Sami Yusuf has released his new single Forgotten Promises to help the UN World Food Programme provide assistance to millions of drought-affected people in the Horn of Africa. Read more »
The country is in a state of "chronic medical emergency" according to an NGO, amid calls on donors and agencies to provide additional funding and take urgent action. Read more »
At The Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea, African delegates urged donor countries to end "strings attached" aid, while officials from the U.S. and U.K. ... Read more »
Kenya Red Cross Society boss Abass Gullet told MPs he was not a director in any of the companies that supplied contaminated Unimix food for distribution to starving citizens. Read more »
The frequent looting of relief aid in Mogadishu by local or state security agents seriously undermines efforts to help hundreds of thousands of people, say officials and aid ... Read more »
Speaking at the 2011 G20 Summit in Cannes, Bill Gates said he was encouraged by efforts to address food security, but warned that it was critical to continue to turn rhetorical ... Read more »
As the global economy begins to be reshaped by the new emerging economies, so too is the aid industry. Read more »
The UN has launched a programme using mobile technology to aid cash transfers to help people affected by the post-election crisis to buy food. Read more »
An exiled opposition group has accused the government of failing to extend assistance to thousands of nationals affected by volcanic activity and famine in the Dankalia region. Read more »
Under the local direction of Kenyan Steve Mumbwani, Life Force Kiosks (LFK) provides 10 local water vendors with chlorine tablets and soap. Jeremy Farkas, an American working in ... Read more »
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