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Landmine casualties rise to 6,279 as treaty withdrawals loom
UN News  |  Dec 02, 2025

The report warns that the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty faces its most serious challenge in decades, with several States Parties taking steps that “concretely...

Aid access and hospital operations remain constrained in Gaza
UN News  |  Nov 29, 2025

WHO continues to call for safe access through all evacuation routes, particularly to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and for medical evacuati...

IGAD rallies region to tackle deepening displacement crisis amid funding cuts, conflict
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 25, 2025

Technical experts are currently deliberating on specific gaps in protection, education and livelihoods, with their recommendations set to be endorsed...

How follow-up programmes bridge treatment gap in non-communicable diseases
Charity Kilei  |  Nov 23, 2025

As of 2024, approximately 589 million adults aged 20 to 79 are living with diabetes, which equates to roughly one in nine adults worldwide. Projection...

Mandera marks major sanitation milestone as 64 villages achieve ODF status
Issa Hussein  |  Nov 22, 2025

Mandera County Director of Community Health Services, Hassan Ali, said the results reflect a strong shift in community behaviour and a shared desire t...

Technology of freedom, risk of violence: Digital divide facing women in post-war Tigray
Addis Standard  |  Nov 22, 2025

Survivors of genocidal sexual and gender-based violence face renewed victimisation online, where AI-generated propaganda fuels stigma and hate.

Stakeholders warn of increased FGM cases in Wajir during long school holiday
Issa Hussein  |  Nov 15, 2025

Participants noted that the long holiday season is traditionally a high-risk period when FGM cases spike across the predominantly conservative Somali...

Thousands flee, RSF pushes east as Sudan conflict escalates across Darfur and Kordofan
DW News  |  Nov 13, 2025

Despite a US-backed ceasefire, RSF forces continue their eastward offensive, sparking new waves of violence and mass civilian displacement across Kord...

African Union urges swift global action as Mali crisis deepens
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 10, 2025

AUC Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the worsening violence threatens to overwhelm communities, disrupt essential supplies and intensify instabil...

Sudan's paramilitary forces agree to proposal of humanitarian truce
XINHUA  |  Nov 07, 2025

According to leaked details, the proposal envisions a three-month humanitarian truce to allow aid access, followed by a nine-month political process a...

Sudan crisis deepens as ICC warns El-Fasher atrocities may be war crimes
DW News  |  Nov 03, 2025

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.

Sudan’s war at a deadlock: Why the Quad’s peace plan faces near-impossible odds
The Conversation  |  Nov 03, 2025

As Sudan’s civil war displaces millions and fuels famine, deep divisions between the army, paramilitary forces, and international mediators make lasti...

Famine declared in Sudan as war, economic collapse push millions to the brink
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 03, 2025

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,...

MSF expelled from Libya as humanitarian crisis deepens for refugees and migrants
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 03, 2025

Libya’s expulsion of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) leaves thousands of refugees and migrants without critical medical care amid rising humanitarian ne...

Mombasa faith groups unite in Sh30 million appeal for Gaza humanitarian aid
Farhiya Hussein  |  Nov 02, 2025

The initiative seeks to raise funds for medical relief while promoting unity and solidarity with Palestinians.

Over 15,000 flee Sudan's El Fasher amid RSF attacks on civilians
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 30, 2025

The Sudanese Doctors Network warned of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe in Tawila if international agencies do not intervene urgently.

Narok health officials sound alarm on fake cholera vaccination drives amid rising cases
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 31, 2025

According to health officials, the vaccination drive will be accompanied by hygiene and sanitation sensitisation campaigns to ensure maximum protectio...

Amnesty International urges RSF to end El Fasher siege, as WHO calls for immediate ceasefire
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 29, 2025

The World Health Organisation has called for an immediate ceasefire after reports that 460 patients and their companions were massacred at the Saudi M...

UN report accuses over 60 governments of enabling Gaza genocide through arms and trade ties
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 29, 2025

The report, authored by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, accuses these nations of turning a blind eye as Gaza’s two million residents endure...

Kenyan Muslims mark one year of humanitarian support for Gaza with major Nairobi event
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Oct 26, 2025

During the event, the National Muslim Leaders Forum (NAMLEF) screened several videos highlighting how aid contributions from Kenyans have been distrib...

Kenyan peacebuilder named 2025 Humanitarian Hero of the Year
Farhiya Hussein  |  Oct 23, 2025

The award was announced during the AidEx Humanitarian and Development Summit held in Geneva, Switzerland.

From silence to strength: The Kenyan women ending FGM and early marriages
Charity Kilei  |  Oct 20, 2025

Armed with courage and compassion, Wario Nasibo and her team at Girl Concern are rewriting what it means to be a girl in Isiolo.

Gaza humanitarian crisis escalates as Israel cuts aid over delayed return of dead hostages
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 14, 2025

According to a note seen by Reuters and confirmed by the UN, no fuel or gas will be allowed into Gaza except for specific humanitarian infrastructure...

Over a third of children with congenital heart disease die within a year at KNH, study finds
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 13, 2025

The study shows that most patients faced long delays before receiving treatment, with only 69 patients (37 per cent) undergoing the recommended surger...

Ruto unveils plan to overhaul Nairobi’s roads and sanitation through county, private sector partnership
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 12, 2025

Ruto said the initiative will include streetlight installations, river cleanups and wider collaboration with local businesses to restore the city’s di...

Somalia approves independent Human Rights Commission in historic milestone
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 11, 2025

Family Affairs and Human Rights Minister Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi praised Parliament for its decisive support, calling it a victory for both the S...

Over 60 killed or wounded in two days of Sudan's RSF shelling on civilians in El Fasher, North Darfur
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 09, 2025

On Wednesday, reports indicate that RSF artillery struck a packed displacement shelter within a mosque in El Fasher's Abushouk al-Hilla area, leaving...

Over 80 per cent of health facilities in Eastern DRC left without humanitarian support, ICRC warns
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Oct 09, 2025

A September 2025 assessment by the ICRC found that 85 per cent of facilities lack essential medicines and nearly 40 per cent have lost health-care sta...

32 journalists killed since Sudan's civil war erupted in April 2023 - syndicate
XINHUA  |  Oct 06, 2025

According to earlier figures from the syndicate, approximately 150 journalists have relocated from Khartoum to other regions, while around 70 have fle...

UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur
UN News  |  Oct 04, 2025

Aid groups warn that 260,000 civilians remain trapped without safe exit routes as the RSF reportedly builds berms to block movement and supplies. Mine...

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