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In November 2020, UNHCR started recording an influx of Ethiopian refugees at the border entry points in East Sudan from northern Ethiopia, after military confrontations in the Tigray region. UNHCR with the Sudanese Commissioner for Refugees (COR), local authorities and other partners in the refugee response continue to monitor and respond providing life-saving assistance. Similarly, […]

A warm welcome to the 65th edition of Field Exchange. This edition features a range of programming issues that unfortunately reflect that we are still in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic. But, on the positive side, the experiences reflect how the nutrition sector continues to innovate to accommodate this new reality, coming up […]

Food systems that include livestock offer unique opportunities in terms of food security, environmental health and climate action. Hundreds of millions of people around the world depend on livestock for their livelihoods, and livestock-based systems are key to helping many producers adapt to the changing climate. Although these systems produce greenhouse gas emissions of their […]

HIGHLIGHTS UN humanitarian agencies have been able to access five isolated enclaves in SPLM-N El Hilu areas in South Kordofan and Blue Nile. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests of Sudan, FAO and WFP call for greater investment in Sudan’s agriculture and humanitarian assistance. Almost 10 million people – more than 21 per cent of […]

Key messages May Bossaso port statistics released this week indicate that livestock export volumes increased by 16% and 2% when compared to last month and same period last year respectively. In the Capital Mogadishu, cooking gas prices slightly decreased compared to last week but is still high. Cross-border trade between Ethiopia/Somalia in Puntland and Somaliland […]

Ethiopia is the third largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, sheltering 806,541 registered refugees and asylum-seekers as of 31 May 2021. The overwhelming majority originate from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan. UNHCR continues to provide protection and critical services to Eritrean refugees in Mai-Aini and Adi-Harush camps that were temporarily inaccessible at the peak of […]