“Our history and our identity have been erased,” laments Samira after the destruction of her birthplace in the historic Piassa district in the heart of Ethiopia’s capital.In recent weeks, bulldozers have torn down countless buildings in Piassa — some dating back a century — as part of a modernisation drive by the authorities.Many parts of …
At a South African wine farm, dry, uprooted grapevines are stacked at the bottom of a hilly stretch of brown fallow land. Much of the vineyard is being replanted to better cope with climate change, which is projected to bring rarer but more violent rainfall to this wine-loving corner of the world. From Australia to California, France, …
Countries on Tuesday pledged more than $610 million to address the “critical” humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, where more than 21 million people need aid and a dire food crisis is deepening.The donor conference at the United Nations’ European headquarters had sought to raise significant pledges towards the $1 billion the UN has said is urgently …
Donor nations pledge over $610 mn for crisis-hit EthiopiaTue, 16 Apr 2024 18:01:52 GMT Read More »
The UN appealed Tuesday for pledges to address the “critical” humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, where more than 21 million people need aid and a dire food crisis is deepening.A donor conference at the United Nations’ European headquarters Tuesday afternoon aims to raise significant pledges towards the $1 billion urgently needed to cover aid for just …
UN says $1bn in aid urgently needed for crisis-hit EthiopiaTue, 16 Apr 2024 15:26:15 GMT Read More »
Lawyer Omar Ushari still remembers the hope that gripped Khartoum after the uprising that overthrew dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Now after a year of war between rival generals, much of the Sudanese capital lies in ruins.The 37-year-old, then detained for his activism, celebrated behind bars when Bashir was toppled in a palace coup.In the …
Sudanese rue shattered dreams as war enters second yearTue, 16 Apr 2024 14:32:47 GMT Read More »
The UN appealed Tuesday for pledges to address the “critical” humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, where more than 21 million people need aid, and a dire food crisis is deepening.A donor conference at the United Nations’ European headquarters Tuesday afternoon aims to raise significant pledges towards the $1 billion urgently needed to cover aid for just …
With tens of thousands of African artworks in French museums, curators face a huge task in trying to identify which of these were plundered during colonial rule in the 19th and 20th centuries and should be returned.During a visit to Burkina Faso in 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to return “African heritage to Africa” …
France and its allies on Monday drummed up aid pledges of over two billion euros ($2.1 billion) for Sudan a year after civil war erupted sparking one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.Tens of thousands of people have been killed and 8.5 million more forced to flee their homes since fighting broke out on April …
France and its allies on Monday sought to drum up hundreds of millions in aid for Sudan a year since  civil war erupted, sparking one of the world’s worst and most under-funded humanitarian crises.Tens of thousands of people have been killed and 8.5 million more forced to flee their homes since fighting broke out on …
France hosts Sudan talks a year into ‘forgotten’ warMon, 15 Apr 2024 14:27:08 GMT Read More »
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is “almost catastrophic”, the head of the UN food agency said Monday, warning that one year of civil war had virtually cut all access to the stricken population.World Food Programme executive director Cindy McCain highlighted fears for the North African country on the first anniversary of the eruption of fighting …
Sudan crisis ‘almost catastrophic’: WFP chief McCainMon, 15 Apr 2024 14:25:58 GMT Read More »
