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CERF allocates $1 million to the Rift Valley fever response in Burundi

(Bujumbura, 20 July 2022) United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths released a US$1 million contribution from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to assist around 340,000 people in…

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15 million US dollars to alleviate food insecurity in the crisis-ridden Central African Republic

Bangui, 19 July 2022 – The Central African Republic reports today one of the highest proportions of critically food-insecure people in the world, along with Yemen, South Sudan, and Afghanistan. 2.2 million people in the country do not have enough to eat,…

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The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) releases US$ 1.7 million for urgent response to the cholera outbreak in Cameroon

Yaoundé, 13 June 2022 – The Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator (USG/ERC), Martin Griffiths, approved the allocation of US$ 1.7 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support the urgent response to the cholera outbreak in Cameroon.

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UN provides US$20 million for food security in Sudan

Khartoum, 30 May 2022: The Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Khardiata Lo Ndiaye has announced a grant of US$20 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for Sudan.

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18 million people in the Sahel face severe hunger over the next three months

UN releases an additional US$30 million to urgently ramp up humanitarian response in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger