Covers responses to crises and emergencies, detailing efforts to provide relief and support to affected populations in times of need.
JUBA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is grateful for an additional contribution of €11.6 million from the European Union (EU) to provide emergency food assistance to 3.9 million people at risk of famine in South Sudan this year. The funding allows WFP to provide life-saving food assistance and nutrition support to millions […]
Equipped with a hospital bed, refrigerator, and tables for consultations, a taxi has been converted into a mobile clinic in Zimbabwe’s Goromonzi district, 40 kilometres east of the capital, Harare. Using a wind turbine and solar panels to maintain the vaccine cold chain, the mobile clinic – formally named as ‘ZimbosAbantu Healthcare On Wheels’ – […]
As part of France’s pledge to donate at least 60 million doses to the world this year, a new arrangement between France and the African Union will see 10 million doses provided through a partnership with COVAX and the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT). This donation will help build on the more than 55 million […]
Migrants intercepted at sea and forcibly returned to Libya often suffer abuse at detention centres, a new Amnesty International report has said. Libya “legitimised” abuses by taking over two detention centres from where hundreds of refugees and migrants had forcibly disappeared by militias, the report says. “At one recently rebranded centre, survivors said guards raped […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) commend the Sudanese Government for the launch of its 2021–2023 National Action Plan (NAP) to Combat Human Trafficking. The plan, officially launched yesterday by the National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking (NCCT), seeks to reinforce Sudan’s efforts to curb human […]
“We were living a simple and happy life before the 2017 drought”, tells us Nadifo, a 30-year-old woman, mother of 4 children aged between 7 months to 6 years, who at the time of the Sima drought that hit Somalia was forced to leave with her whole family their hut to find shelter in a […]
The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light a lot of social-economic gaps, especially in the education sector. The risk of adverse effects of COVID-19 was significantly higher for school children in rural communities especially with educational gaps, from failure to access online lessons to accessing a basic meal. It’s always been an obstacle for the girl […]
Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Association (GRRA) Ward 6 Committee recently began producing hand sanitizers at their production facilities in Mtapa which they intend to distribute for free to the business community as part of their efforts to help curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “Our priority as GRRA Ward 6 Committee – right […]
Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in Zimbabwe on 15 March 2019 and the country experienced floods and sustained heavy rains. From the 28th of July to the 1st of August 2021, IOM, in partnership and close coordination with the Government of Zimbabwe, conducted DTM Return Intention Assessments and Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) surveys of the […]
After nearly eight months of suspension by the Cameroonian authorities, medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to withdraw its teams from the North-West region, an area badly affected by years of armed violence between security forces and armed separatist groups. Cameroonian authorities have accused the aid group of helping separatist groups […]
