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  The warning over essential supplies at North Darfur’s Zamzam camp comes after families and children have endured seven months of living in famine conditions, with crippling food shortages and a lack of basic services. Heavy shelling and heightened violence in recent weeks have put children at increased risk and further complicated efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance, with access to the camp now nearly impossible, the aid agency said. Time is running […]

  The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) hails the setting up of the national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) in Benin, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Africa as a significant step in advancing and fulfilling their obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT). “The OPCAT’s torture prevention architecture is built on the partnership between the SPT, the international body designated by the treaty, and the NPMs, our national counterparts. These national […]

  After an interview process, the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has recommended the names of nine people to fill vacancies on the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Board. Committee Chairperson Ms Liezl van der Merwe said that as the committee finalises the interviews and scoring processes, it is imperative to acknowledge the significant challenges youth unemployment pose to the nation. The NYDA plays a pivotal […]

  Bank of Uganda is set to regulate operations of mortgage refinancing institutions once the Mortgage Refinance Institutions Bill, 2025 is passed into law. The Bill mandates the Central Bank to consider applications for approval to carry out Islamic mortgage refinance business. “A person shall not conduct a mortgage refinance business in Uganda without a licence or an approval in the case of Islamic mortgage refinance business issued by the Central […]

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has intensified its response efforts to combat a cholera outbreak in Ethiopia’s Gambella region, which has infected more than 1,200 people. The outbreak, first detected in Akobo Woreda on February 11, has since spread to eight woredas and four refugee camps. As part of its intervention, WHO has deployed a surge team of experts to provide on-site support for the response, these specialists, who […]

Uuministeli wuuthikapamwe wuukashikekokantu,ekondjitho lyoluhepo nonkalathano owati ,aanona taku tengenekwa yeli 376 000 oya shangithwa mopolohalama yoothigwa naanona yeli moluhepo. Omiyalu odha hololwa komunambelewa kuluntu guumimisteli Ndiitah Nghipondoka- Robiati ohela . Nokwati omiyalu odha kalelapo oo % 10 dhoshigwana ashihe sha Namibia,ta dhenge omuthindo omashongo omanene ga palema oshigwana oshigundjuka omolwa omashongo gopaliko netukuko lyo COVID 19. Ta holola wo nkene omwaalu tagu indjipala gwaanona ya pumbwa omakwatho moshilongo. Ta fatulula […]

  The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, Mr Ian Cameron, has sincerely welcomed the information that the South African Police Service (SAPS) has, through intelligence-led operations across the country, seized 155 illegal firearms over the past week. “While the 155 illegal firearms represent a drop in the ocean in the context of the scourge of illegal firearms that continue to be in circulation, the seizure is testament to […]

  Just before dawn on a February morning, the smell of burning thatch suddenly filled the air. Neighbours immediately rushed to the scene, and yet they arrived too late. Inside what used to be a home, they found the charred remains of a young woman and her children. The horrific sight of this suicide scene was met with mourning whispers, then village life moved on, back to business pretty much […]

  Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Mauritius, H.E. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, today jointly inaugurated the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Public Service and Innovation in Reduit, Mauritius. This landmark project, implemented under the India-Mauritius development partnership, underscores India’s commitment to capacity building in Mauritius. 2. Funded through a grant of US$ 4.74 million under a 2017 MoU, the state-of-the-art institute will cater to the training needs of […]