Humanitarian partners seek $2.6 billion to assist 7.6 million people in Somalia in 2023

The United Nations and humanitarian partners in Somalia together with federal and state governments on Wednesday released the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for Somalia, which seeks 2.6 billion U.S. dollars to assist about 7.6 million people. An estimated 8.25 million people, nearly half of the population, need immediate lifesaving humanitarian and protection assistance. Amid…

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Let me be clear; every dollar the United States invests in Uganda is held to its highest standards of oversight – US Ambassador Natalie E Brown Speaks on US Shs3.4 trillion support to Uganda govt

By Arthur Arnold Wadero, E K Benj & Ritah Kemigisha updated at 7:00 EAT on Thursday 09th February 2023 The United States government has revealed that it spent Shs3.4 trillion on supporting various development programmes in Uganda in 2021.While unveiling the ‘Report to the Ugandan People’ at the Embassy House in Kampala yesterday, US Ambassador…

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Turkey-Syria earthquake live news: Death toll tops 15,000

The man who survived the Turkey earthquake, and his family who didn’t Reuters has this heartbreaking story from Turkey’s Hatay, where the agency’s photographer Umit Bektas witnessed rescuers trying to pull Abdulalim Muaini out from the rubble of his home. Abdulalim’s legs were trapped under a large slab of concrete but he was conscious and…

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Libya’s political actors agree on full withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign fighters

Libya’s 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) and liaison committees from Libya, Sudan and Niger approved the establishment of an integrated mechanism for joint coordination and data exchange to facilitate the full withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign fighters from the country. The agreement was announced on Wednesday by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL),…

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Uganda ends mandate of UN Human Rights Office

By URN The Government has terminated the operations of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda.OHCHR, a department of the United Nations Secretariat, is mandated to promote and protect the enjoyment and full realization, by all people, of all rights established in the Charter of the United Nations…

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Masulita Children’s Home Transform Kids from Kampala Streets

By PCA- KCCA The children at Masulita are housed in six dormitories with each run by a Social Worker and House Parent. These also help the children with the spiritual development which is key in their growth and future life. “Through spiritual development, children learn to be aware of and comfortable with qualities such as…

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Putin’s Blue-eyed Man Visits West Africa in sign of deepening ties

Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, on a one-day visit to Mali, has said Moscow will continue to help Bamako improve its military capabilities. Mali junta leaders want Russia’s help to battle an Islamist insurgency that remains entrenched despite years of fighting. Since taking control of Mali in two coups since August 2020, the military junta…

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African leaders commiserate with Turkey, Syria following deadly earthquakes

By Jerry Omondi & E K Benj African leaders have sent messages of commiseration to Türkiye and Syria following deadly earthquakes on Monday. A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Türkiye’s southern province of Kahramanmaras at 4:17 a.m. local time (0117 GMT), followed by several aftershocks. A second major quake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck the same area again…

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