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Germany anchors WFP lifeline across Middle East and North Africa as crises deepen
Germany remained a central pillar of humanitarian support for the United Nations World Food Programme in the Middle East and North Africa in 2025, sustaining life-saving operations as conflict, economic decline and climate shocks…
Man-Made Famines Are Rising as Global Hunger Hits Crisis Levels, WFP Warns World Leaders
ROME – The head of the United Nations World Food Programme has issued a stark warning to world leaders, urging immediate action to prevent what she described as deepening, man-made famines driven by conflict, climate shocks and economic…
IMF Africa Director Abebe Aemro Selassie to Step Down After a Decade of Turbulence and Reform
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has announced that Abebe Aemro Selassie will retire as Director of the Fund’s African Department on 1 May 2026, bringing to a close nearly a decade at the helm of one of the…
Turning Aviation’s Ambitions into Action: GISS 2026 Sets the Course in Marrakech
From 20 to 22 April 2026, the global aviation community will gather in Marrakech, Morocco, for the 2026 Global Implementation Support Symposium. The event centres on a clear and pressing question facing international aviation: how to…
Fleeing Without Care: Sudanese Women and Midwives Recall the Fall of El Fasher
NORTH DARFUR STATE, Sudan – For women trapped inside El Fasher during its 18-month siege, pregnancy became a daily gamble with death. Health facilities vanished, medicines ran out and the sound of shelling replaced access to even the most…
A Thousand Days Too Late: Sudan’s Children Trapped in a War the World Failed to Stop
For Sudan’s children, the world has arrived far too late. After 1,000 days of relentless conflict, their lives have been shaped not by classrooms, playgrounds or safety, but by violence, hunger and displacement. What began in April 2023 has…
Meriam Mravili: From International Law to Development Practice at the United Nations
“If others can do it, why can’t you?” For Meriam Mravili, that question has never been rhetorical. It is a quiet but persistent reminder of possibility, resilience, and purpose. Instilled in her by her parents, it has carried her through…
Kenya’s biodiversity playbook as global goals meet local action
A Kenyan proverb reminds communities to treat the Earth well because it is borrowed from future generations. In Kenya, this is not only cultural wisdom but an economic truth. About 42 per cent of the country’s GDP and 70 per cent of…
From Care to Careers: How Childcare Is Opening Doors for Women in Ethiopia’s Leather Industry
For many women in Ethiopia, paid work comes with a second, unpaid shift. Childcare and domestic responsibilities continue to limit access to education, stable employment and career progression, particularly in labour-intensive sectors such…
Japan Boosts Emergency Food Aid as Burundi Faces Growing Refugee and Returnee Pressure
As Burundi grapples with a sharp rise in displacement linked to renewed violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, emergency food assistance has received a critical boost. The World Food Programme has welcomed a contribution of…