Insecurity is making the delivery of humanitarian assistance difficult and as the number of people now displaced by the fighting passes 935,000, the UN refugee agency warns. Read more »
As the security situation deteriorates, aid agencies are warning that the fighting is beginning to take a heavy toll on the civilian population. Read more »
Malaria mortality rates have dropped by 45 percent globally and by 49 percent in Africa since 2000, and most of the 3.3 million people saved have been children, according to the ... Read more »
Several international organisations were compelled to pay Al Shabaab for the right to distribute aid in areas under its control during the 2011 famine, according to a report. Read more »
With the UN aiming to strengthen its peacekeeping force in the country and France promising to double it troops, it is hope this will put an end to the violence and despair. Read more »
The United States is preparing to send $40 million in aid to help stabilize what it terms "deplorable levels of violence and lawlessness" in Central African Republic. Read more »
Kuwait has pledged a billion dollars in low-interest loans and a similar amount for investment geared at addressing infrastructure challenges, at the recently concluded Africa-Arab ... Read more »
Global leaders have pledged over $8 billion to boost economic growth in the Sahel region of West Africa as they begin a United Nations-led visit to an area that has suffered for ... Read more »
The Sahel region, a vast arid stretch of land linking six countries in West Africa -- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal -- is home to some of the most ... Read more »
Thousands Flee Fresh Violence in Central African Republic... Malawi Struggles to Fight Corruption Amid Threats to Cut Aid... Egypt Christians in Shock and in Mourning After Church ... Read more »
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