UN humanitarians say $4.3 billion is needed to halt ‘worsening’ Yemen crisis
The plan targets 17.3 million out of the staggering 23.4 million people in need of lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection services across the war-ravaged Arab...
Strategizing to accelerate the reduction of maternal mortality in the African Region
The African region accounted for 66% of the 303,000 maternal deaths recorded globally in 2017. To address this situation, WHO, in collaboration with UNFPA, UNICEF...
Will Argentina’s Stolen Generation Be Forgotten?
BUENOS AIRES—On March 24, Victoria Montenegro, a 46-year-old member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature, arrived at the Avenida de Mayo with her son and...
Statement on Joint Envoy Visit to Sudan – Sudan
Senior officials from France, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union have concluded a joint visit to Khartoum to show...
Xi stresses healthy development of capital in China
[ad_1] BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday called for efforts to...
Russia Botched Its Early War Propaganda Campaign, but Now It’s Doubling Down
Soldiers carry a coffin of 20-year-old Russian serviceman Nikita Avrov, during his funeral at a church in Luga, south of St. Petersburg, Russia, on April...
Lupita Lands New Role Ahead of Mega Event in Kenya
Hollywood film star, Lupita Nyong'o has been appointed by AfriCities as their first Goodwill Ambassador. Kisumu. mega-convention in Scheduled for May this year.AfriCities is an...
How Africa can respond to the seismic changes in the world: lessons from history
Fundamental changes are taking place in the world: what are the implications for Africa? A generation ago, Dr Salim Ahmed Salim, the newly appointed Secretary...
The Multilayered World of (Dis)Information
[ad_1] Disinformation has become one of the defining words of our age. It is not a new phenomenon. But its present scale is unprecedented, helped...
First Person: A plea for the life-saving properties of vaccines
Dr. Kate O’Brien, Immunization Director at the World Health Organization, devoted her life to immunization after working in a paediatric ward in Haiti, where she...