Kenya: WFP VAM Food Security Analysis - East Africa: The 2016 Season Severe...
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, UgandaHIGHLIGHTSThe rainfall season in the Horn of Africa has ended in a severe drought. Extensive growing season failures and record low...
View ArticleWorld: Humanitarian Futures for Messaging Apps: Understanding the...
Source: International Committee of the Red CrossCountry: WorldMessaging apps: an untapped humanitarian resourceGeneva: New research, led by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), suggests...
View ArticleColombia: In the Shadow of “No”: Peace after Colombia’s Plebiscite - Latin...
Source: International Crisis GroupCountry: ColombiaExecutive SummaryDefeat by a wafer-thin margin in the October 2016 plebiscite on the peace agreement between the government and the Revolutionary...
View ArticleColombia: Bajo la sombra del “no”: la paz en Colombia después del plebiscito...
Source: International Crisis GroupCountry: ColombiaResumen ejecutivoLa derrota, por un margen ínfimo, del plebiscito que buscaba la ratificación del acuerdo de paz entre el gobierno y las Fuerzas...
View ArticleWorld: Dando un paso atrás: Entendiendo las ciudades y sus sistemas
Source: ALNAPCountry: WorldResumen ejecutivoEl mundo en el que vivimos está cada vez más urbanizado; el 54 % de la población mundial vive ahora en un entorno urbano (UN Habitat, 2016). El sector...
View ArticleThailand: Thailand: Computer Crime Act - Legal Analysis, January 2017
Source: Article 19Country: ThailandIn January 2017, ARTICLE 19 analysed the December 2016 amendment to Thailand’s Computer Crime Act of 2007 (the Amended Act) for its compliance with international...
View ArticleWorld: Building Resilient Communities: Linking Climate Change and DRR in...
Source: All India Disaster Mitigation InstituteCountry: India, Myanmar, WorldDRR or CCA: What matters in the end is resilient community. And that is what this issue aims at.Disasters are often seen as...
View ArticlePakistan: Rural Women’s Experience of Living and Giving Birth in Relief Camps...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: PakistanAUTHORS: Humaira Maheen, Elizabeth HobanABSTRACTBackground: Women are more vulnerable than men in the same natural disaster setting. Preexisting gender...
View ArticleWorld: Making Waves: Implications of the irregular migration and refugee...
Source: European Centre for Development Policy ManagementCountry: Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, WorldPreface65 million people – a number equivalent to the...
View ArticleEthiopia: Drought, conflict and children’s undernutrition in Ethiopia...
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of DisastersCountry: EthiopiaIntroductionSince 1990, considerable progress has been made towards improving child health in the world. Nonetheless,...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: ACAPS Briefing Note – DRC: Displacement in...
Source: Assessment Capacities ProjectCountry: Democratic Republic of the CongoCrisis overviewSince August 2016, armed clashes between militia loyal to tribal leader Kamuina Nsapu and Armed Forces of...
View ArticleYemen: Yemen’s al-Qaeda: Expanding the Base - Middle East Report N°174 | 2...
Source: International Crisis GroupCountry: YemenExecutive SummaryThe Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda (AQ) is stronger than it has ever been. As the country’s civil war has escalated and become regionalised,...
View ArticleWorld: Conflict trends (no. 55) Real-time analysis of African political...
Source: Armed Conflict Location and Events DatasetCountry: Burundi, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Tunisia, WorldWelcome to the February issue of the...
View ArticlePeru: Informe de emergencia N° 093 - Huayco en el distrito la de Capilla -...
Source: Government of PeruCountry: PeruI. HECHOS:El 13 de enero de 2017, a las 15:00 horas aproximadamente, se registraron intensas precipitaciones que originaron la activación de quebradas,...
View ArticleGuatemala: Panorama de la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional en Mesoamérica...
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsCountry: Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, PanamaMesoamérica necesitará redoblar...
View ArticleYemen: Yemen’s al-Qaeda: Expanding the Base - Middle East Report N°174 | 2...
Source: International Crisis GroupCountry: YemenExecutive SummaryThe Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda (AQ) is stronger than it has ever been. As the country’s civil war has escalated and become regionalised,...
View ArticleWorld: Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER), 3 February 2017, Vol. 92, No. 05,...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Nigeria, WorldContents45 Early warning, alert and response system in emergencies: a field experience of a novel WHO project in north-east Nigeria50 Fact sheet...
View ArticleLesotho: Lesotho mVAM Market Bulletin #8: January 2017 - Food insecurity...
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: LesothoKey PointsOver half of rural households continue to use the most severe negative coping strategiesOver two thirds of socio-economically worst-off households...
View ArticleColombia: Informe defensorial sobre las zonas de frontera
Source: Government of ColombiaCountry: ColombiaIntroducciónColombia tiene 6,301 kilómetros de fronteras te-rrestres con los cinco países que la rodean: Brasil, Ecuador, Panamá, Perú y Venezuela. Debido...
View ArticleEthiopia: Enhancing resilience to severe drought: What works?
Source: Mercy CorpsCountry: EthiopiaEvidence from Mercy Corps’ PRIME Program in the Somali region of EthiopiaJANUARY 2017How investing in resilience helps fight droughtPastoralists in eastern Ethiopia...
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