Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Death Toll in DR Congo and Uganda Passes 200 As Funding Pledges Fall Short

The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda has claimed more than 200 lives in its first month, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. With hundreds more… Read more »

Africa: How the Middle East War Is Impacting Humanitarian Aid to Africa

Since the outbreak of war in the Middle East, disrupted trade routes have caused delays to the delivery of medicines and other humanitarian aid to crisis zones such as Sudan and… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: French UN Aid Worker Among Three Killed in DR Congo Drone Strike

A French aid worker for the United Nations children's agency Unicef and two other people were killed in a drone strike on a residential building in the eastern city of Goma in the… Read more »

Central African Republic: Concerns Rise for French Aid Worker Arrested in Central African Republic

Authorities in the Central African Republic announced on Tuesday the arrest of a French aid worker employed by the charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), who is accused of… Read more »

Africa: France Cuts Funding for Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria By More Than Half

France cut its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 58 percent on Thursday, confirming a major reduction in funding that health organisations… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's El-Fasher 'An Epicentre of Human Suffering', UN Says After Short Visit

Traumatised civilians left in Sudan's El-Fasher after its capture by paramilitary RSF forces are living without water or sanitation in a city haunted by famine, says UN aid… Read more »

Nigeria: France Offers More Support for Nigeria As 100 Abducted Schoolchildren Released

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 schoolchildren who were kidnapped at gunpoint from a Catholic school last month, as France has pledged more support for the… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Civilians Flee Mounting Atrocities As Darfur's War Deepens

Tens of thousands of Sudanese are on the move once again, fleeing reported atrocities after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the key western city of el-Fasher… Read more »

Kenya: Protests Erupt At Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya Following Aid Cuts

Violent protests broke out at one of Kenya's largest refugee camps on Monday, humanitarian sources said, with unconfirmed reports of at least one death, following months of… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Halts Investigation Into Rights Abuses in Eastern DR Congo Due to Lack of Funding

Hit by a funding crisis, largely linked to a cut in the United States' contribution, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has been forced to announce the suspension of… Read more »