Category: Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Food Program (WFP) have been warning of rapid deterioration in conditions for the people of Sudan. A ...
France has long been accused of falsifying or hiding records, and accounts of the number of casualties have remained unclear. Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who fought ...
The continent has been warming at about +0.3 °C per decade between 1991 and 2023, placing 2023 in the top three warmest years in the 124-year record, as highlighted by the WMO State of the ...
The impunity for crimes against journalists is likely to end through more awareness on role of media at a local level and trust building among key stakeholders such as journalists, police, and policy makers. Ending ...
The recent elections of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia and Kenya to the United Nations Human Rights Council raise complex questions, but they also offer an opportunity for these countries to improve their ...
Former Spanish colony Western Sahara remains Africa’s last non-self-governing territory.The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Western Sahara. The Security Council adopted on Thursday ...
According to the UN Population Fund, 2.2% of Kenya’s population, which is close to one million individuals, suffer from disabilities, highlighting the need for more concentrated laws on this issue. Kenyan ride-hailing company, The Ace ...
According to a recent research by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the sudan conflict has pushed 8-10% of the population into poverty (3-4 million people) and 4-6% into hunger (1-2 million people) since ...
Burundi is among the regions where children are bearing the brunt of the mpox outbreak with alarming rates of infection and health impacts. Significant concerns have recently arisen due to the mpox spread, displaying increased ...
The Marburg virus is highly virulent and causes a hemorrhagic fever with a mortality rate of up to 88%. It belongs to the same family as the virus that causes Ebola disease. The virus is ...
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