Talib Ahmed Bensouda, mayor for Kanifing Municipal Council on Tuesday presented 90 footballs worth D135,000 to the football fraternity in the municipality. The presentation was held at the municipality’s headquarters. The 90 footballs would be distributed to the 15 zones in the municipality. It aims to support football clubs in the municipality as well as […]
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Gbarnga — The administrators of Phebe Hospital and the Esther Bacon School of Nursing and Midwifery have hailed the Swedish Government and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for their continued support to the institutions. several development initiatives in their respective counties. They made the commendations to a high-power delegation currently visiting Margibi, Bong and […]
Doemah Town — President George Weah has promised to pay all 1,307 graduates of the 18th graduating class of the United Methodist University. The pronouncement comes following a similar gesture made to 356 graduates of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion University when he serves as the Keynote Speaker for the 31st Convocation Program on June […]
Khartoum — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which has faced a funding shortfall of $366 million until the end of 2022, has welcomed a contribution of $4.5 million from the government of Japan to provide life-saving food assistance to internally displaced people in Sudan. The funding will enable WFP to purchase 3,600 tonnes […]
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $100,000 in immediate assistance to support the people affected by heavy rains and severe flooding in Sudan, which have resulted in at least 89 deaths, affected more than 226,000 people, and destroyed or damaged more than 47,000 houses. As the largest donor […]
On August 31, 2022, USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Top Chef judge and food activist Tom Colicchio will host a Twitter Spaces discussion with USAID partners to examine the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa and the response to the ongoing historic drought. The discussion will feature experts meeting urgent needs on the ground […]
On the 19th of August (Friday), 2022, an announcement of “free foods” across a Street attracted a body of 100-plus disabled Liberians (blind, wheelchair-mobile, etc.) from their ‘daily street-begging spot’ (located at the Vamoma House junction, Sinkor, Monrovia), to the distribution point on the other side of the Street. Some were led by kids who […]
According to the latest figures shared by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 64,000 cases of disappeared persons have been reported across Africa. In Nigeria alone, over 25,000 people have been reported missing. Almost 14,000 or more than half of the missing are children. There are over 35 active armed conflicts in Africa […]
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center on Monday inaugurated the second phase of an emergency relief intervention for Somalia to help reduce the effects of drought and famine. Royal Court adviser and KSrelief general supervisor Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah made the announcement. Al-Rabeeah said the initiative was based on the Kingdom’s “keenness to stand […]
Geneva — Drought-ridden parts of the Greater Horn region are bracing for a fifth successive failed rainy season, which will aggravate the crisis in the region, impacting millions and bringing starvation to many, say United Nations agencies. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) spokesperson Clare Nullis said at a UN press conference on Friday that different humanitarian […]
“We got to Dédougou with nothing: no money, no food,” says Habi*. “Everything remained in Douroula, even our bicycles.” Habi is at a health centre supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the capital of the Boucle du Mouhoun region in western Burkina Faso. The town of Douroula, where she lived, some 20 kilometres from […]
Colley Foundation for Social and Environmental Justice, a Non-Governmental Organisation on Monday extended magnanimity to flood victims in Kombo South with the donation of 20 bags of basmati rice worth 23,000 dalasis. The foundation is committed to fighting negative vices hindering environmental and social wellbeing. Bubacarr F.M. Colley, founder of the organisation, reminded of the […]
The United Kingdom (UK) has donated £15 million for the provision of vital food and nutrition for vulnerable people in the North-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. The UK High Commission in Nigeria, which announced this in a statement Tuesday, said the amount was an emergency humanitarian funding. According to the commission, the money […]
Geneva — Without mincing his words, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has again attributed to racism the lack of international action to end the suffering of civilians in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region. The Federal Government in Addis Ababa has hit back in turn, accusing him of partisanship. “I can tell you that […]
APM Terminals Liberia has provided support to the 2022 Edition of the Annual Children Vacation Sports Program of the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA). The company in line with its CSR Policy of supporting youth groups to discover and nurture their potential donated 30 sets (360 Pieces) of basketball jerseys for 30 teams participating in […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Abshir Omar Jama, received in Mogadishu the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Officer-In-Charge Of UNSOM, Ms. Anita Kiki Gbeho, and discussed with her the UN development programs, state-building, and humanitarian efforts. During the meeting, views were exchanged on a number of […]
On World Humanitarian Day, marked annually on 19 August, aid workers Ahmad Alragheb, based in Syria, and Veronica Houser, stationed in Afghanistan, talk about the crucial humanitarian effort in these countries, and the challenges they and their colleagues face. Syria, where the displaced are helping the displaced “Humanitarians put themselves in very unsafe situations to […]
African nations have “unlimited” potential to become “breadbaskets” that not only feed the continent but also a hungry world, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said during a policy address on food security in Accra earlier this month. The Cabinet member with the most broadest African experience and knowledge – she served […]