desert locust surveillance and control teams, supporting the efforts in ensuring that the desert locust invasion is controlled effectively in six affected...
NAIROBI – The World Food Programme (WFP) is distributing food to 9,000 families affected by floods in Garissa, Mandera, Tana River, and Turkana counties in coordination with the National Disaster...
TNN | Jul 3, 2020, 04:00 IST Coimbatore: The agriculture department has launched initiatives to curb the fall armyworm menace ahead of the maize cultivation season here. The invasive pest, which...
Below-average rainfall since May has resulted in abnormal dryness in parts of Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia Africa Weather Hazards Desert locust swarms, groups, and bands are present in a wide area of...
HIGHLIGHTS Intercommunal violence displaces 37,000 people in Jonglei Armed group clashes displace 9,000 people in Central Equatoria Riverine flooding adversely affects approximately 10,800 people in...
Overview: In East Africa, planting continues for main season cereals in the north while in the south crops are in vegetative to reproductive stage and have benefitted from the record March to May...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The COVID-19 pandemic continues across the world, and in Iraq the number of cases is rising. As of 30 June 2020, the World Health Organization reported 49,109 cases in Iraq, with...
HIGHLIGHTS • The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has risen to 213,470 as of 01 July. • The most affected province due to COVID-19 pandemic is Sindh 84,640 followed by Punjab 76,262. •...
Highlights • As of 31 May, Uganda had a cumulative total of 457 COVID-19 cases, including 73 recoveries and zero deaths. Seven new cases among health care workers were confirmed during this reporting...
Conflict resolution, political dialogue and electoral support are as important as the current focus on security. Somalia’s historic one-person-one vote election, scheduled for late 2020, looks set to...