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Notably, the US recently slashed billions of US dollars from global relief efforts. The slashed contributions once made up to half of all public human...
The UNICEF report says these overlapping health emergencies are placing immense pressure on Ethiopia’s healthcare system, particularly in the regions...
The funding boost comes amid a surge in gender-based violence across Kenya, with women and girls bearing the brunt of the crisis.
So far, a total of 30 individuals have tested positive for the disease, with 74 tests conducted on individuals exhibiting cholera-like symptoms.
Among made the remarks at the Kalule Garage playground in Kyazanga, Bukoto West, over the weekend describing Museveni as "God the Father" and Kainerug...
Israel's military said it fired warning shots at approaching "suspects" who ignored warnings to turn away, in an area that is considered an active com...
The appeal, which runs until April 2026, targets key areas such as nutrition, health, clean water, education, child protection, and food security.
With technical guidance and financial backing from the Supporting Community-Led Response initiative, more than 300 households constructed latrines and...
Laerke explained that out of nearly 900 aid trucks that were approved to enter from the Israeli side since the reopening of the Kerem Shalom border cr...
In the Tigray war, dubbed the deadliest and bloodiest conflict of the twenty-first century, the average estimate of civilian casualties stands at 518,...
The aid shipment, comprising medicine, food, and water, arrived in Jordan last Friday and is set to be transported to Gaza via Egypt.
One of the hardest-hit organisations is Save the Children, which plays a vital role in delivering health and nutrition services to children across the...
Female genital schistosomiasis, caused by parasitic worms from infected water, is often mistaken for an STI because of similar symptoms, leading to wr...
Cheptumo said community involvement remains central to her ministry's strategy, revealing that six declarations have been signed with elders in areas...
According to the Social Protection department, the funds have been reduced from Sh1.044 billion to Sh940 million for the 2025/2026 financial year.
Almost half of Somalia’s people, 47 per cent, are still affected by repeated floods, droughts, conflict, disease, and displacement, all of which disru...
According to the findings, 90 per cent of the 411 women-led and women’s rights organisations surveyed across 44 countries reported experiencing fundin...
The decision comes at the end of a three-month suspension imposed on the TPLF for its failure to convene a federally recognised general assembly and e...
An estimated four million girls are still at risk each year, underlining the urgent need for global action to end this harmful tradition once and for...
The manual offers clear and practical guidance for vendors on how to handle raw and cooked food safely.
Israel resumed its offensive in Gaza on March 18 after a January ceasefire collapsed, saying it would keep up pressure on Hamas until it frees the rem...
The doctors accused the RSF of violating basic human rights and condemned their continued looting and destruction of homes.
The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has led to widespread planting of mines, especially in contested regions.
Younish Al-Khatib, chairman of the Palestinian Red Crescent, said he did not consider the measures taken by the Israeli military, which reprimanded on...
The paramedics and other rescue workers were shot dead on March 23 near the southern Gaza city of Rafah and buried in a shallow grave.
On April 11, the RSF and their allied armed groups stormed Zamzam, Sudan's largest displacement camp, which used to host at least 500,000 people near...
The Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group - two years into its conflict with Sudan's army - seized the massive camp in North Darfur a week ago in an...
Sudan is now facing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with half of its 30 million people in urgent need of assistance.
What began as a political power struggle has now shattered lives, decimated infrastructure, and pushed 30.4 million people into urgent need of humanit...
The UN system, in partnership with countries affected, needs to get ahead of the game, facilitating solutions for displaced persons while working to p...
