IMF extends Somalia funding following election
Mogadishu – The International Monetary Fund has agreed to extend the duration of a crucial aid package to Somalia, a... Read more
20 May, 2022
Ethiopia rejects Tigray rebel claim of pullout from Afar region
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia on Friday rejected as “lies” claims of withdrawal by Tigrayan rebels from a region neighbouring war-wracked... Read more
29 Apr, 2022
UN says nine million in need of aid in South Sudan
Juba – The UN’s envoy to South Sudan warned on Thursday that almost nine million people will be in... Read more
18 Apr, 2022
New aid convoy en route to Ethiopia’s Tigray, says UN
Addis Ababa – A new aid convoy of 47 trucks and three fuel tankers was on its way to... Read more
15 Apr, 2022
ICRC resumes aid by road to Tigray after six months
Nairobi – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it had resumed aid by road to the... Read more
3 Apr, 2022
Thousands rally in Burundi after sanctions lifted
Nairobi – Thousands took to the streets of Burundi on Saturday in a show of support for the government after... Read more
13 Feb, 2022
Aid operations in Tigray ‘largely reduced or suspended’, UN says
Nairobi – Fuel and cash shortages have forced humanitarian operations to a virtual standstill in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, the... Read more
11 Feb, 2022
Burundi rights groups angry after EU restores aid
Nairobi – Burundian civil society groups on Wednesday angrily reproached the EU over its decision to resume financial aid to... Read more
10 Feb, 2022
French doctors suspend work in NE Mali over insecurity
Dakar – French charity Medecins du Monde said Friday it was suspending medical aid to thousands of patients in two... Read more
29 Jan, 2022
Food aid at ‘all-time low’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray, says UN
Nairobi – The Ethiopian region of Tigray has never had so little emergency food, after 14 months of war, the... Read more
21 Jan, 2022
