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World Food Program calls for end of starvation in Sudan

(MENAFN) The World Food Program (WFP) has issued an urgent appeal for increased international aid to Sudan, where ongoing civil conflict since 2023 has pushed many regions toward famine, and essential humanitarian efforts are at risk due to...

Biggest-ever aid cut by G7 members a death sentence for millions of people, says Oxfam

Aid cuts could cost millions of lives and leave girls, boys, women and men without access to enough food, water, education, health treatment G7 countries are making deliberate and deadly choices by cutting life-saving aid, enabling atrocities, and...

Social Development on Africa Children’s Summit 2025

The Africa Children’s Summit 2025, a child-led event hosted by the South African Government, led by the Department of Social Development in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, is set to conclude on 7 April 2025 in Johannesburg....

UN Issues Warning Over Rising Bloodshed in Sudan

(MENAFN) The United Nations humanitarian agencies issued a stark warning Tuesday over escalating violence in Sudan, focusing on deadly assaults in North Kordofan State. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...

Uganda officially resumes heavy traffic on repaired Karuma Bridge

(MENAFN) On Monday, Uganda officially reopened the Karuma Bridge, a crucial connector on an international highway that links the nation to regions in South Sudan and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Allan Ssempebwa, a...

Senior MP Says Iran May Abandon Key Nuclear Weapons Deal

(MENAFN) Iran may abandon a key nuclear weapons agreement and intensify its uranium enrichment program if Western European countries reintroduce severe economic sanctions, a top Iranian official warned. Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for Iran’s...

CMMB Introduces Derek Yach as New Global Health Advisor

New York, New York, July 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) is thrilled to announce the appointment of public health expert Derek Yach as its new global health advisor for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and...

US deports ‘uniquely barbaric’ migrants to Africa

(MENAFN) The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that a deportation flight carrying migrants from various countries has landed in Eswatini, a small nation in southern Africa. In a statement on Tuesday, DHS explained that the...

Sudan: Two years into the conflict, the world's largest humanitarian crisis now threatens regional stability

In South Sudan, the arrival of people fleeing Sudan’s conflict has put more pressure on already scarce resources, which is deepening local tensions and threatening the fragile peace South Sudan has struggled to maintain. Nadia, a mother of...

Germany closes embassy in African country due to civil war concerns

(MENAFN) Germany has temporarily shut down its embassy in Juba, citing escalating tensions between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his first deputy, Riek Machar. The German Foreign Office announced the closure on Saturday, just...

Russia extends diplomatic presence in Africa

(MENAFN) Russia is preparing to bolster its diplomatic presence in Africa with the opening of a new Consulate General in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. The decision, formalized in a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin...

The Damascus-SDF agreement two months on: Fragile progress or delayed collapse?

On March 10, 2025, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the president of Syria, and Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), signed a historic agreement, ending a long-running divide between Damascus and the Democratic Autonomous...

TGTE Parliament Convenes on May 16th – 18th in Buffalo, U.S.A.

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, May 14, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- TGTE Parliament Convenes on May 16th – 18th in Buffalo, U.S.A. The Fourth parliament of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam will convene from May 16th – 18th in Buffalo, U.S.A. The...

U.S. Expels Foreign Offenders to Eswatini

(MENAFN) A repatriation flight organized by the United States has transported a number of foreign nationals to Eswatini, according to an official declaration issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In a public statement released...

Finland and UNV mark 50 years—1974 to 2024

For half a century, the partnership between the Government of Finland and United Nations Volunteers has created opportunities for Finnish nationals to volunteer around the world for sustainable development. From 1974 to 2024, we mark this...

Ethiopia announces GERD project completion

(MENAFN) Ethiopia has declared that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive hydropower project on the Blue Nile, has been completed after years of construction and disputes involving Egypt and Sudan, as stated by reports. The Prime...

Moscow enhances transport relations with three African countries

(MENAFN) Russia has reached new agreements with Djibouti, Egypt, and Morocco to enhance bilateral cooperation in the transport sector, the Russian Ministry of Transport announced on Monday. The focus will be on developing regulations and...

Ethiopia announces conclusion of disputed mega-dam

(MENAFN) Ethiopia has announced the completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive hydropower project on the Blue Nile that has long been a source of tension with Egypt and Sudan. The multibillion-dollar dam, which has been...

Four Decades After Live Aid, Ethiopia’s Hunger Crisis Returns

“On the Frontlines of Hunger” reveals Tigray’s battle against hunger and global silence. BLOOMFIELD, NJ, UNITED STATES, July 10, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Forty years after the world united through the historic Live Aid concerts to raise funds...

Tanzania to have Pan-African summit, centering on social security future

(MENAFN) Tanzania is preparing to welcome a significant Pan-African summit centered on the future of social security across the continent, a senior official revealed Sunday. Scheduled for July 10 in Arusha, northern Tanzania, the summit will...