Debt crisis Stories
The Treasury drew only Sh700 million from the CBK overdraft in the first three months, down from Sh1.9 billion during the same period last year.
A major focus of the review is the oncology package, which is currently capped at Sh550,000.
The Quad initiative, announced on September 12, 2025, aims to first launch a three-month humanitarian truce to allow rapid delivery of aid to civilian...
The importance of debt, development finance and climate to Africa’s future is clear. Over half of African countries are either in debt distress or at...
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty stressed Egypt's continued dedication to supporting Sudan's unity, territorial integrity, and the preservatio...
Insecurity in the Sahel region is worsening. Violent extremist groups are entering new territories such as Nigeria and parts of coastal West African s...
According to the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Health, weak mechanisms for identifying and enrolling the poor have forced patients to...
Thousands of families live in makeshift camps with little access to clean water, food, or hygiene services, leading to a cholera outbreak and rising c...
The lawyer is reported to have played a role in the financing and facilitation of the movement of youth to Somalia, from where they would cross over t...
UNHCR notes that women and girls have been subjected to rape and other sexual violence, while parents search for missing children separated during the...
According to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, nearly 100,000 people have fled El Fasher and villages close by in the last two weeks alone.
Despite a US-backed ceasefire, RSF forces continue their eastward offensive, sparking new waves of violence and mass civilian displacement across Kord...
Experts call for urgent action as warming climates help diseases like dengue and chikungunya spread into new territories.
Conflict and violence are the main drivers of hunger in 14 of the 16 hotspots, while economic shocks and extreme weather make conditions worse.
The AU says more than half of Africans now live in countries spending more on debt repayments than on social services, calling for urgent G20-led refo...
AUC Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the worsening violence threatens to overwhelm communities, disrupt essential supplies and intensify instabil...
The International Court of Justice recently ruled that world leaders must take immediate action, on a level that hasn’t been seen before, to prevent c...
Nominated Senator Hamida Kibwana sought urgent clarification from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding Kenyan youth who trave...
All 18 states in Sudan are affected by the ongoing cholera outbreak, with current hotspot areas including North Kordofan, White Nile, and Darfur, and...
Rights organizations are pushing for urgent aid increases as the paramilitary RSF has agreed to a pause in fighting. Hunger, meanwhile, has reached ne...
Declining freshwater reserves are not only reshaping ecosystems but also undermining employment, particularly in countries heavily reliant on agricult...
The Nairobi exhibition challenges Europe’s migration politics by putting faces to the thousands lost at sea — revealing how policy failures and neglec...
With its 262,000 volunteers and 700 staff across 47 branches, KRCS has been providing cash and food assistance, clean water, and emergency healthcare...
The crisis is being driven by conflict, displacement, poor access to aid, economic hardship, floods and weak community coping mechanisms.
The aftermath of Tanzania’s disputed polls has spilled across its borders, crippling transport corridors and leaving landlocked nations counting heavy...
The ICC warns that mass killings, rapes, and other atrocities in El-Fasher may amount to war crimes as Sudan’s civil war devastates Darfur.
As Sudan’s civil war displaces millions and fuels famine, deep divisions between the army, paramilitary forces, and international mediators make lasti...
A UN-backed food security panel has confirmed famine in parts of Darfur and Kordofan, warning that millions of Sudanese are facing starvation as war,...
Libya’s expulsion of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) leaves thousands of refugees and migrants without critical medical care amid rising humanitarian ne...
Africa is home to some of the world’s most innovative community-led and nature-based climate adaptation strategies, yet they remain underfunded. South...
