Washington -- Approximately four million secondary school learners in Kenya will benefit from more equitable and inclusive education services under the new Secondary Education Equity and Quality...
The Mayor of Kanifing Talib Ahmad Bensouda recently donated two sets of jerseys, two balls and two socks to Tankong Kunda Football Club in the Central River Region North.
Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has donated 1,000 bags of fertilizers to farmers across the Central Region to help boost their farming operations in order to increase their income.
The European Union (EU) handed over a fleet of military vehicles and equipment to the Somali government on Tuesday, at the General Dhagabadan Training Camp in Mogadishu.
Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia's House of People's Representatives has approved a $738.2 million loan to South Sudan for the construction of a major cross-border highway aimed at connecting the two cou...
Nairobi -- The British High Commission Nairobi has announced USD $5.2 million fund (KSH 667 million) to support Micro, Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya, in another example of the UK b...
Mogadishu -- The Federal Government of Somalia has dispatched four planes of humanitarian aid to Baidoa, the capital of the Southwest State, in response to escalating concerns over a severe drou...
The Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria is set to make a ruling in a Social Relief of Distress grant exclusion case brought by the Institute for Economic Justice and #PaytheGrants aga...
Washington -- The World Bank today approved a €635.5 million International Development Association (IDA)* financing package to support the Government of Benin's efforts to strengthen private s...
On 14 October, on the outskirts of Nampala in the Segou region of central Mali, a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team and community health workers were violently attacked and robbed by armed m...
Lokoja -- Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State has approved the payment of the sum of N600 million for the 2024/2025 WASSCE fees for 18,734 students in public secondary schools in the state.
Benin City -- Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), has begun a monthly donation of food items to vulnerable persons in Edo State.
Mogadishu, Somalia -- The Federal Government of Somalia has expressed its approval of a United Nations Security Council resolution that outlines the transition of the United Nations Assistance M...
Addis Abeba -- The United Nations Security Council is set to vote today on a draft resolution to phase out the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) over the next two years, transitioning its...
Kadugli -- The humanitarian aid delegation arrived in the capital of South Kordofan State by air from the capital of South Sudan, Juba, where it landed for the first time at Kadugli Airport afte...
Monrovia -- Tuberculosis was the leading killer among infectious diseases in 2023, the World Health Organization said. While the number of TB-related deaths decreased from 1.32 million in 2022 t...
Sudan's humanitarian crisis continues to deepen, with ongoing fighting between rival militaries displacing millions.
Bayelsa State government said it has disbursed about N13.8 billion to 466,732 direct beneficiaries in the eight local government areas of the state for the rural and empowerment intervention pro...
South Sudan is currently facing one of its worst floods in recent decades. In Old Fangak, where teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are working, only mud dykes protect the town's thousan...
Addis Abeba -- Over 714 households in the Bakelo IDP camp in Debre-Berhan city, Amhara region, are struggling as food aid and humanitarian assistance have been abruptly halted.
Nairobi -- Google has committed Sh748.2 million ($5.8 million) this year to support foundational AI and cybersecurity training in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.
One and a half years into the conflict in Sudan, refugees are still fleeing to eastern Chad in search for safety, where they arrive at camps in dire conditions. Access to clean water, sanitation...
The carbon footprint of a super-rich European, accumulated from nearly a week of using super yachts and private jets, matches the lifetime carbon footprint of someone in the world's poorest 1 pe...
Fifty of the world's richest billionaires on average produce more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts in just over an hour and a half than the average person does in their ...
Deployment of Mission to Protect Civilians Can't Wait
Port Sudan -- The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, reaffirmed the UN's commitment to supporting Sudan, which has endured more than 18 mon...
The president of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has announced the establishment of the Red Family Fund to honor humanitarian aid workers who have died i...
The people of Sudan are besieged from every direction. The fighting is closing in, cholera and other diseases are on the rise, and famine and famine-like conditions have gripped many, with the s...
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved funding worth $134 million for two groundbreaking projects aimed at enhancing climate resilience and adaptation in vulnerable agricultural communities a...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached a significant milestone in its humanitarian response in Burkina Faso, according to a report released on Tuesday.