Thousands of people at the epicentre of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this past weekend hoping to receive emergency deliveries of food. South Sudan famine: Thousands in desperate need of aid For months now, Bol Mol, a 45-year-old former oil field security officer, has struggled to keep his family alive, spearfishing in… Read more »
By E. Kasozi and Sadat Mbogo Kampala — Government has been asked to spend less money on security and focus more on the social wellbeing of Ugandans. While delivering Eid al-Fitr message at Old Kampala, the head of Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, Mufti Shaban Mubajje, said instead of spending millions of dollars to buy weapons, government should allocate the money… Read more »
By Lisa Schlein Geneva — The World Health Organization reports 844,000 people in northeast Nigeria have been reached with one dose of oral cholera vaccine in an effort to prevent the fatal disease from spreading. The latest figures show nearly 4,000 suspected cases, including 54 deaths in the region. The week-long campaign that ended Monday was centered in a camp… Read more »
The conflict in South Sudan has created Africa’s biggest refugee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and U.N. agencies are receiving a fraction of the cash they need to provide food and shelter. But the crowds keep flowing across rickety wooden bridges near the northwestern Ugandan border town of Busia, staggering under the weight of babies and a few pots… Read more »