Humanitarian situation may worsen in Somalia as COVID-19 spreads

xinhuanet.com - May 9, 2020 0

The UN refugee agency said on Friday it believes the humanitarian situation will worsen as COVID-19 further spreads in Somalia. The UNHCR said heavy flooding,...

Somalia, UN appeal for humanitarian aid to avert food insecurity

xinhuanet.com - Feb 4, 2020 0

Somalia and the UN on Tuesday appealed for urgent humanitarian assistance to avert an acute food insecurity situation that threatens millions of people. ...

UN Humanitarian Boss calls for support to fight Ebola in DRC

xinhuanet.com - Mar 27, 2019 0

The UN humanitarian chief on Monday called on the international community to support the fight against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...

Soldiers looks at burnt house on February 4, 2016 during a visit to the village of Dalori village, some 12 kilometres from Borno state capital Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, after an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the village left at least 85 people dead on January 30, 2016. At least 85 people died when Boko Haram insurgents stormed and torched a village on January 30 near the restive northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a state commissioner said on February 1, 2016. Boko Haram, which seeks a hardline Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has killed some 17,000 people and forced more than 2.6 million others to flee their homes since 2009. / AFP / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

NE Nigeria: violence restricts humanitarian staff

xinhuanet.com - Jan 12, 2019 0

Violence is hampering the return of humanitarian workers to northeast Nigeria where hundreds of thousands of displaced people need help, a UN spokesman said...

Methodist Bishop calls for refurbishment of prisons

ABK - Dec 2, 2017 0

The Bishop of the Sekondi Methodist Diocese, Right Reverend Daniel De-Graft Brace, has called for the refurbishment of prisons to carry out their core...

CESRUD Empowers 80 Women Groups In U/E

ABK - Nov 3, 2017 0

The Centre for Sustainable Rural Development (CESRUD), a Non- Governmental Organization (NGO), working at Sumbrungu in the Upper East Region has supported and empowered...

Divine Group Supports Rural Communities With Quality Healthcare

ABK - Apr 28, 2017 0

Divine Group International Foundation, an Accra-based humanitarian organisation focusing on healthcare and evangelism in deprived communities, has screened 3,500 inhabitants of the Upper West...

A local resident is seen with his cattle in Baringo, northwest Kenya, March 12, 2015. Residents of Baringo County are experiencing extreme cases of hunger as a result of the long periods of drought in Kenya. According to Kenya's Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, a total of 1.6 million people in arid and semi-arid parts of Kenya are in danger of dying as a result of hunger. (Xinhua/Simbi Kusimba)

Somalia launches humanitarian coordination centre to curb droughts

News Ghana - Apr 19, 2017 0

The Somalia government on Wednesday launched a National Humanitarian Coordination Centre to help manage disasters and curb recurrent drought in the Horn of Africa...

Somalia, South Sudan “in peril” of famine – Expert

News Ghana - Apr 18, 2017 0

The head of operations for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Tuesday said northeast Africa is in the grip of...

Famine in Africa: More Than Humanitarian Aid Required

News Ghana - Mar 22, 2017 0

Famine is stalking Africa, threatening unprecedented levels of starvation. Famine has already been officially declared in parts of South Sudan’s Unity State, Somalia, and...

FILE (Xinhua) -- South Sudanese women carry water in a UN camp in Juba, capital of South Sudan, Dec. 22, 2013.

Increased in work permit fees impedes aid efforts to South Sudan

News Ghana - Mar 21, 2017 0

South Sudan's decision to hike permit fees for foreign workers may hamper humanitarian assistance to millions of people displaced by conflict and natural disasters...

UN: World At Its Worst Humanitarian Emergency Since 1945

News Ghana - Mar 11, 2017 0

The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations says, issuing a plea for help to avoid “a catastrophe”. UN humanitarian...

