[ICRC] With funding from Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has signed a grant agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to support the latter's relief aid for people fleeing...
[UN News] Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the end of recent elections, UN Special Representative Bintou Keita told the Security Council on Wednesday.
[Dabanga] Nyala -- The preparatory forum for the Conference on Humanitarian Issues in Darfur region, scheduled to take place in May, kicked off in the Kalma camp in South Darfur on Monday. Participants abroad attended the forum online....
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Rain has disrupted registration across the country, and heavy cloud means that solar panels are not working well. This is because Mozambique has 14 different law governing elections, plus...
[Daily Trust] The Abuja National Mosque Da'awah and Welfare Foundation (ANMDWF) has donated foodstuff and condiments for 600 vulnerable Muslims in the FCT and environs to cushion the effects of the economic hardship.
[Ghanaian Times] A microfinance company, Shalom D Susu Enterprise, has presented cash and assorted items to the Ghana Society for the Socially Disadvantaged formerly known as the Kaneshie Cripples Home.
[Ghanaian Times] The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday launched the Smart Schools Project with about 1.3million students set to receive one tablet each.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The former Vice President, Chief Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor turned over a modern Solar E-Classroom Computer Lab at the Bassa High School in the Port City of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, on Monday, March 25, 2024.
[New Times] The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) member states are convening in Kigali, Rwanda, for a four-day session aimed at assessing their disaster readiness, promoting collaboration, and exchanging best practices to strengthen...
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has announced a Sh13 billion funding from China for the acquisition of learning equipment for Technical Vocational Education and Training Institutions (TVETS).
[MSF] A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state, just as health authorities struggle to overcome a yellow fever outbreak. Since February, seven deaths among children under five and 460 cases have been recorded...
[Daily Trust] Ten persons, including women and children, lost their lives and scores got injured in a stampede at a Ramadan charity exercise carried out by business mogul, AYM Shafa, on Sunday morning in Bauchi.
[New Dawn] - As part of its charity program, the General Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star (OES) made two separate donations to the Monrovia Central Prison and the Destiny Recovery program for the rehabilitation of drug-addicted...
[ICRC] The ongoing fighting in Anfilo woreda, Oromia region, Ethiopia has left thousands of families displaced, without means of livelihood and unable to meet their basic needs.
[World Bank] Washington -- A new national program approved today by the World Bank will help improve health services for about 2.5 million people, especially women, children, and adolescents in Mauritania's hardest-to-reach communities....
[DW] Malawi's President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera declared a state of disaster in 23 of its 28 districts on Saturday, hot on the heels of neighboring Zambia, which has also appealed for aid.
[Dabanga] El Tina / Adré / El Geneina / El Fasher / New Yor -- With numerous humanitarian agencies and organisations reporting the looming famine across Sudan, aid delivery remains severely hampered by obstacles at the El Tina...
[Egypt Online] The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) has continued conducting airdrops of tons of humanitarian aid, including food and medical supplies, into the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
[Dabanga] Washington D.C. -- Acknowledging Sudan as "the largest humanitarian crisis in the world", the USA has pledged more than $47 million toward the emergency response in Sudan and "host communities" in neighbouring countries,...
[Oxfam] Only 28 percent of the world's most influential food and agriculture corporations report they are reducing their water withdrawals and just 23 percent say they are taking action to reduce water pollution. Oxfam's new analysis of...
[ICRC] - We help people affected by the armed conflict in northern Mozambique, where more than 670,000 people were internally displaced as of the end of the year and humanitarian needs remain high.
[MSF] Ten years ago, on 23 March 2014, Guinea declared an outbreak of Ebola. Beforehand, Ebola outbreaks were known to be dangerous, but small. Not this time, though: it would take two years and more than 11,000 deaths, before the...
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The prime minister of Somalia Hamza Abdi Barre on Wednesday received Mr. Charles Mballa, the UNHCR Representative, at his office in the presidential palace in Mogadishu.
[UN News] The UN's emergency relief chief on Monday outlined the need for a fundamental shift in how humanitarian assistance is delivered, advocating for greater understanding of the needs of crisis-affected populations and a more...
[MSF] Tuberculosis (TB) in children is a silent scourge: one child dies of TB every three minutes and more than half of all children with TB are never diagnosed. Taking the opportunity of a set of new recommendations by the World Health...
[DW] The conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces militia has decimated the country's ability to feed itself and prevented humanitarian aid from reaching those who need it most.