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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs @_AfricanUnion Office facilitates strategic partnerships to support humanitarian action in Africa.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Joined August 2023
📢 We’ve published the Africa Humanitarian Overview Mid-Year Update! Produced by @UNOCHAAU, it provides key insights into Africa’s humanitarian landscape and projections for the months ahead. Read the report here:➡️ https://t.co/tkbUK9JGDo
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Situation Report in English on World about Climate Change and Environment, Coordination, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 25 Sep 2025 by OCHA
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@WomenforWomen @ICRC @ICRC_Africa @ICRC_AfricUnion @AU_HHS Correction: The panelist is from Red Cross DRC, not ICRC.
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13th AfricanHumanitarianSymposium: The world must act! Stop attacks, ensure accountability, protect civilians, allow aid & fund operations—Markus Werne @UNOCHA_Sudan calls for an end to human suffering and violation of #IHL in #Sudan. 📍Mbabane 🗓️ 27 - 29 Nov 2025
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In his call to action to address the DRC crisis, UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator @UN_Lemarquis stressed, “the people want peace … we must put the pursuit of peace at the center of all efforts" & "fundamentally shift our paradigm to embrace & reinforce the #HDPnexus.”
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At 13th AU Humanitarian Symposium—a panel with @WomenforWomen & @ICRC, moderated by @UNOCHAAU, discussed the #DRC crisis: Needs, Protection & Peacebuilding. Key takeaway: Aid alone isn’t enough—address root causes, empower women, engage communities & ensure national leadership.
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Today marks the start of the 3-day #AfricanHumanitarianSymposium in #Mbabane! @UNOCHAAU joins @AU_HHS & partners to spotlight urgent humanitarian needs as states, CSOs & youth explore #TripleNexus solutions rooted in inclusion & solidarity.
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@UNOCHAAU’s Peter Ekayu moderated a panel on Advancing Community-Centred Protection in AU Peace Support Ops. Key takeaway: bridge policy & reality with clear #POC mandates & strong community engagement aligned with PSO capacity. Thanks @issafrica @UNOAU_ & Nonviolent Peaceforce!
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Lydie Kouame of @augowfp on behalf of the Humanitarian Coordination Forum committed to continued support to the AU to ensure humanitarian access & civilian protection are integrated into AU decision-making & the work of the AUPSC, and in advocating for respect for IHL.
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@UNOCHAAU is pleased to be part of the 16th Joint @AU_HHS & @ICRC_AfricUnion Biennial Seminar on #IHL currently in progress. We are reminded that 'holding humanity in war' is in our collective responsibility and moral duty.
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The needs are immense but even a little can go a long way. Please consider supporting the response in #Sudan via➡️ https://t.co/JEyElRzGfa
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United Nations Crisis Relief connects people who care to people in crisis, providing support where it matters most.
Nearly 82,000 people have fled El Fasher and surrounding areas since 26 October due to conflict - @IOMSudan Thousands have arrived in Tawila, where humanitarian teams continue to support, but needs far exceed resources. 🔵We need donors to step up in solidarity.
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‘No one deserves this’: Resident and humanitarian Coordinator in #Sudan, Denise Brown, describes horror as Sudan violence escalates and aid halts. https://t.co/BTijMARoIO
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UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, @UNOCHA_Sudan briefs the press on the intensified fighting over the past 24 hours in El Fasher, #Sudan, and calls on the Rapid Support Forces to allow safe passages for civilians.
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El Fasher is at breaking point. People are trapped and fighting is advancing further into the city. Ceasefire now, in El Fasher, in Darfur and throughout Sudan.
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On 17 September, @UNOCHAAU's Peter Ekayu met with H.E. @Bankole_Adeoye Commissioner for @AUC_PAPS and reaffirmed OCHA’s strengthened and continued partnership with the AUC, underscoring the centrality of humanitarian issues in the peace and security sphere.
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🔴 The humanitarian crisis in Kordofan is at breaking point. With intensifying fighting and tightening blockades, civilians endure siege-like conditions. Civilians & civilian infrastructure must be protected; sustained access is critical to saving lives. Full update 🖇️⬇️
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Brutal funding cuts are having deadly consequences. ⚠️Food aid is being slashed ⚠️Cuts to global health funding will cost lives ⚠️Displaced communities are being neglected Every dollar withheld has a human cost. This is the toll on the ground ⬇️
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⚠️#FloodAlert Yesterday, severe flooding hit Yola South & Girei areas in Adamawa State after heavy rains. Preliminary figures from @nrcs_ng indicate: ⏩Over 800 people affected ⏩240 shelters destroyed Government & humanitarian actors are responding, but more support is needed
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🚨 Over US$40M from the Sudan Humanitarian Fund & @UNCERF is being used to fight Sudan’s cholera crisis. But families still need much more. #Sudan #InvestInHumanity
In just 3⃣ days, a cholera treatment centre was up and running in Omdurman, with: 🔹triage areas 🔹essential medicines 🔹lab services 🔹medical staff Thanks to rapid, flexible funding from @CBPFs & @UNCERF, @sc_insudan saved lives.
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Peter Ekayu - Head of @UNOCHAAU paid a courtesy visit to H.E. @amma_twumamoah- Commissioner of @AU_HHS. They discussed humanitarian diplomacy, global advocacy, civil-military coordination and early warning systems in efforts to strengthen humanitarian coordination in Africa.
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Formally sworn in by the SG today as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Proud to be part of this mission and this team. The work of our charter goes on.
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