WHO advocates right of women, girls to stop new HIV infections
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, says the rights of women and girls, and gender equality, must be the focus...
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World AIDS Day: New HIV infections, death not reducing in Africa – WHO
World Health Organization With 1 million people infected and 440,000 lives lost to AIDS in the African region in 2019, the World Health Organization, WHO,...
WHO: Coronavirus threatens global progress against malaria
Gaps in life-saving interventions are undermining efforts to curb malaria, amid fears that the coronavirus pandemic could set back the fight against the disease even...
Mum’s balloon hack helps make Christmas magic when parents ‘can’t afford a pile of gifts’
Mum-of-two Hannah Stocker has come up with a brilliant way to celebrate Christmas this year – without blowing the budget (Picture: Hannah Stocker) Don’t let...
UNHCR sends emergency aid to Sudan, more expected
The United Nations said Friday it had flown 32 tons of emergency aid to Khartoum, Sudan to quickly assist the thousands of refugees fleeing fighting...
WFP: Rising hunger in drought-stricken southern Madagascar forcing families to eat insects
Hunger is on the rise in southern Madagascar due to consecutive years of drought, affecting half the region’s population or 1.5 million people, and forcing...
Sudanese premier vows to protect Ethiopian refugees streaming into Sudan
The head of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) visited some refugee camps near the Sudanese borders with Ethiopia where over 43,000 Ethiopians...
Ethiopian rights body says nearly 600 killed in Tigray massacre
At least 600 people were killed in Maikadra in Southwestern Tigray State on the night of 9 November and hundreds more were wounded, the Ethiopian...
DR Congo ex-warlord gets life term for war crimes
A former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo was sentenced Monday to life in prison for war crimes and mass rape, a decision...
Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Ceasefire calls as army claims progress
The UN wants humanitarian corridors set up after two weeks of conflict between Ethiopia’s military and forces backing the leadership in the Tigray region. Hundreds...