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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has embarked on an extreme prioritization of assistance leaving millions of vulnerable people without food assistance as needs continue to outpace available resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More than 6 million people have been displaced – one of the largest in the world - and now live in makeshift camps and with host families. “We are having to prioritise […]

The Presiding Officers of Parliament led by National Assembly Speaker, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and National Council of Provinces Chairperson, Mr Amos Masondo today learnt with great sadness of the passing of the former National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Deputy Chairperson, Ms Peggy Hollander. Ms Hollander was elected on 17 January 2005 and served as the NCOP Deputy Chairperson in the third Parliament from 2005 until 2009. “We remember her for […]

7.1 million people; around 32% of the total population are in need of humanitarian assistance in Mali; Menaka region alone registered 4690 new IDPs in the last week; IRC calls for greater access to urgently needed humanitarian aid. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is drawing attention to the worsening humanitarian situation in several regions of Mali, particularly Ménaka. In the last week of January 2024, the IRC recorded over 4,690 people arriving […]

The Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Mogadishu has been officially reopened with a special ceremony, in the presence of His Excellency Hamza Abdi Barre, Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and His Excellency Ahmad Juma Al Rumaithi, UAE Ambassador to Somalia. The hospital reopened following comprehensive renovations and the installation of new medical equipment. The medical facility encompasses eight major departments: Emergency Department, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Dentistry, […]

UNICEF, alongside its partners Goodwall, Yoma and Generation Unlimited, and with financial support from the Governments of Austria and the Netherlands, is thrilled to announce today – 29 January 2024 - the launch of the FairChance pilot programme. This groundbreaking initiative, primarily hosted on the Goodwall app, aims to upskill and boost competencies of marginalised young women in Zimbabwe to access decent job opportunities and thrive in today’s competitive world of […]

USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman concluded a six-day trip to Mozambique, where she met with government officials, civil society actors and private sector representatives to highlight long-standing U.S. support to the country, especially in the central and northern provinces. After arriving in Maputo on January 25, Deputy Administrator Coleman met with Mozambique’s Minister of Public Works, Housing, and Water Resources Carlos Alberto Fortes Mesquita and Vice Minister of Economy and […]

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) urgently calls on Sudan’s warring parties to provide immediate guarantees for the safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian food assistance to conflict-hit parts of Sudan, especially across conflict lines where hungry displaced civilians are trapped and cut-off from life-saving humanitarian assistance. The situation in Sudan is dire. Despite WFP's efforts to provide food assistance to millions of people across the country since the […]

As Africa continues to position itself to reap the full benefits of the drive for energy transition, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), IFC, and the legal firm White&Case partnered to host a one-day seminar to discuss “Energy Transition and Infrastructure in Africa”. The seminar attracted about 150 participants drawn from key financial institutions, project sponsors and developers, and consultancy firms across Africa. Afreximbank has been at the forefront in […]

Zambia has the third highest burden of cervical cancer in the world, with an incidence rate of 65.5 per 100 000 women and a mortality rate of 43.4 per 100 000 women in 2020. Despite being a preventable and treatable disease, cervical cancer accounts for about 23% of all new cancer cases in the country. The peak age at diagnosis is between 40-49 years. To address this challenge, Zambia has […]