[UN News] The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan’s Darfur region have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened this week by the Sudanese authorities following a six-month closure. Source
[OCHA] Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan by Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy for OCHA, on behalf of Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Source
[New Zimbabwe] A Czechoslovakian tourist arrested for recording a video on Zimbabwe’s electricity and water shortages was this Wednesday granted US$500 bail by the High Court. Source
[spotlight] Sister Sandra Bryant runs her clinic in a lilac painted room, where glitter cream and a disco ball does not seem out of place next to scissors, syringes, and needles. She tells Spotlight’s Biénne Huisman about working with Professor Christiaan Barnard, the adrenaline of being in the operating theater, and why she has a … Devamını oku
[Radio Dalsan] Mogadishu, Somalia – In a significant move to bolster development efforts in Somalia, Planning Minister Mohamud Farah Beenebeene recently held talks with Sheri-Nouane Duncan-Jones, the Head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Somalia. The meeting focused on strengthening the partnership between the Ministry of Planning and USAID, with an … Devamını oku
[The Conversation Africa] Bora – a type of thank you gift – is a Sierra Leonean custom of respect that is often used in relation to land. For instance, informal farmers pay bora to landowners to be able to farm on their land. Source
[Seychelles News Agency] Starting next year, the school curriculum in Seychelles will include a digital skills component, said a top government official on Tuesday after handing over the kits and tools to the team participating in the First Global Robotics Challenge this year. Source
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed … Devamını oku
[New Times] A report by global body UNAIDS indicates that there has been a decline in HIV stigma in Rwanda, a significant milestone in the country’s journey towards a healthier and more inclusive society. Source
[Dabanga] New Alamein City / Doha / Geneva / El Fasher — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reaffirmed Egypt’s commitment to ending the conflict in Sudan, emphasising the need for international cooperation to resolve the ongoing political and humanitarian crises. In a meeting yesterday with UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed in Egypt’s New … Devamını oku