insert_link Local Tony Elumelu champions youth entrepreneurship across Africa, advocates for investment over aid With a burgeoning youth population estimated to be one half of the world’s youth by 2,100, and the highest entrepreneurship rates across the globe - where over 20% of working-age Africans launching new businesses and more than 75% of young people intend to start one within the next five years - it is within this landscape of ambition and potential that Africa's path to development and prosperity […] todayMay 21, 2024 13
insert_link Africa WFP calls for swift action as Sudan conflict worsens Amidst ongoing armed conflict in Sudan, where millions of civilians are left displaced and food insecure, Deputy Executive Director for the World Food Programme, Carl Skau, visited the country where he said a window of opportunity to reach civilians is rapidly closing as the rainy season app. todayMay 16, 2024 4
insert_link Africa Sudan war may spark world’s largest hunger crisis The war in Sudan could trigger the world’s largest hunger crisis unless fighting stops, The World Food Programme has warned. The BBC reports that more than 10 months of fighting between rival forces has left nearly 14,000 people dead, over eight million displaced, and much of the country’s population cut off and facing rising hunger. todayMarch 6, 2024 13
insert_link Oshiwambo Iita mo Sudan otashi vulika yeetithe oshikele oshinene shondjala muuyuni Iita mo Sudan otashi vulika yeetithe oshikele oshinene shondjala muuyuni,ongele omalugodhi geya pehulilo. Shika osha londodhwa kehangano lyo World Food programme. O BBC oya lopota kutya oomwedhi dha konda 10 dhomalugodhi pokati kaakwiita taya kondjithathana oga faalela oomwenyo dhaantu ya thika 14 000,oomilion dha konda pu 8 ya tulululwa naantu oyendji ya taalela ondjala. todayMarch 6, 2024 22
insert_link Namibia Prime Minister’s office partners with WFP on food security The Executive Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, I-Ben Nashandi, and Dr. George Fedha from the World Food Programme have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening the capacity for Vulnerability Assessment Analysis and systems for early warning systems. Here is I-Ben Nashandi. todayFebruary 29, 2024 19
insert_link Videos Quarter of Gaza one step from famine as aid trucks looted, says UN Aid trucks are being shot at and looted with at least a quarter of Gaza's population one step away from starvation, UN officials said on Tuesday. The situation is especially acute in the north, where humanitarian supplies are scarce and vast swathes of the area lie in ruins after Israel's military offensive. UN humanitarian coordinator Ramesh Ramasingham told the UN Security Council on Tuesday there is "every possibility" the situation […] todayFebruary 28, 2024 10
insert_link World Children’s lives threatened by rising malnutrition in the Gaza Strip A steep rise in malnutrition among children and pregnant and breastfeeding women in the Gaza strip poses grave threats to their health, according to a comprehensive new analysis released by the Global Nutrition Cluster. As the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip enters its 20th week, food and safe water have become incredibly scarce and diseases are rife, compromising women and children’s nutrition and immunity and resulting in a surge of […] todayFebruary 20, 2024 1
insert_link Namibia SADC Council of Ministers meets over cholera outbreak The Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary meeting of the SADC Council of Ministers on Monday to discuss the cholera outbreak being experienced in several member states. Speaking during the virtual meeting, Chairperson of the SADC Council of Ministers, Téte António, said the meeting sought to take collective and coordinated action to prevent and control cholera in the region. “In our meeting today we seek to […] todayJanuary 30, 2024 2
insert_link Namibia UN World Food Programme Boosts Food Storage at Divundu Correctional Facility The United Nations World Food Programme has made a significant contribution by donating a mobile storage unit to the Divundu Correctional Facility in the Kavango East Region. The move aims to enhance food storage capabilities, addressing a crucial need for the facility. WFP Country Director, Dr. George Fedha, highlighted in a joint media statement that the storage unit, boasting a combined capacity of 450 metric tonnes, will play a vital […] todayJanuary 22, 2024 27
Paying it forward: Kenyan coastal doctor Bashrahil Mohammed Mafudh has made it his life’s work to care for the most vulnerable in his community, at no cost.
