Category: Africa
In Mali, Niger and Senegal, children face temperatures above 35°C for more than half the year. In eight countries, including Mali, Niger and Senegal, children now endure scorching temperatures above 35°C for over half the ...
Two top United Nations humanitarian officials on Tuesday called on the Security Council to use its influence to secure a cessation of hostilities to prevent the famine from spreading. With famine declared last week in ...
Several sites in South Africa associated with the country’s long and bloody anti-apartheid struggle have recently been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The system of institutionalized ...
ICRC as one of the supporters of human rights provides and advocates for innovative and sustainable solutions to address the humanitarian consequences of armed violence, migration and other emergencies in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, ...
The media plays a vital role in building an informed society and citizens around the world. However, in Africa, journalists play an even more critical role, that of deepening and institutionalizing democracy. Narratives contribute to ...
Severe floods and landslides, as well as long-running conflicts in other parts of the country, have worsened needs and some 25 million people are currently in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the WHO. Children ...
Burkina Faso, a landlocked West African country, is already suffering from recurring droughts and military coups, leading to a serious humanitarian crisis in the region. Climate change is one of the increasingly influential factors negatively ...
The political, economic and social situation in Sudan remains fragile, exasperated by localized violence in certain parts of the country, associated with climatic hazards and epidemics. Over the past year, with 19 million school-aged children ...
“The Sudanese war has been brutal in terms of human rights violations, gender-based and sexual violence, and people really have nowhere to go. We are facing all kinds of problems, and the tools we have ...
High food prices, limited healthcare access, and inadequate diets have mainly led to acute malnutrition in children under 5, adolescents, and pregnant women. In parts of northern Nigeria, the prevalence of acute malnutrition in women ...
