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Ethiopian crisis not getting any better
The number of people requiring emergency food aid is expected to increase as food security has not improved, according to the latest assessment of...
Aid workers protest attacks amid murders and death threats
An aid worker in Mogadishu has received death threats a day after the head of an orphanage was killed by unidentified gunmen. Meanwhile the...
EU pledges more money to prevent natural disasters
In an effort to mitigate the negative impact of climate change, new funding by European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) will help bolster disaster...
MSF ordered out of Niger
International NGO Médecins Sans Frontière (MSF), which recently started operations in Niger - mainly in the Maradi region (670 Km east of Niamey) where...
US$ 150 million on emergency food distribution
Namibia is to spend about US$ 150 million on emergency food distribution and social mitigation measures as rural poor buckle under rising prices of...
Severe health risks in Sierra Leone
With malaria, diarrhea and vomiting, pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory infections, worm infestations, scabies, abscesses, sores, and boils all common ailments in the Kroo...
Hunger is back in the Horn of Africa
Hunger on a massive scale is looming across the Horn of Africa as a combination of drought and high food prices has left more...
Rice is up by 27% in Burkina Faso
The World Food Programme fears up to 75 percent of Burkina Faso's city dwellers may be unable to access adequate food stocks as they...
US aid to Africa greatly reduced due to war in Iraq
The USA is spending too much on its military and not enough on aid, according to an NGO's investigation.
Imbalances between US spending on defence,...
Corruption still high during humanitarian interventions
Humanitarian agencies should work harder and more closely together to minimise various forms of corruption that can affect the delivery of emergency aid and...
Millions living on the margins of survival in the horn of Africa
Drought, combined with soaring food and fuel prices, is causing a severe humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa region, according to the top...
Lethal mix of drought, extending war pushing Ethiopia to disaster
Donor pledges to cover food and non-food items were insufficient to tackle the massive food shortages the country is facing, the government has said....
Lauren Child reaches out a bold and saving hand
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is teaming up with its newly-named Artist for Peace and British writer Lauren Child to...
Gaza gets heavy food aid from Israel
Optimism is high as a ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza appears to be holding.
In a move to continue...
The United States to Ethiopia’s rescue
Ethiopia will soon receive a donation of US$ 70 million in emergency food assistance from the American people, the US Embassy and the UN...
Mozambique demands compensation for South African xenophobic attacks
A number of Mozambican civil society organisations insist the government should demand compensation from the South African authorities for the damage suffered by Mozambican...
Kenyan crisis : A blow to East Africa
The flight of people back to their home provinces has raised concerns that employers may start hiring natives of each province for local operations...
A week of police abuse and denials in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean government has banned the opposition presidential candidate, Tsvangirai, from holding any political rallies three weeks ahead of presidential run-off election.
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Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s new child
The High Court in the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, has given American diva Madonna the go ahead to permanent adopt a two-year-old Malawian toddler, David...
Tsvangirai’s big gesture to assist victims of political violence
MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday launched an initial Z$150 trillion
(approx $US300 000) welfare fund to assist victims of political violence which has seen dozens...
Sex abuse by peacekeepers and aid workers not reported
The extent of sexual abuse by aid workers and peacekeepers is being under-estimated because mechanisms to encourage victims to speak out against their attackers...
Ghana gov’t saves citizens from South African xenophobic violence
The Ghana government has asked its High Commission in South Africa to assist its citizens caught in the xenophobic attacks there.
A statement signed Sunday...
Israel refuses critically ill patients from Gaza
Ahmed al-Baghdadi's doctors said he must leave the Gaza Strip and travel to Israel to receive urgent life-saving medical care if he hopes to...
Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s adoption case making headway
Malawian High Court Judge Andrew Nyirenda, who is presiding over Madonna's adoption case, has set Wednesday 28 May as the day he will pronounce...
Zimbabwe violence pointing to a coup d’etat
The International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned that violence in Zimbabwe is likely to escalate and could lead to a military coup, unless African...
Congo : Controversial attitude to food crisis plan
Measures announced by the Congolese government to keep food prices affordable have elicited both scepticism and praise from NGOs and citizens, some accusing the...
Madonna’s lawyer announces date for permanent adoption ruling
Alan Chinula, Madonna's lawyer in Malawi, has confirmed that a ruling date will be set for next week for David Banda's permanent adoption order...
Kenya mobile phone company Celtel embarks on social investment
Celtel Kenya, one of the country's mobile telephone service providers Tuesday launched a 1 million shilling programme to upgrade facilities at a special educational...
More attacks in Khartoum feared following Turabi’s arrest
The Islamist opposition leader, Hassan al-Turabi, and at least four other important members of his party are reported to have been arrested as the...
Ethiopia : Drought and high prices skyrocket food crisis
Food prices in Ethiopia have continued to soar with reports of an alarming hike of the cost of the cheapest grain, maize, in some...