Download logo Strength and leadership most often emerge from the most challenging and vulnerable places. For Deheve Machazo, witnessing the dire conditions for women and girls in an internal displacement site was a turning point. “I can't stay silent while women and girls are in the dark about contraception. I’ve decided to take action to […]
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How gender data elevated the impact of a community health worker during the recent floods in Kenya
Download logo Desperate wails rent the air and people shouted urgent instructions as they tried to save more people, tragically including children, from being swept away by the raging waters of MathareRiver. The River had burst its banks in the middle of the night catching residents of the surrounding informal settlement unaware and completely upending their homes, and, for many, their lives. This was the scene in Mathare, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya's capital […]
Joint Statement from the United Arab Emirates, United States, Switzerland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the African Union, and the United Nations on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day
Download logo “We started today with a moment of silence in recognition of World Humanitarian Day. We aspire to honor the commitment of humanitarian workers who have fallen in the line of work through our continued efforts together in Switzerland to reopen all major arteries for food and medicine to reach the millions of people […]
President Boakai Extols Hungary on National Day Observance
Download logo The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has congratulated the Government and People of the Republic of Hungary on the occasion marking its National Day anniversary on August 20, 2024. St. Stephen's Day is celebrated in Hungary on August 20th each year. It is also known as “Foundation […]
United States (U.S.) Embassy Statement on World Humanitarian Day
Download logo On World Humanitarian Day, we honor aid workers who have sacrificed their lives to help those affected by humanitarian crises around the globe. Here, in Juba, we recognize in particular the 20 humanitarian workers who have lost their lives in South Sudan over this past year. We express our support for the dedicated humanitarian workers, […]
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Opens Applications for Agribusiness Trade Mission to Casablanca
Download logo U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor will lead an agribusiness trade mission to Casablanca, Morocco, Dec. 2-5, 2024. Current and potential U.S. exporters interested in participating should apply for consideration by Aug. 28. “This mission presents a pivotal opportunity for U.S. agribusinesses to tap […]
Handing over activities at Abiy Adi hospital after recovery from conflict
Download logo Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began working in Abiy Adi, located in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, at the start of the region’s conflict in November 2020. We had to stop activities after the tragic incident of 24 June 2021, in which our colleagues Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael, María Hernández Matas, and Yohannes Halefom Reda were brutally murdered. […]
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) calls for a rapid international response to mpox based on rights and an equitable access to vaccines and treatments
Download logo UNAIDS is calling on the international community to respond swiftly and decisively to the World Health Organization’s declaration of the mpox outbreak in several African countries as a public health emergency of international concern. The move came after the Africa Centre for Disease Control made a similar declaration for the region. “The emergence […]
African Development Bank Group and African Risk Capacity Group issue $11.2 million insurance payout to the Government of Malawi
Representatives of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) have presented a cheque to the government of Malawi for an insurance payout of $11.2 million, to support the country’s recovery from a devastating drought arising from a weather condition known as El-Nino. The presentation was made at a ceremony presided […]
Uganda: Museveni Urges Leaders to Emulate Speaker Among for Development
Download logo President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday, 18 August 2024 officially opened the 21st Edition of the Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSA) Games. The games, which will run up to 27 August 2024 are being hosted by Bukedea Comprehensive School and Amus College School in Bukedea District, making it the seventh […]