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Amnesty International Urges Zimbabwe to Provide Education for Displaced Children
The human rights group, Amnesty International (AI), has called on the Zimbabwean government to ensure that children living in the settlements it created to re-house those made homeless by its controversial 2005 mass forced eviction program, codenamed...
United Nations Warns South Sudan is Facing Severe Food Shortages
The United Nations, on Thursday, warned that South Sudan is facing severe food shortages, with security issues, lack of rainfall and influx of returnees heightening shortages with food prices on the rise.
Zimbabwe Chosen for UK Government Nutrition Improvement Pilot Project
Zimbabwe is one of three countries selected for a pilot United Kingdom project to scale up interventions to reduce global under-nutrition, APA learns in Harare on Monday.
United Nations Pledges At Least $218m in New Aid for the Horn of Africa
At least $218 million in new aid for the Horn of Africa was pledged Saturday at a United Nations mini-summit held at the UN headquarters in New York to raise awareness about the region’s humanitarian crisis and tackle the root causes of its recurring...
United Nations World Food Programme Rapidly Scaling Up Life-saving Food Distributions in Flood-hit Areas of Southern Pakistan
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly scaling up its life-saving food distributions in the flood-hit areas of southern Pakistan to reach 500,000 people this month with general food rations and highly fortified, locally-produced foods...
Ivorian Government Post-crisis Achievements Praised
A joint delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), who were on a two-week mission to Ivory Coast has commended the efforts made by the new government after the country’s five-month post-election crisis in which over...
Japan Donates $10m To Help World Food Programme Feed Vulnerable People
A generous cash donation of $10 million (Tk. 75 Crore) from the Government of Japan will allow World Food Programme (WFP) to provide food assistance to poor and vulnerable communities which are vulnerable to natural disasters and the effects of climate...
Zimbabwe Experiencing the Most Stable Food Security Situation in More Than Five Years
Zimbabwe is experiencing the most stable food security situation in more than five years despite pockets of localized hunger, the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET) said Thursday.
