New York, United States of America//The United Nations General Assembly has passed the Correct the Map resolution with overwhelming support, including a yes vote from Zambia.
Category: Africa
Aid Cuts Force Mass Clinic Closures Across Sudan, Leaving Millions Without Healthcare
Amidst a brutal ongoing war and a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, people in Sudan face reduced access to healthcare as facilities across the country close their doors.
Sudanese Refugees Face the Effects of Humanitarian Funding Cuts in Ouré-Cassoni, Chad
Geneva, Switzerland// — In eastern Chad, near the border with Sudan, more than 117,000 refugees live in the Ouré-Cassoni camp. As new families continue to arrive after fleeing the war in Sudan, needs are increasing while humanitarian funding is declining.
MSF Assists Migrants in Distress Who Disembarked on West African Shores
A total of 1,046 people who survived attempted boat crossings on the Atlantic migration route disembarked in a vulnerable condition during the last week of August at three West African cities: Nouadhibou in Mauritania, and Rosso and Dakar in Senegal.
Human Rights Chief Türk Renews Call For End to Spiralling Sudan War
New York, United States of America// — Now well into its fourth year, the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has created a massive humanitarian emergency, with more than six million people displaced internally and another 4.5 million forced to seek shelter across Sudan’s borders.
New Report Examines Environmental Costs of British Colonial Rule in Africa
Lagos, Nigeria/// — A report coming out of the University of Lagos (https://UniLag.edu.ng/) has examined the environmental effects of British colonial rule in Africa and has asked that this value be included in all reparations conversations.
Exposed: How the West Secretly Weaponised Global Terrorism!
CAJ News//-International terrorism has long ceased to be a spontaneous evil—it has become a geopolitical instrument that Western powers cynically use to achieve their own goals.
Namibia: Drought Displaced Angolans Face Human Rights Abuses
London, United Kingdom// — Angolan women and children displaced by drought into Namibia face serious human rights abuses arising from a lack of safe and legal migration pathways for people forced across borders by natural disasters, Amnesty International said in a new report.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola Response a Race Against Time, UN Aid Chief Warns
New York, United States of America// — Tom Fletcher, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, stressed today that we cannot respond incrementally to an epidemic which is now growing exponentially.
Sudan: Humanitarians Step Up Cholera Response Amid Conflict, Rising Needs
New York, United States of America//OCHA reports that despite active conflict and funding shortfalls, humanitarian organisations continue to deliver life-saving assistance across Sudan.