Yearly Archives: 2022
The Horn of Africa is being hit by the worst drought in four decades, putting up to 20 million people at risk of famine, according to the UN. Consecutive seasons of below-average rains are severely impacting food security in areas already beset by multiple other challenges. By now it should be more than obvious that […]
Somalia and Somaliland are facing one of the worst droughts in decades, following four poor rainy seasons and a locust invasion that swept across the Horn of Africa. Severe water shortages and dry pastures have decimated livestock, affecting the livelihoods of Somali pastoralist communities. As crops fail and food prices rise, people’s ability to stave […]
The British Government and other donors must urgently reinstate funding to South Sudan, after millions of pounds in support to the national healthcare system was recently withdrawn, said the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The Health Pooled Fund (HPF) is the largest donor-financing mechanism for healthcare in South Sudan. The […]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned about the urgent and large-scale needs of more than 72,000 people who have been […]
SITUATION MAY WORSEN DUE TO PROSPECTS OF AN UNPRECEDENTED FIFTH POOR SEASON BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER The following statement is a joint alert by meteorological agencies and humanitarian partners. 30 May, 2022; Nairobi, Kenya: The current extreme, widespread, and persistent multi-season drought affecting Somalia, the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya, and Ethiopia’s Belg-receiving and […]
Covid-19: Pandemic restrictions magnified discrimination against most marginalized groups Marginalized groups, including LGBTI+ people, sex workers, people who use drugs, and those experiencing homelessness, were disproportionately impacted by Covid-19 regulations that exposed them to further discrimination and human rights abuses, Amnesty International said in a new report today assessing the impact of pandemic restrictions across […]
Takudzwa Makoni Defaulting Gweru residents heaved a sigh of relief following the local authority’s decision to stop attaching their property for not settling bills. This comes after Gweru Residents Ratepayers Association (GRRA) wrote a letter to the Town Clerk’s Office on the 24th of May 2022, referenced “attachment of resident’s property” it reads: “There is […]
Join the KAYEC Trust on Saturday, 21 May 2022, from 10:00 onwards for their Entrepreneurship Day at the KAYEC Wanaheda Centre (corner of Kampala and City Streets). KAYEC’s trainees will showcase their handmade products. The event aims to encourage young people to start businesses with the skills and training that they have acquired. Watch the […]
One person likely dying from hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged East Africa as world again fails to heed warnings LONDON/GENEVA, 18 May 2022 – One person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, according to estimates by Oxfam and Save the Children in a report published today […]
Daily Noon Briefing Highlights – 20 May 2022 Ukraine In Ukraine, particularly in the east and the south, people continue to endure intense and escalating hostilities and the humanitarian situation deteriorates. Over 640,000 people in eastern Ukraine don’t have access to electricity, and access to water is also becoming increasingly limited, particularly in Donetsk city. […]