Countries UN worried about lack of funds to tackle Somalia drought Nairobi – The United Nations warned on Wednesday that it faces a crippling lack of funds to tackle Somalia’s devastating... Read more 10 Mar, 2022
Countries Drought, famine are Ethiopia’s worst ever ‘enemy’, says PM Nairobi – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday that drought and famine were the worst enemy his... Read more 26 Feb, 2022
Countries Nearly 40% of Tigrayans face ‘extreme lack of food’, says UN Addis Ababa – Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia’s Tigray face “an extreme lack of food” amid an extended... Read more 29 Jan, 2022
Countries Fuel runs out for aid groups in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray Addis Ababa – Foreign aid groups operating in Ethiopia’s war-battered Tigray region are out of fuel and have been... Read more 28 Jan, 2022
News Amnesty urges immediate relief for famine-hit Madagascar Johannesburg – Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Madagascar’s government and the rest of the world to step up relief efforts... Read more 27 Oct, 2021
Business Fuel shortages block food aid in famine-threatened Tigray, says UN Addis Ababa – Fuel shortages have forced some aid groups to suspend food distribution in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region,... Read more 22 Oct, 2021
Business NGOs sound alarm over pandemic-induced budget cuts in West Africa Dakar – Oxfam and Development Finance International warned on Thursday that West African governments risk creating the “worst economic crisis... Read more 14 Oct, 2021
News Desolate villages face famine in Madagascar drought Amboasary – Nothing to eat, nothing to plant. The last rain in Ifotaka fell in May, for two hours.... Read more 18 Sep, 2021
News Madagascar renews MSF access to famine-hit south Antananarivo – Madagascar on Friday restored global medical charity MSF’s access to the country, where borders have been shut... Read more 21 Aug, 2021
Politics Ethiopia’s Afar region urges civilians to fight Tigray rebels Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s Afar region has called on civilians to take up arms against rebels from neighbouring Tigray,... Read more 24 Jul, 2021