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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Humanitarian Efforts

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World

UN calls for more aid for Syria humanitarian efforts

  The United Nations says more funding is needed to aid its efforts in Syria. The UN Security Council heard on Wednesday that close to 13 million people are facing acute food insecurity. This comes a month after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, which had ruled the country since 1971. Sally Patterson reports from New York, where the United Nations is headquartered.  

todayJanuary 9, 2025 22

Namibia

Dr. Helena Ndume pays tribute to late NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo

Following the death of NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, we spoke with ophthalmologist Dr. Helena Ndume, who worked with him on different humanitarian projects. A few years back, a team of Namibian eye care professionals, led by Dr. Ndume, provided free sight-restoration surgeries during a three-day clinic at Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, organised at the invitation of Dikembe Mutombo.     Mutombo died from brain cancer on Monday, at […]

todayOctober 2, 2024 68

World

World marks Nelson Mandela International Day

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, is urging everyone to perform 67 minutes of public service today to honour Nelson Mandela’s legacy. Today is Nelson Mandela International Day under the theme, It's still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity. Guterres says Mandela showed the world the extraordinary difference one person can make.     Looking back at the struggle against apartheid and the campaign for Mandela's release in which […]

todayJuly 18, 2024 52

World

UN migration agency issues first ever global appeal

The International Organization for Migration on Monday launched its first-ever Global Annual Appeal for 2024, calling for $ 7.9 billion to support its operations and help create a system that realizes migration's promise as a force for good throughout the world. IOM Director-General Amy Pope explains.

todayJanuary 23, 2024 34

World

Somali education champion wins UN refugee prize

By Nina LARSON =(Video)= Geneva, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) - A former Somali refugee intent on bringing books and education to his compatriots languishing in sprawling camps in Kenya was on Tuesday named the winner of the UN refugee agency's prestigious Nansen Award. Abdullahi Mire, 36, was hailed for championing the right to education by putting 100,000 books in the hands of children in Kenya's crowded Dadaab refugee camps. "A […]

todayNovember 28, 2023 16