Month: December 2023

South Sudanese healthcare facilities are still suffering from the effects of years of conflict in the country, and the ones in Greater Jonglei are no exceptions. With many of them lacking essential supplies ahead of the traditionally busy end-of-year holidays, peacekeepers from Ethiopia and South Korea serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) decided to make a difference. In Bor, the Ethiopian Blue Helmets visited the State […]

The minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr. Nasser Bourita, received, on December 21, 2023 in Rabat, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mr. January Yusuf Makamba. At a joint press briefing, Mr. Nasser Bourita pointed out that relations between Morocco and Tanzania have always been based on mutual solidarity and resolute action in the service of African […]

The humanitarian community in Sudan launches today the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) to address the most urgent and critical needs of 14.7 million people in Sudan that have been displaced and affected by the conflict that erupted in April 2023. This includes people newly displaced, some of whom were already living in protracted displacement, refugees that found shelter and assistance in Sudan, and host communities that have […]

Twenty-four-year-old Josias Idani is looking forward to his career with confidence. Following his studies, which led to a design engineer diploma in June 2023, he now nurtures  his goal of expanding the company he formed with two classmates in November 2022. The first steps look promising. “We specialize in energy audits. Since we started the business, we have worked for the local office of a maritime transport company and an […]

The Malawian government is jeopardizing refugee rights at Dzaleka refugee camp by expelling an important refugee rights group, Human Rights Watch said today. INUA Advocacy had been providing independent scrutiny of the human rights situation at the camp, which is about 40 kilometers from Lilongwe, the capital. The media reported that the Malawian Ministry of Homeland Security wrote to INUA Advocacy in November 2023 to terminate its partnership with the group, ordering it to vacate Dzaleka camp. The […]

The NBA (https://www.NBA.com) today announced its celebrations of the first-ever World Basketball Day.  Established by the United Nations on August 23 during the FIBA World Cup, World Basketball Day will be observed annually on Dec. 21 – the day Dr. James Naismith first introduced the game of basketball at the Springfield YMCA in 1891.  Nearly 600 million people across the globe play basketball annually and basketball is the second most […]

A Qatari Armed Forces aircraft headed to the city of Arish in the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt, carrying 20 tons of aid, including food and medical supplies, provided by the Qatar Fund for Development, the Qatar Red Crescent Society, and Qatar Charity, in preparation for transporting them to Gaza, taking the total number of aircraft to 47 with a total of 1,501 tons of aid. The aid comes as […]

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Mr. Sylvestre Radegonde accepted a donation of USD100,000 on behalf of the Government of Seychelles from the resident Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Ms. Lin Nan in a short ceremony at the Maison Quéau de Quinssy, on Wednesday 20th December 2023. The funds will facilitate the reparation of the Seychelles Bureau of Standards (SBS), originally funded by the Chinese Government, which was […]

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled Wad Madani, the capital of Al Jazeera state, since fighting broke out last Friday. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently calling on the parties to the conflict to ensure protection of all civilians and provide safe passage for people trying to reach safety. "We fear that Wad Madani, once considered a safe haven for people fleeing extreme violence in […]