Tag: OCHA

UN raises $630mil, short of target $1bn, to tackle Ethiopia’s dire humanitarian crisis

April 17, 2024

A United Nations-led donor event held in its headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday (16 April) managed to secure financial pledges only for about two-thirds of ... Read More

Chad: dozens of people killed in inter-communal clashes between farmer and herder communities

April 2, 2024

More than two dozen people were killed during the last week of March in clashes between rival farmer and herder communities in a region of ... Read More

CAR: OCHA backs humanitarian aid to displaced populations with $13m

August 21, 2023

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has provided a $13 million grant to support humanitarian aid provided to more than seven ... Read More

Burundi: Nearly 1.5 million people need humanitarian aid – UN

April 4, 2023

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, indicated Monday that 1.5 million in Burundi need urgent humanitarian aid amounting to $194.2 ... Read More

Somalia killed al-Shabab co-founder, as the country is on verge of famine

October 3, 2022

Somalia's government said it had killed Abdullahi Nadir, one of the co-founders of Islamist militant group al-Shabab, in an operation with international partners, as the ... Read More