The in-kind donation – part of the Grain from Ukraine humanitarian initiative launched by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – arrived in the coastal city of Port Sudan and was loaded onto WFP trucks for emergency food distribution. The UN agency is working around the clock to urgently deliver critical food assistance …
Read More »Youth-led ‘emergency rooms’ shine rays of hope in war-torn Sudan
Teams of volunteer medical staff, engineers and other emergency experts across the country are addressing civilian needs amid the current bout of violence and insecurity stemming from clashes with rival military forces in April 2023. So far, ERRs have reached more than four million civilians, bucking bureaucracy and finding innovative …
Read More »Rafah crossing linking war-torn Gaza to Egypt opens
A number of Palestinians are allowed to complete their treatment in Egyptian hospitals, according to Egyptian sources. The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted. Reports say that up to 500 foreign nationals and a number of injured Palestinians, …
Read More »Photos: War-torn Sudan battered by torrential rains
Torrential rains in the past couple of days have damaged more than 500 homes across Sudan’s north and areas north of Omdurman city, state media reported on Monday, validating concerns voiced by aid groups that the wet season would compound the war-torn country’s woes. Changing weather patterns saw Sudan’s Northern …
Read More »Why we can’t evacuate trapped Nigerians from war-torn Sudan – FG
Nigerians trapped in the troubled region have been begging to be evacuated since the start of the face-off between two contending Sudanese military factions. Over 1,700 Nigerian students appealed to the Federal Government to get them out of Sudan where a fierce confrontation between a paramilitary group, Rapid Support Force …
Read More »Charly Boy says Nigeria will soon become a war-torn country if vagabonds remain in power
Nigerian veteran singer Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy has predicted what will happen to the country if vagabonds continue to rule. The music veteran made this known via his Twitter page on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.
Read More »Aid Workers Encounter Courage, Damage, Dislocation and Resilience in War-Torn Ukraine
Dr Svetlana Alexandrova, Medical Director of the Chernihiv Psychoneurological Hospital, and Yevgen Skydan, Technical Specialist, walk Todd Bernhardt and his team through the basement where patients and staff were sheltered during the Russian invasion. Credit: International Medical Corps by Seimi Chu (stanford) Tuesday, August 09, 2022 Inter Press Service Stanford, Aug …
Read More »Zelensky Visits War-Torn Mykolaiv in Southern Ukraine
LVIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Saturday morning made an unannounced visit to Mykolaiv, a southern Ukrainian city battered by the war that has been held up by Kyiv as a sign of fierce resistance. The visit by Mr. Zelensky, his first to the city, came one …
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