In an interview with UNTV/UN Radio, UN-Arab League joint special representative Lakhdar Brahimi today said that Syrian opposition leader Moaz al-Khatib's offer of talks with President Bashar Al Assad's government was "worthy of note" but linked to many conditions. UNTV
UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffery Feltman, today visited the Somali capital Mogadishu where he met with senior members of the Somali Federal Government. AU UN-IST
The World Food Programme said today it hopes to get food aid to half a million people in Mali, including more than 130,000 internally displaced people like Assaita Walet, whose extended family of 30 has been forced to rent a two-room house in the capital Bamako since fleeing conflict in the North. It is so [...]
As donors gathered today in Kuwait for the humanitarian pledging conference on Syria, thousands of Syrians continued to flee to neighbouring countries. The UN refugee agency expects to register 50,000 new refugees in Jordan alone by the end of February. Many of them arrive under cover of night. UNHCR
Donors today pledged more than $1.5 billion in additional money over the next six months to aid civilians affected by the conflict in Syria. The World Food Programme for example is delivering food assistance to about 1.5 million people a month inside Syria and is helping refugees in neighbouring countries. WFP