Yearly Archives: 2022
The Zimbabwean government, through the Ministry of ICTs, gazetted Statutory Instrument 95 of 2021 to bring into effect the TTMS. The TTMS was launched in May 2022 and is now being used by POTRAZ, the sector’s regulator. Introduction This report outlines deliberations of an engagement meeting among MISA Zimbabwe, The Media Alliance of Zimbabwe, the […]
Saddam Mohamed and Travis Nichols Before last year’s drought, Nurta Hassan Hussein, 25, had 100 cows and 80 goats. But by September of 2021, only three cows and five goats remained. The lack of water and pastureland forced Nurta and her first child to leave their home for a displaced-population camp in nearby Dhobley. “I […]
KHARTOUM, Monday 12 September 2022 – Approximately 6.9 million girls and boys, one in three school-aged children, do not go to school in Sudan, and a further 12 million will have their school years heavily interrupted by a lack of sufficient teachers, infrastructure, and an enabling learning environment to make them reach their full potential. […]
Africa is sitting on a climate time-bomb. Across the continent, children and young people – including those not yet born – will suffer the financial, social and environmental costs of the climate crisis for decades, if not centuries to come. One of the paradoxes of the climate crisis is that those who are primarily responsible […]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR Representative in Uganda, Matthew Crentsil – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Amid surging humanitarian needs for 96,000 refugees who have fled to Uganda so far this year, UNHCR, the UN Refugee […]
(Juba, 08 September 2022) The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Ms. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, is deeply concerned by the latest round of violence in Upper Nile State, and its consequences on civilians. Since mid-August, thousands of people have been displaced across many areas of Upper Nile, Jonglei, and Unity states following heavy fighting between armed […]
HIGHLIGHTS South Sudan is facing multiple humanitarian crises. More than 8.3 million people, including 4.5 million children require humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs. In 2022 UNICEF and partners are targeting over 4.1 million children (1,888,437 girls and 2,212,310 boys). Over 90 per cent and the most vulnerable affected by multiple shocks, including conflict, […]
Published jointly by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the gross abuses of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law in Unity state. Verified violations Violations were committed during clashes between joint Government Forces and affiliated armed militias/groups […]
As part of Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC) initiative to support small and medium organizations for global impact and innovation, Raising The Village (RTV) will partner with the Government of Canada over 4 years to support 100,000 last-mile community members experiencing ultra-poverty. Toronto, September 5, 2022: Raising The Village (RTV), a Canadian charity committed to ending […]
Mogadishu, 5 September 2022 https://www.unmultimedia.org/avlibrary/asset/2929/2929013/ I have been shocked to my core these past few days by the level of pain and suffering we see so many Somalis enduring. Famine is at the door, and today we are receiving a final warning. The Somalia Food Security and Nutrition analysis report, being released today, shows concrete […]