August 02

• Bar-Codes Speed Up Distribution of Food in Refugee Camps [press release]

  UNHCR

  Bar code technology more commonly seen in supermarkets is enabling the UN refugee agency to greatly improve the speed at which monthly rations of food and relief items are... Read more »

• Escalating DRC Conflict Pushes Humanitarian Situation to Crisis Levels [press release]

  Christian Aid

  Despite intermittent peace talks in neighbouring Uganda, the conflict between the DRC national army (FARDC) and the M23 rebel group continues on the ground in eastern DRC. Read more »

• Anti-Poaching Wins Thai Support

  Daily News

  The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Amb. Khamis Kagasheki said the Thailand Prime Minister, Ms Yingluck Shinawatra who on Wednesday visited the Serengeti National Park... Read more »

• Group to Aid Poor Farmers

  The Star

  A Bungoma based group that started as an initiative of the social media is set to launch a drive to help give farmers inputs to small scale farmers in the region this weekend. Read more »

• Metro Security Donates to SOS Children's Village

  The Point

  A twenty-six-month-old local security firm called Metro Security Services Gambia Limited, recently extended support to SOS Children's Village in Bakoteh. Read more »

• Pres. Sirleaf Gives Ramadan Gifts

  New Dawn

  With just less than ten days to the climax of the month of Ramadan, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is distributing 2,605 bags of rice to various Mosques in Monrovia and its... Read more »

• Free Legal Aid Soon Becoming Necessity to All and Sundry

  Daily News

  Legal aid provision in criminal proceedings faces many challenges, including inadequate service providers and absence of law that governs the operations of such services. Our Staff... Read more »

• Why This Bad Blood Between Rwanda and the West? [opinion]

  New Times

  IN an e-mail, someone asked me a simple question: "Why this bad blood between Rwanda and the West? You must be doing something vicious that the whole of the West should be ganged... Read more »

August 01

• The Cost of Hunger [analysis]

  IRIN

  Swaziland's reliance on international donors has averted famine but masked the reality of chronic food shortages and widespread malnutrition and stunting, according to a new study... Read more »

• DRC Multiple Displacements Making People More Vulnerable

  IRIN

  Since 2012 an estimated one million people have been displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) eastern provinces of South and North Kivu, major ethnic and political... Read more »

• Aid Worker Job Specs in the Network Age [analysis]

  IRIN

  The evolving humanitarian field, with multiple new actors, an ongoing IT-led information explosion, and a growing focus on accountability and coordination is reshaping the role of... Read more »

• World Bank Mobilises Record Support for Africa

  Namibian

  THE World Bank Group committed a record US$14,7 billion in the 2013 fiscal year to support economic growth and better development prospects in Africa despite uncertain economic... Read more »

• 'Decade of Darfur Violence Affects More Than 250 Aid Workers' - AWSD

  Radio Dabanga

  The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has highlighted records of more than 250 aid workers who have been "affected by violence" in Darfur in the last... Read more »

• Inadequate Funding Paralyzes Nsanje Macoha

  Malawi News Agency

  Inadequate funding is said to be paralyzing the operations of the Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA) in Nsanje. Nsanje MACOHA Rehabilitation Technician, Fred Mazoko... Read more »

• A Number of Eritrean Communities Abroad Extend Financial Support Honoring Trust of Martyrs

  Shabait

  The Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare indicated that a number of Eritrean communities abroad have extended financial support honoring the trust of martyrs. The donation was... Read more »

• Tribal Fighting Hampering Aid Operations in Central Darfur

  Radio Dabanga

  The fighting between the Misseriya and Salamat tribes that raged for more than a week at the heart of Central Darfur continues to affect humanitarian operations in the state. The... Read more »

• ENWVA Secures Material Support From Members in Germany

  Shabait

  The Eritrean National War-disabled Veterans Association (ENWVA) has secured material support from members in Germany. Read more »

• LRR Thanks President Jammeh for Ramadan Gifts

  Daily Observer

  The governor of Lower Region Region (LRR) on behalf of the people of his region has commended the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Jammeh for... Read more »

• USAID Announces Assistance for Communities Displaced By Conflict in Jonglei State [press release]

  USAID

  The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has pledged an additional $5 million to transport urgent, life-saving assistance to... Read more »

• 16 Year Old Boy Needs Help to Pay School Fees

  Foroyaa

  Mr.Alasana Touray, a brilliant young fellow told Foroyaa that he has successfully completed his Grade 8 Class andis hoping to move to Grade 9 this year, but said his hopes and... Read more »

• Kuwait Invites Africa to 3rd Kuwait-Africa Summit

  ERTA

  African Union Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa saw an event in connection to Kuwait-Africa Summit to be held in Kuwait in November this year. Read more »

• Ethiopia Vows Continued Support to Sudan, S. Sudan

  ERTA

  Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Ethiopia would strengthen support to Sudan and South Sudan with a view to help them end crisis permanently. Read more »

• MTN Donates to Essikado Traditional Area

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  MTN Ghana, the leading mobile telecommunication firm in the country, has donated a cash sum of GH₵3,000.00 and other assorted items to the Omanhene of Essikado Traditional Area,... Read more »

• Who Will Help Ebrima Gitteh?

  Daily Observer

  Ebrima Gitteh, a one-year-six-month old boy and a resident of London Conner, is in urgent need of assistance to undergo overseas treatment. Read more »

• Italy Supports Ladies Hockey Team

  Daily News

  ITALIAN Hockey Federation and a nongovernmental organisation Cooperazione Paesi Emergenti (COPE) have come forward to support the national ladies hockey team's participation in the... Read more »