BEIRUT, Feb 14 A record 12.4 million people in war-torn Syria are struggling to find enough food to eat, the UN food agency has said, in an increase it described yesterday as “alarming”. The figure means “60 per cent of the Syrian population are now food insecure”, the World Food.
Attacks on Health Care Monthly News Brief - January 2021
Format
The section aligns with the definition of attacks on health care used by
Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC).
Africa
Burkina Faso
04 January 2021: In Koumbri department, Yatenga province, suspected militants burned down an ambulance alongside other buildings, leaving six people dead. Source:
Sahel Security Alerts
Democratic Republic of the Congo
06 January 2021: In Nyamilima village, North Kivu province, unidentified perpetrators threatened to kill a nurse of the Nyamilima General Hospital. Source:
WikiRumours
Ethiopia
Between 05 and 08 January 2021: In Tigray region, unidentified perpetrators burned down a clinic run by the Ethiopian Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs (ARRA), a WFP storage facility, as well as a secondary school run by the Development and Inter-Aid Church Commission, all situated inside the Shimelba Camp for Eritrean refugees. Sources:
English Infographic on Syrian Arab Republic about Agriculture, Camp Coordination and Camp Management, Epidemic, Flood and more; published on 08 Feb 2021 by OCHA