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Residents walk in a flooded area during rescue operations in Maiduguri, northern Borno state, Nigeria, 12 September 2024. Reuters/Ahmed Kingimi/File Photo

Climate Change

Climate change worsened rains in flood-hit African regions, scientists say

Alessandra Prentice 23 Oct 2024

Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo are among poorly-funded humanitarian crises for which the United Nations on Tuesday said it was allocating $100m - one of the lowest amounts released from its Central Emergency Response Fund in recent years. Image source: Reuters

Health & Welfare

UN earmarks $100m for poorly funded humanitarian crises

Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber 21 Feb 2024

File photo: United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths gestures as he stands near damaged buildings, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria, 13 February 023. Reuters/Firas Makdesi

Health & Welfare

UN appeals for $46bn to meet humanitarian needs in 2024

11 Dec 2023

Aerial view of Derna city, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya 14 September 2023. Source: Reuters/Ayman Al-Sahili

Infrastructure & Utilities

Explainer: What caused the floods in Libya and why are they so bad?

Tom Perry 15 Sep 2023

Winds and rain continue to increase in strength as Cyclone Freddy makes landfall over Vilankulos, Mozambique, 24 February 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Unicef Mozambique/2023/Guy Taylor via Reuters

Climate Change

Record-breaking storm Freddy due to hit Mozambique again

Nellie Peyton 10 Mar 2023

Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food - UN WFP

Food, Water & Energy Security

Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food - UN WFP

Giulia Paravicini 31 Jan 2022

A man rides a motorcycle as young people of the Sidama ethnic group, the largest in southern Ethiopia, celebrate at Hawassa city over plans by local elders to declare the establishment of a breakaway region for the Sidama, in Awasa, July 15, 2019. Authorities arrested three media workers from the Sidama Media Network on July 18. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Michael Tewelde.

Media

Ethiopia detains journalists amid southern unrest

13 Aug 2019

Photo: United Nations

Infectious Diseases

#CycloneIdai: Cholera prevention and other relief efforts underway

3 Apr 2019

Cyclone Idai 'yet another alarm bell' signalling impacts of climate change - Guterres

Climate Change

Cyclone Idai 'yet another alarm bell' signalling impacts of climate change - Guterres

27 Mar 2019

South African teams on the ground in Mozambique, aided by the South African Air Force. Image credit: IPSS Medical Rescue/Paul Herbst.

ESG

#NEWSWATCH: Global relief effort after Cyclone Idai devastation

Louise Marsland 21 Mar 2019

Food aid for DRC refugees

ESG

Food aid for DRC refugees

17 Aug 2017

ESG

People in need of aid in famine-hit South Sudan

7 Mar 2017

SuSanA Secretariat via - Typical house in an urban area of a small town in Burundi

Agriculture

FAO is helping build resilience to climate change for farmers

Innocent Habonimana 28 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Agriculture

Indian Ocean Dipole: The obscure climate phenomenon driving drought

Jared Ferrie 24 Feb 2017

ESG

Famine declared in South Sudan

Louise Marsland 22 Feb 2017

New study shows undernutrition taking a toll on Ghana's economy

ESG

New study shows undernutrition taking a toll on Ghana's economy

8 Aug 2016

Mobile

Mobile money aid for humanitarian disasters

31 May 2016

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza

Media

Global #PressFreedom campaign targets African leaders

6 May 2016

Pastoralist communities in the Horn of Africa are some of the hardest hit by the drought. They rely on livestock for income and food, and the lack of water only increases their existing vulnerability. © Katherine Bundra Roux/IFRC (p-DJI0104)

Food Security

An unwanted guest: El Niño and Africa in 2016

Obinna Anyadike 30 Dec 2015

The world needs a more innovative approach to humanitarian relief

Health & Welfare

The world needs a more innovative approach to humanitarian relief

Howard Rush 24 Dec 2015

Sharp rise in hungry Ethiopians needing aid: UN

Sustainable Farming

Sharp rise in hungry Ethiopians needing aid: UN

28 Aug 2015

Samsung donates 3,000 smartphones to provide humanitarian support against Ebola

Health & Welfare

Samsung donates 3,000 smartphones to provide humanitarian support against Ebola

22 Oct 2014

Public Health

US$38m needed to help Nigerian flood victims

13 Nov 2012

Public Health

Haiti: Funding gap for nutrition

11 Feb 2010

Rescue South Africa gets R1.5m from Vodacom for Haiti

Mobile

Rescue South Africa gets R1.5m from Vodacom for Haiti

18 Jan 2010

Food Crisis

Horn of Africa: "Urban poor the new face of hunger"

24 Jul 2008

Scramble to contain meningitis epidemic in CAR

Infectious Diseases

Scramble to contain meningitis epidemic in CAR

15 Feb 2008

Kenya: Violence paralyses western towns as political crisis deepens

Retail

Kenya: Violence paralyses western towns as political crisis deepens

29 Jan 2008

Infectious Diseases

No bird flu pandemic despite recent deaths - Egyptian health officials

4 Jan 2008

Retailers

IRIN launches Arabic service

26 Jul 2007

Infectious Diseases

UN holds workshop on Avian Flu preparations in West Africa

22 Jun 2007

Healthcare

Deterioration in food security threatens southern Somalia

19 Jun 2007

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