UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo returned to her hometown of Benin last week to meet with children and young people affected by the violence of the Sahel crisis and climate change in the region. The deteriorating security situation in Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Niger, as well as rising food prices following climate shocks, affect people’s […]
Editorial Earlier this week, heavy rains caused severe flooding in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These floods disrupted transportation and communication networks, schools, farmland, water and electricity supplies, and devastated communities and other public infrastructure. Some reports said at least 160 people died, more than 38,000 people were affected, 10,000 […]
The recently published Food Classification Report predicts that parts of Somalia will face famine by June 2023, with the number of people facing catastrophic famine (IPC Phase 5). will double to 727,000. About 8.3 million people across Somalia are expected to face starvation. Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worsening of food insecurity by June 2023, […]
Staff Writer United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said today he was appalled by armed elements’ attacks on civilians amid the outbreak of violence in the South Sudanese state of Upper-Nile, and called for Calling authorities and community leaders to take urgent action to end this situation. At least 166 civilians have […]
Editorial Desk This is a call to action for the Mozambican government, donors, embassies, international organizations, NGOs and local organizations to support and scale up urgent action. Grants and Funds Humanitarian Nutrition in Mozambique. The Nutrition Group is asking for $29 million to scale life-saving nutrition operations to 400,000 children at risk and impacted by […]
Maria Ngobango in Ethiopia The African Union and the European Union have been at the forefront of digitalizing healthcare, as evidenced by the response to COVID-19. This includes the creation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC) and the African Union Trusted Travel Platform (TTP), supported by the AU-Koldchain PanaBIOS multi-stakeholder framework. The European Commission […]
The African Union Commission launched the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) – Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Programme on 25 May 2020 in partnership with the Kofi Annan Foundation, following its approval by the Governing Board of Africa CDC in March 2018. Fellows admitted in the programme will be senior public […]
IntelliDigest is now inviting applications for the Global Agrifood Techpreneur Programme, a food system sustainability business development programme designed to last for 12 months. The global agrifood techpreneur is focused on supporting young graduates to engage in addressing key food sustainability challenges in their country to improve food production and distribution, end hunger, end obesity […]
DAKAR –The Network for the Prevention of Food Crisis in West Africa (RPCA) in Lomé (Togo) which comprise of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) urge governments across the region to increase support and investments in food […]
Joint mission to Ethiopia by Education Cannot Wait and Norway International Development Minister brings attention to one of the world’s largest education crises that has left 3.6 million children out of school. 7 December 2022, Addis Ababa/New York – Ethiopia is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises it has seen in decades. On a joint […]