Countries Sudanese gunmen loot UN food aid warehouse in Darfur Khartoum – Sudanese gunmen have looted a World Food Programme warehouse containing some 1 900 tons of food aid in... Read more 29 Dec, 2021
Business Zambia ex-postal chief charged with plundering UK-backed social fund Lusaka – Zambian investigators on Thursday arrested the ex-head of postal services and two former directors for allegedly diverting... Read more 10 Dec, 2021
News Nigerian state restricts food aid despite crisis Abuja – The governor of northeast Nigeria’s Borno state has banned food and aid distributions to tens of thousands... Read more 9 Dec, 2021
Business UN says 30% of Sudan’s people will need aid next year Khartoum – Thirty percent of Sudan’s population will need humanitarian aid next year, the UN warned in a report... Read more 6 Dec, 2021
Business IMF reaches agreement with Zambia on $1.4bn aid deal Lusaka – IMF staff on Friday reached an agreement with Zambia on a $1.4 billion, three-year aid programme that they... Read more 4 Dec, 2021
Politics Sudan coup imperils hard-won international backing Khartoum – Impoverished Sudan has only this year begun to make major headway reversing decades of isolation and moving... Read more 27 Oct, 2021
News Ethiopia denies US accusations of blocking Tigray aid Addis Ababa – The Ethiopian government on Friday denied claims by US aid chief Samantha Power that it was blocking... Read more 21 Aug, 2021
Politics Looming hunger crisis in insurgency-hit Mozambique More than 730 000 displaced people in conflict-ridden northern Mozambique could face a “hunger emergency” unless urgent funding is... Read more 7 Jul, 2021