Ethiopia will run out of emergency food aid for 7.8 million people affected by drought at the end of this month, the UN has warned. Aid groups and the government are calling for help, but fear donor fatigue with other crises worldwide. A famine in north-east Nigeria, South Sudan, Yemen and Somalia was dubbed the … Read more
The world is turning a blind eye to millions of Africans who have fled their homes due to conflict, a Norwegian charity group said Thursday, warning the victims are increasingly vulnerable to crisis. The strife-torn Central African Republic (CAR) topped the Norwegian Refugee Council’s 2016 list released Thursday of the 10 most neglected countries suffering … Read more
Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food insecure in 2016. This shows a dramatic increase compared with the 80 million in 2015, the Global Report on Food Crises 2017, has said. The report, whose compilation required integrating several measurement methodologies, represents a new and politically … Read more
The number of Kenyans needing emergency food aid has doubled in the past three months to three million, the Red Cross said Tuesday, as the impact of a devastating drought worsens. Kenya is one of several East African countries suffering from food crises, along with Ethiopia, South Sudan — where famine has already been declared … Read more
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) wants Ghanaian journalists to ask critical questions on sexual reproductive health of disaster victims. The UNFPA opines that journalists by asking critical questions and demanding the right kits for disaster victims could help reforms during preparations ahead of emergencies. Disasters ranging from natural and man-made ones such as earthquakes, … Read more
One girl under the age of 15 is married every seven seconds, according to a new report by Save the Children. The study says girls as young as 10 are forced to marry much older men in countries including Afghanistan, Yemen, India and Somalia. Save the Children says early marriage can trigger a cycle of … Read more