insert_link Africa WFP warns of worsening starvation crisis in Sudan World Relief Programme, Photo: World Food Programme The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent warning that tens of thousands of civilians in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher are facing starvation, as the city remains cut off from food supplies due to an ongoing siege by paramilitary forces. El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur and home to an estimated 250,000 people, has been surrounded by the […] today4 August, 2025
insert_link South Africa SAFTU condemns Stilfontein massacre The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has condemned the tragic events at Shaft 11 in Stilfontein, where 59 miners have been confirmed dead and 101 survivors have emerged in critical condition after weeks without food or water. Many of these miners were undocumented workers from Mozambique and other Southern African countries, and their deaths represent a gross display of state neglect. SAFTU argues that the South African government’s […] today15 January, 2025
insert_link Africa Sudan Faces Collapse Amid Armed Group Proliferation Sudan is at risk of becoming a failed state as civil society collapses due to a rise in armed groups, according to Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council as reported by BBC Africa. Alongside the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, smaller ethnic groups are looting and attacking civilians. Egeland described the conflict as parties "tearing down their own houses" and massacring their people. The 19-month power […] today25 November, 2024
insert_link Africa Sudan Civil War Death Toll Much Higher Than Previously Reported A new study reveals that the death toll from Sudan's civil war is far greater than initially reported. According to BBC Africa, over 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state since the conflict began last year, according to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group. Of these, 26,000 deaths were directly caused by violence. The report highlights that preventable diseases and starvation are now the […] today15 November, 2024
insert_link South Africa 225 illegal miners resurface from underground in S.A’s North West province A total of 225 illegal miners resurfaced from underground in Orkney Mine in North West yesterday due to starvation and dehydration. Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe says they are part of what is believed to be hundreds if not a thousand of illegal miners who are stuck underground with no food, water and necessities because the routes used to deliver food and necessities to these illegal miners, are blocked by vala […] today4 November, 2024
insert_link Africa Sudan warring sides using starvation as weapon: UN experts Both sides in Sudan's brutal civil war are using starvation as a weapon of war, UN experts said Wednesday, charging that foreign governments providing them military support were "complicit" in war crimes. War has raged for more than a year between the regular military (SAF) under army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. […] today26 June, 2024
insert_link World Egyptian Activists Show Solidarity With Gazans, but the Price Can Be Jail By Fatma Khaled Hundreds of Egyptians are pressuring their government to let them form an international civilian convoy to escort lifesaving humanitarian aid into Gaza after six months of deprivation has pushed many to the brink of starvation if not famine. In a related rare challenge to the Egyptian government — a protest in solidarity with Gaza on April 3 by dozens of activists — the regime responded […] today9 April, 2024
insert_link World Starvation is a weapon of war: Gazans are paying the price By Ateqah Khaki, The Conversation; Husein Haveliwala, The Conversation, and Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation On Monday, the European Union’s foreign policy chief accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war and provoking famine in Gaza. Israel denies the allegations, which are some of the strongest words we have heard from a western power about the situation in Gaza since October. The EU statement comes on the heels […] today2 April, 2024
insert_link Oshiwambo Amalelo aKenya ahovela noku yandja oipongolo koovene Omalelo oshilongo Kenya nena okwa lopota amangulula oipongolo yomalutu oonakuningwa oshihakanwa ova kwaneongalo ovo vafile omolwo ndjala , oku dja nghene veli tuwilwe vafudikwa momalambo eli momufitu omudo wadileko, oshiningwanima aasho sha ta lika sha halwifa ounyuni. Oshikundaneki sho AFP osha lopota kutya oipongolo oya pewa ovapambele vavo nena, konima yeemwedi ya kala tainingilwa omakonaakono oku itongololifa. Oshiningwanima osha holokele konima yomalutu omafele, mwakwatelwa ounona vashona ahangelwe afudikwa mo malambo […] today26 March, 2024
