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The three organisations expressed support for ongoing international and regional peace initiatives in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, reaffi...
The Wednesday session focused on the unexplained use of Sh355 million, equivalent to 21 percent of NITA’s 2016/2017 budget, which remained unspent.
The international community is currently dealing with multiple humanitarian crises across the world, including conflict-driven crises in the Democrati...
Over 650 injured people, who have managed to escape from El Fasher, have arrived at the MSF-supported hospital located 60 kilometres away from the bes...
According to the county water department, the tool is designed to simplify and centralise water data, enhancing planning, monitoring, and decision-mak...
Over the past 15 years, Angolans have grown accustomed to delays and postponements of what was once hailed as a building block for a more democratic c...
At a high-level meeting on Thursday, participants of the Nairobi Panel on the Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan called for an immediate end to military ope...
Nairobi City Water and Sanitation Company recorded the highest loss at Sh8.57 billion, followed by Mombasa Water and Sanitation Company at Sh1.04 bill...
In a 2024 study from the University of Texas, researchers found that over 80 per cent of bathroom towels tested contained traces of bacteria.
Only 44 out of 92 UNICEF-supported outpatient nutrition treatment centres are still functional, which means thousands of malnourished children lack ac...
The Sudanese government called on countries and humanitarian organisations to provide the necessary aid to citizens and seize the opportunity of the e...
Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve was killed on August 31, 2025, after two armoured MaxxPro vehicles were involved in a tragic crash along the Kenscoff–Pétion-Vill...
The assurance was delivered during the inaugural workshop of the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCOC) working group on operational coordination and coopera...
From the first days of the occupation in 1967, Israel has tried to keep a tight grip on media reporting, building a legal and military architecture th...
Civilians never deserve to be harmed through carelessness, inadvertence or deliberate targeting
Antonio Guterres said such support is vital to reinforce local initiatives, safeguard civilians, and pave the way for a return to law and order and cr...
The certified villages — Akoros, Natomean, Emunyen A, Emunyen B, Kotome, RukRuk, and Alidat — form part of the Ilemkajokon Community Unit. Together, t...
State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, “paralysing daily life and forcing famili...
Local media reports show that River Nile State was among the worst-hit areas, with entire villages submerged, dozens of homes destroyed, and widesprea...
According to data cited by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Turkana has the highest number of households without toilets, at 72.6 per cent. Ma...
The report found that 3.4 billion people live without safe sanitation globally, including 1.9 billion with basic services, 560 million with limited se...
The OHCHR spokesperson told journalists in Geneva that Israeli authorities had carried out investigations in the past, as the occupying power.
MSS spokesman Jack Ombaka said that specialized units, working with the Haitian National Police (PNH), carried out a night raid and seized the Télcos...
Since the enactment of the 2011 Prohibition of FGM Act, which outlawed the practice, thousands of girls have been spared the cut and instead embraced...
Her visit highlighted the critical importance of resilience, collective effort, and long-term solutions for communities affected by conflict and clima...
The data, compiled from a classified Israeli military intelligence database and reviewed by The Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call, indicates that...
Wells also catalogued how news outlets told those stories. They minced words to protect the perpetrators, while smearing the reputations of the dead,...
Al-Kheetan insisted that in the past few weeks, Israeli authorities have only allowed aid to enter in quantities that remain “far below what would be...
Governor Abdulswamad Nassir said selfish officers had diverted water supplies for personal gain, leaving thousands of residents without access to clea...
The UN noted that attacks on humanitarian personnel, assets, and operations constitute violations of international humanitarian law and undermine life...
