Tag: UN Africa News

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reports that some 70,000 people have fled the city since 24 March, bringing overall displacement to nearly 800,000.  Mamadi and his family fled violence in northern Mozambique. He wants to go home and live in safety. But until then, he’s making sure that his family and his grandmother have house to live in. pic.twitter.com/1cFqNJ5yMC —… Read More

David Beasley, WFP Executive Director, said access is essential to avoid a catastrophe, with alarming new data confirming four million people there face severe hunger.   As severe hunger persists in #Tigray, WFP is scaling up its response to deliver life-saving food and nutrition support to people in urgent need of assistance. 🎦 Here’s more about WFP’s response in Tigray… Read More

At 32 million doses, Africa accounts for less than one per cent of the more than 2.1 billion doses administered globally. Just two per cent of the continent’s nearly 1.3 billion people have received one dose, and only 9.4 million Africans are fully vaccinated.  ‘Do or die’ for doses  “It’s do or die on dose sharing for Africa,” said Dr… Read More

In her final briefing to ambassadors, Fatou Bensouda underlined that the Court is the only institution that promised hope to victims of the brutal conflict in the Sudanese province.  “When this Council referred the Darfur situation to the ICC in March 2005, it brought hope to victims of atrocity crimes in Darfur by sending a clear message that justice was… Read More

François Louncény Fall, who also heads the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), said recent incidents – including the death of President Idriss Déby Itno of Chad at the hands of rebel fighters, and that country’s subsequent political transition – illustrate serious obstacles to lasting peace in the subregion. Transition in Chad Noting that Chad sits at the nexus… Read More

The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on 22 May melted mains water pipes and damaged a huge 5,000m³ reservoir, the agency said on Monday.  Cholera fears  Without access to safe water and sanitation, children and families are at heightened risk of waterborne diseases, such as cholera.  “Cholera is particularly dangerous for the very young, the very old and the undernourished, so an… Read More

The tweet by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights followed condemnation by UN Secretary-General António Guterres of the terror attack in the north of Burkina Faso, which reportedly also left seven children dead and displaced hundreds. #BurkinaFaso: We call for protection of civilians following horrific attack that left at least 132 civilians dead on 5 June and forced the displacement… Read More

Julian Omalla, who is widely known as “Mama Cheers” after the popular juice brand “Cheers” that her company Delight Uganda produces, is now planning to expand with the construction of a new factory in the north of the country. “When I launched my company, Delight Uganda Limited, in 1996, I didn’t know much about running a business. I started it… Read More

The appeal to the continent’s authorities to boost lifesaving facilities comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that vaccine shipments were at “a near halt”. Risk of #COVID19 surge in #Africa threatens health facilities. African countries must urgently boost critical care capacity to prevent health facilities from being overwhelmed. This comes as vaccine shipments to the continent slow down.… Read More

At least 55 people were killed, and many others wounded, in the overnight assaults on Monday, which targeted camps hosting internally displaced people near the towns of Boga in Irumu territory, Ituri province, and Tchabi, North Kivu province.  The Secretary-General @antonioguterres strongly condemns yesterday’s attacks by suspected members of the ADF in the eastern #DRC. The attacks, which targeted internally… Read More