Yearly Archives: 2022

West and Central Africa: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (20 – 26 December 2022)

CAMEROONVIOLENCE DISPLACES MORE THAN 2,600 PEOPLE IN THE MAYO-TSANAGA DIVISIONFollowing the non-State armed groups (NSAGs) attacks on 7 and 11 December in Tourou, Ldagodja and Watatoufou localities in the Mayo-Tsanaga division, Far North region, more t...

2022 Year In Review: As conflicts rage, international dialogue remains ‘the only hope’ for peace

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine creating global upheaval, and war, conflict, and unrest blighting all parts of the world in 2022. The UN stressed the importance of international dialogue, and announced plans for a new peace agenda.February saw a furious r...

Gambia probes coup bid and arrests more soldiers

BANJUL, — The Gambia set up an “investigative panel” and gave it 30 days to report back on last week’s coup attempt following the arrest of more soldiers.The government said last Wednesday it had thwarted a coup bid the previous day and detained some m...

Rwanda: Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) – Anticipatory Action window

Anticipatory actions to support the resilience of farmers impacted by low rains in RwandaRwanda is greatly susceptible to impacts of climate change through its high dependence on rainfed agriculture. More than 70 percent of Rwandans work in agriculture...

Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls Remembered

Margret Yama's phone screensaver is a picture of her cousin, Rifkatu Galang, who is still held by Boko Haram extremists nearly nine years after she and 275 other girls were seized from their school in northeastern Nigeria.Yama was among those taken but...

Thousands Displaced in South Sudan Ethnic Violence, UN Reports

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs, or UNOCHA, says an estimated 30,000 people from South Sudan's Greater Pibor Administrative Area have fled their homes in the face of the recent inter-ethnic violence.The clashes in...

African Union Monitoring Team Visits Ethiopia’s Tigray to Oversee Cease-Fire

East African and African Union officials arrived in the Tigray region of Ethiopia to launch a joint monitoring and verification mechanism for a peace deal signed in November to end the two-year war.The mediating team, led by former Nigerian President O...

German bank loans Morocco 56m USD for water projects

RABAT— Germany’s state-owned KfW Development Bank and Morocco signed on Tuesday three loan agreements worth 52.6 million euros for water projects.The agreements were signed by Abderrahim El Hafidi, general director of the state-owned Moroccan Office fo...

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Health Ministry Receives N.dollars 12.3 Billion Budget for 2025/26

Windhoek: The nearly N.dollars 12.3 billion allocation to the Ministry of Health for the 2025/26 financial year will enable the ministry to continue transforming Namibia's health and social services for the benefit of all citizens. This was announced ...
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Ministry of Health Celebrates World Hand Hygiene Day in Windhoek

Windhoek: The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) celebrated World Hand Hygiene Day under the theme 'It might be gloves. It's always hand hygiene' in Windhoek on Thursday. Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Esperance Luvindao, emph...

Roads Authority Awards Bursaries to Six NUST Students

Windhoek: The Roads Authority (RA) awarded bursaries to six students from the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) during a handover ceremony held on Thursday at its head office in Windhoek. According to Namibia Press Agency, Roads Au...

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