Month: August 2025

  Found as a newborn by a vet in Kenya and adopted by a family from the UK, 31-year-old occupational therapist Becky Chaplin has come full circle. Today, she leads rehabilitation service on board the Global Mercy™, the world’s largest purpose-built civilian hospital ship operated by international charity Mercy Ships (MercyShips.org). Becky’s story is one of resilience, identity, and service. Found abandoned and still attached to her umbilical cord, she […]

  The Ministry of Health (MOH), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), with the support of the European Union, will hold a national training session on August 20 at the Journalist Training Center (CEFOJOR) dedicated to the role of the media in managing public health crises.  The initiative will bring together journalists, institutional communicators, and strategic partners to reflect on the challenges of public […]

  Communities across Upper Nile continue to suffer immense harm from escalating conflict, severe food insecurity, and the strain of hosting most of the 1.1 million people who have fled across the border from the war in neighboring Sudan.  Despite the best efforts of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, humanitarian partners, and local authorities, the situation continues to deteriorate. A driving factor of conflict and a source of great concern […]

  HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received a written message from HE President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi pertaining to bilateral relations and ways to support and develop them. HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi received the message on Tuesday during his meeting with HE Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the State of Qatar […]

  Half a million refugees and the most vulnerable Cameroonians risk being cut off from humanitarian food assistance in the coming weeks as resources reach critically low levels, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today. Without urgent new funding, WFP will be forced to stop life-saving food assistance at the end of August to over 240,000 people who have escaped conflict in Cameroon. Additionally, more than 200,000 children […]

  President Cyril Ramaphosa has today, 19 August 2025, arrived in Japan to lead South Africa’s High Level Delegation participation to the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development Summit (TICAD9). TICAD9 Summit will convene in Yokohama from 20 - 22 August 2025 under the theme “Co-creating Innovative Solutions With Africa”. The Summit is underpinned by (3) Plenary Sessions, which illustrate established areas of cooperation between the African Union and […]

  On World Humanitarian Day, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, honoured the courage and sacrifice of humanitarian workers in Africa and across the world. “Every day, in the most dangerous conditions, humanitarian workers save lives, ease suffering, and protect human dignity. They represent the very best of our shared humanity,” said the Chairperson. The Chairperson noted that Africa and the wider world face overlapping […]