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- SundayNews
- August 1, 2024
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) outraged and alarmed over repeated attacks on hospitals in El Fasher and blockade on urgently needed medicines and food
Repeated attacks on healthcare facilities in El Fasher, in Sudan’s North Darfur, are causing the already heavy death toll in the city to rise even further; The ongoing blockage on urgently…
- SundayNews
- August 1, 2024
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One of Sudanâs largest IDP camps is facing famine conditions; International Rescue Committee (IRC) calls for an immediate ceasefire and unimpeded access to populations in need
Intense fighting in Sudan has driven the Zamzam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Northern Darfur, host to half a million IDPs, into famine conditions, according to a new food security…
- SundayNews
- August 1, 2024
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Healthy diets remain unaffordable for a third of the worldâs population
More than a third of the world’s population could not afford a healthy diet in 2022, and some regions have yet fully to recover from the harms wrought by the…
- SundayNews
- August 1, 2024
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On World Breastfeeding Week, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) call for equal access to breastfeeding support
In the last 12 years, the number of infants under six months of age who are exclusively breastfed in Nigeria has increased by more than 10 per cent. Today, 34…
- SundayNews
- August 1, 2024
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Sudan crisis: Severe acute malnutrition skyrocketing in Save the Children clinics as country now in worst phase of food insecurity
The number of children in Sudan seeking treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has surged to unprecedented levels with clinics overwhelmed and global experts on food security warning that parts…
- SundayNews
- August 1, 2024
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In Ghana, Special Representative Simão calls on all stakeholders to strengthen their resolve and commitment to peaceful elections
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, concluded yesterday a three-day visit to Ghana.…
- SundayNews
- August 1, 2024
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World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Head visits communities on the frontlines of climate extremes in Somalia
Concluding a three-day mission to Somalia where famine was averted in 2022, World Food Programme Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Carl Skau stressed that there is no time…
- SundayNews
- August 1, 2024
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Minister asked to explain casino at Uganda embassy in Dubai
The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeje Odongo, to respond to allegations of the use of Uganda’s consulate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)…
- SundayNews
- August 1, 2024
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Outgoing World Health Organisation (WHO) representative lauded for fight against pandemics
Legislators have commended the outgoing World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Director, Dr. Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam for his role in the fight against the Covid-19 and Ebola epidemics. In his communication…
- SundayNews
- August 1, 2024
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Member of Parliament (MP) Ssemujju criticizes government over arrest of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) members in Kenya
Kira Municipality Member of Parliament, Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju, has castigated government over the recent arrest of members of opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), in neighboring Kenya. Thirty-six FDC…