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2.7m people displaced by drought in Horn of Africa – WFP

Drought conditions in the Horn of Africa region have displaced around 2.7 million people, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said. In a regional...

Michael Simire - July 17, 2023

Human Welfare

Commonwealth conference celebrates power of youth work

The University of Reading in the UK was adorned with flags from across the Commonwealth to welcome speakers, participants and representatives from youth organisations...

Michael Simire - July 14, 2023

Human Welfare

122m more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises – UN

Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including...

Michael Simire - July 12, 2023

Human Welfare

Group demands release of activists arrested for protesting East African pipeline project

Members of the StopEACOP campaign, together with concerned citizens and human rights advocates, have condemned the arrest and detention on Tuesday, July 11, 2023,...

Michael Simire - July 12, 2023

Human Welfare

Attainment of 8bn world population, a milestone in human devt. – UNFPA

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Representative, Ulla Mueller, says the attainment of eight billion world population is a significant milestone in human...

Michael Simire - July 9, 2023

Human Welfare

Lake Chad region: UNDP restores hope to residents, World Bank improves security

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has restored hope to more than 1.3 million people in the Lake Chad region. Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa, UNDP’s Assistant...

Michael Simire - July 7, 2023

Human Welfare

BUILD project engages West African stakeholders in integrated approaches to climate, population, health

There is limited appreciation of the need to integrate cross-sectoral policies that consider population dynamics, technocrats drawn from various government ministries in Cote d’Ivoire...

Michael Simire - July 5, 2023

Human Welfare

Hunger affecting 4.3m people in Northeast Nigeria – UN official

The UN’s top humanitarian official in Nigeria, Mr Matthias Schmale, has said that severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe...

Michael Simire - June 29, 2023

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