Youth Group Lauds Alban Bagbin

ABK - Feb 18, 2017 0

Network of Young Mentees of Bagbin (NYMB), a youth group in the Nadowli Kaleo Constituency in the Upper West Region, has congratulated Mr Alban...

Constituency Executives Congratulate Alban Bagbin On Appointment

ABK - Feb 16, 2017 0

The Constituency Executive of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the entire people of the Nadowli/Kaleo District have congratulated Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin,...

Alban Bagbin Surprised At Ghana Peace Awards Nomination

ABK - Feb 8, 2017 0

Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has said he was surprised when he found out that he had been pencilled...

China to donate humanitarian aid to Syria

News Ghana - Feb 6, 2017 0

The Chinese Embassy and the Syrian Planning and International Cooperation Commission (ICC) signed two agreements on Sunday, under which China will provide two batches...

Parliament Taps ECOWAS At The Back

ABK - Jan 27, 2017 0

Parliament has praised ECOWAS for its timely intervention in solving the Gambian post-election crisis by deploying troops to maintain peace in that country. The House...

Humanitarian response plan launched in hunger-hit Burundi

News Ghana - Jan 20, 2017 0

Burundi and a UN agency on Thursday evening launched the country's 2017 humanitarian response plan (HRP) to address hunger affecting a quarter of the...

Ethiopian Airlines Recaps Performance For 2016

ABK - Jan 7, 2017 0

Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines, recapping the Airline’s performance in 2016, said: “2016 has been an exceptionally challenging year for the African...

South Sudan : About 50,000 displaced people are without assistance

News Ghana - Aug 26, 2016 0

The medical-humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today stated that thousands of people in desperate need are unable to access medical and humanitarian assistance due...

AU and Humanitarian Bodies Collaborate to Stabilize Somalia

News Ghana - Aug 10, 2016 0

A joint statement issued in Mogadishu on Tuesday after the meeting said AMISOM and relief agencies emphasized the need for stronger relations to help...

Nigeria Is Great, But Muhammad Ali Is Greatest

News Ghana - Jun 6, 2016 0

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali—the three-time heavyweight-boxing champion, the incredible humanitarian, the inspiration...

Syrian refugees stand as they gather during the visit of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to al-Dalhamiyeh camp in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

UN appeals for aids as citizens die of hunger in warton Syria

News Ghana - May 26, 2016 0

Speaking to reporters in Geneva on Thursday, UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said there "are plenty of civilians at the moment in...

World leaders supports calls to enhancing world humanitarian state

News Ghana - May 24, 2016 0

World leaders have joined calls by UN chief Ban Ki-moon for improving the global humanitarian situation through conflict prevention and resolution in the...

UN official says different actors will be pulled in to solve worst crisis

News Ghana - May 22, 2016 0

Referring to growing frustration about the inefficacy of the world in solving the humanitarian crisis, he stressed that "We need to mobilize the good...

UN and AU training workshop on humanitarian operations end

News Ghana - Apr 11, 2016 0

The training aimed to formulate and create awareness on Somalia-specific humanitarian and civil-military coordination guidelines, a statement received on Monday in Mogadishu said. The...

Russia list Syrian camps in need of humanitarian assistance

News Ghana - Mar 7, 2016 0

The Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria, Russia's truce center to reconcile the warring parties which began operations last month, prepared the list based on...

Sudan to continue serving South Sudan with humanitarian aid

News Ghana - Feb 28, 2016 0

"The period for delivering humanitarian assistance to South Sudan has been renewed for another six months," Salah Taj Alsir, Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commissioner, was...

Malnutrition in children could spell humanitarian crisis for Africa

News Ghana - Feb 18, 2016 0

Most of these countries have not had enough rains in the past two years and the number of food insecure people in the region...

UN urges new approach to support displaced Somalis

News Ghana - Feb 12, 2016 0

The UN Secretary-General's Representative on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kälin said durable solution for displaced Somalis was necessary for the...

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