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Humanitarian Crises
West Africa Faces Worst Hunger Crisis In Decade Amid Aid Cuts
A total of 27 million people across West Africa are going hungry in the sub-region which is currently facing its…
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Development
A Bleak Future Awaits Abuja’s Disabled Community After Fire Incident
The woman frowns in frustration as she lifts her visibly numb legs onto a low stool. Once having to contend…
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Development
Women’s Healthcare Yet To Recover From COVID-19-Induced Disruptions In Africa
A brief by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has shown that disruptions to women’s health services due to the COVID-19…
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Gender & SGBV
Sexual Violence Against Women, Girls In South Sudan Amounts To War Crimes—UN
Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in areas of conflict in South Sudan, fuelled by systemic impunity, amounts to…
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Humanitarian Crises
MSF Suspends Mission In Part of Eastern DR Congo Over Insecurity
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it has closed all projects in some parts of Ituri Province, Eastern Democratic…
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Development
Displaced People In Burkina Faso May Be Impacted By Russia-Ukraine War
The unfolding humanitarian emergency in Europe caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine is shifting priorities of donor governments and…
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Development
EU MP Wants Actions To Stop IDPs From Going Unheard In Nigeria’s Upcoming Elections
Nigeria must ensure the voting rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are protected in line with the Kampala Convention in…
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Armed Violence
U.N. Condemns Attack On Food Convoy In South Sudan
The United Nations (UN) has condemned the attack on its convoy travelling to deliver food that would have fed 95,000…
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Armed Violence
Armed Group Attacks Aid Workers In South Sudan
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a medical charity, has said seven of its workers were attacked and robbed in…
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Displacement & Migration
#AfricansInUkraine: Stranded Nigerians, Other Africans Continue To Face Multi-layered Horrors
When the wail of an air raid siren sounded overnight on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, Jessica Orakpo jolted to wakefulness…
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