The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, has called on the international community to break the “cycle of death and suffering” in DR Congo and ... Read more »
A senior United Nations relief official has warned that that an estimated 10 million people in the wider Sahel region could be at risk of starvation in 2013. Read more »
The European country has decided to release millions of dollars in aid following its suspension over the United Nations' accusations that Rwanda was backing rebels in DR Congo. Read more »
United Nations food assistance has returned to Somalia's southern port city of Kismayo more than four years after insecurity forced the UN World Food Programme to close its ... Read more »
At the end of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, donors pledged to commit some U.S.$455 million for an African-led military intervention and humanitarian aid. Read more »
The International Monetary Fund has approved a disbursement of U.S.$18.4 million as part of a "broad-based support by Mali's development partners". Read more »
South Africa has become the latest country to donate financial aid to help curb the violence in Mali. At a Mali donor conference at the African Union meeting in Ethiopia the ... Read more »
Food is getting scarce in many of the markets in the Gao region of northern Mali and stocks are likely to end in few weeks, according to the international charity group, Oxfam. Read more »
Aid organizations have warned that border closures as a result of the ongoing military conflict could aggravate already high levels of food insecurity. Read more »
The ethnic violence in Darfur that has forced thousands to flee has been described as the biggest forced displacement in the area in years, according to the United Nations. Read more »
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