Africa Archives

Questioning ‘drought displacement’: environment, politics and migration in Somalia

This report by Anna Lindley, Lecturer in Migration and Development at SOAS, University of London, focuses on the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and the environmental, political, and structural dimensions and processes underlying it. The multi-causal factors of recent displacement and migration “prompt a series of policy challenges in relation to prevention, response and rights protection.”

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Community Based Protection in Liberia

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In 2014 Liberia suffered a deadly outbreak of Ebola that spread quickly throughout the country and claimed the lives of more than three thousand people. Although recent weeks have seen a considerable drop in the number of confirmed Ebola cases, Liberia Red Cross remains on the frontline in the battle to contain the outbreak as

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Climate Risk Information: Connecting the dots between Maasais, national and international actors

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This video exercise is a bottom up participatory process that empowered a Maasai Community to craft and send their message out about their reality and need for climate information. It is an attempt to connect the dots between the ground and the higher levels, including government representatives and researchers. This activity is part of the

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Ethiopia Food Insecurity 2010

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Despite efforts from the Ethiopian Government and from the farmers community, Ethiopia remains highlyvulnerable to severe and chronic food security as a result (to a large extent) of its geographical location in avery hot and arid part of Africa, the Horn of Africa. In Ethiopia, agriculture still accounts for 80 per cent of allemployment. Most

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Horn of Africa food crisis

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The Ethiopian government and its humanitarian partners in the country say nearly 5 million people require emergency food-aid this year, outside the governments own safety net programme. An additional 1.2 million mothers and children under five there will require supplementary feeding. The International Federations Addis Ababa-based operations team is now working with the Ethiopian Red

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Lesotho: Food insecurity and HIV

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Matabo Mariti was diagnosed with HIV while pregnant in 2005. While Matabo and her son are both receiving treatment for the disease, food insecurity adds to the vulnerability of her family. See more at www.ifrc.org/silentdisasters

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Namibia Drought Needs Assessment 2013

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Urgent humanitarian assistance is needed in Namibia as the impact and effects of drought worsen, leaving people struggling to find food, suffering from malnutrition and selling their assets just to survive.

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How Uganda Red Cross helps to tackle food insecurity (Ep 2)

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Second episode on how Uganda Red Cross helped to tackle food insecurity. Uganda is affected by drought and the necessity to give trainings to people on how to reuse natural resources.

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