Humanitarians continue to respond to needs in Syria as security and logistical conditions permit, the UN said on Tuesday. UN ...

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, and partners on Thursday launched a project to protect civilians from climatic shocks, conflict and displacement.

Closer to home, the CSIR reported in 2021 that South Africa wastes approximately 10.3 million tonnes of food annually—roughly a third of the nation’s production. Meanwhile, the youth unemployment rate ...

The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, issued a fresh call on Tuesday for investigations into the ...

Economic rivalry and ethnic tensions lay at the center of the long-simmering conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the strategically located city of Goma has recently fallen to r ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio put the pause in place to determine whether the programs align with President Donald Trump's ...

Since taking office for his second term on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders (EOs) aimed at ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

Meanwhile, Rwandan President Paul Kagame said his country will “deal” with any confrontation from South Africa after 13 of its peacekeepers in eastern Congo were killed.

Much attention has rightly been placed on how to fill the World Health Organization’s funding gap if and when the US ...

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) by Laleen Jayamanne and Namika Raby “People were nourished by ...

Bill Deere, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), discussed ...