Sunday 17 May 2026
Humanitarian Crisis
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Severe flooding in southern Ethiopia has recently caused significant loss of life and large-scale displacement, creating a major humanitarian concern. Heavy and prolonged rainfall across several districts triggered both floods and landslides, particularly in mountainous and low-lying communities…
Severe flooding in southern Ethiopia has recently caused significant loss of life and large-scale displacement, creating a major humanitarian concern. Heavy and prolonged rainfall across several districts triggered both floods and landslides, particularly in mountainous and low-lying communities…
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The World Food Programme (WFP) has strongly condemned a series of recent attacks on its trucks, assets and facilities in Sudan. According to the WFP, four separate incidents in the past ten days led to humanitarian workers being “killed or injured while delivering food” to some of the country’s…
The World Food Programme (WFP) has strongly condemned a series of recent attacks on its trucks, assets and facilities in Sudan. According to the WFP, four separate incidents in the past ten days led to humanitarian workers being “killed or injured while delivering food” to some of the country’s…
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The United States is preparing to convene an international conference on Sudan in the coming weeks, as Washington seeks to address a worsening humanitarian crisis while opening a potential diplomatic path toward a humanitarian truce and a ceasefire.
Massad Boulos, the U.S. president’s adviser for…
The United States is preparing to convene an international conference on Sudan in the coming weeks, as Washington seeks to address a worsening humanitarian crisis while opening a potential diplomatic path toward a humanitarian truce and a ceasefire.
Massad Boulos, the U.S. president’s adviser for…
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After a friend is killed in a car crash on the outskirts of Hargeisa, Abdalla Abdirahman traces how crumbling infrastructure, unsafe vehicles, weak enforcement, and slow emergency care have made Somaliland’s roads a daily, grinding emergency.…
After a friend is killed in a car crash on the outskirts of Hargeisa, Abdalla Abdirahman traces how crumbling infrastructure, unsafe vehicles, weak enforcement, and slow emergency care have made Somaliland’s roads a daily, grinding emergency.…
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Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary carried out mass kidnappings, extortion and executions of civilians after capturing the western city of El Fasher in late October, The Washington Post reported, citing survivors, relatives of hostages and human rights groups.
According to the…
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary carried out mass kidnappings, extortion and executions of civilians after capturing the western city of El Fasher in late October, The Washington Post reported, citing survivors, relatives of hostages and human rights groups.
According to the…
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A severe hunger crisis is tightening its grip on Somalia, with millions facing emergency levels of food insecurity as a critical rainy season fails and lifesaving humanitarian funding continues to shrink, according to a new early warning report.
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET)…
A severe hunger crisis is tightening its grip on Somalia, with millions facing emergency levels of food insecurity as a critical rainy season fails and lifesaving humanitarian funding continues to shrink, according to a new early warning report.
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET)…
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Somalia’s military court has issued extensive verdicts, including death sentences, prison terms, and acquittals, following a series of deadly clan-related attacks in Wanlaweyn and Yaqbariweyne in the Lower Shabelle region. The violence, rooted in long-standing clan vengeance, between two rival…
Somalia’s military court has issued extensive verdicts, including death sentences, prison terms, and acquittals, following a series of deadly clan-related attacks in Wanlaweyn and Yaqbariweyne in the Lower Shabelle region. The violence, rooted in long-standing clan vengeance, between two rival…
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Celebrating its 9th anniversary, Hirshabelle stands as a symbol of Somalia’s failed federal promise. What was meant to bring governance closer to the people has instead bred corruption, neglect, and deepening humanitarian despair.…
Celebrating its 9th anniversary, Hirshabelle stands as a symbol of Somalia’s failed federal promise. What was meant to bring governance closer to the people has instead bred corruption, neglect, and deepening humanitarian despair.…
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In a joint statement, four United Nations agencies — the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), UNICEF, and the World Food Programme (WFP) — have issued an urgent appeal for global attention to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan. More than 30 million…
In a joint statement, four United Nations agencies — the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), UNICEF, and the World Food Programme (WFP) — have issued an urgent appeal for global attention to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan. More than 30 million…
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After 50 Years of independence in Mozambique, what and how to celebrate?…
After 50 Years of independence in Mozambique, what and how to celebrate?…
