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- SundayNews
- August 19, 2024
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Strength in crisis – one womanâs #ActforHumanity in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Strength and leadership most often emerge from the most challenging and vulnerable places. For Deheve Machazo, witnessing the dire conditions for women and girls in an internal displacement site was…
- SundayNews
- August 19, 2024
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How gender data elevated the impact of a community health worker during the recent floods in Kenya
Desperate wails rent the air and people shouted urgent instructions as they tried to save more people, tragically including children, from being swept away by the raging waters of MathareRiver. The River had burst its banks in the middle of the night catching residents…
- SundayNews
- August 19, 2024
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Joint Statement from the United Arab Emirates, United States, Switzerland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the African Union, and the United Nations on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day
“We started today with a moment of silence in recognition of World Humanitarian Day. We aspire to honor the commitment of humanitarian workers who have fallen in the line of…
- SundayNews
- August 19, 2024
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President Boakai Extols Hungary on National Day Observance
The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has congratulated the Government and People of the Republic of Hungary on the occasion marking its National Day…
- SundayNews
- August 19, 2024
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United States (U.S.) Embassy Statement on World Humanitarian Day
On World Humanitarian Day, we honor aid workers who have sacrificed their lives to help those affected by humanitarian crises around the globe. Here, in Juba, we recognize in particular the…
- SundayNews
- August 19, 2024
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Opens Applications for Agribusiness Trade Mission to Casablanca
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor will lead an agribusiness trade mission to Casablanca, Morocco, Dec. 2-5, 2024. Current and potential…
- SundayNews
- August 19, 2024
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Handing over activities at Abiy Adi hospital after recovery from conflict
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began working in Abiy Adi, located in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, at the start of the region’s conflict in November 2020. We had to stop activities after the…
- SundayNews
- August 19, 2024
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United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) calls for a rapid international response to mpox based on rights and an equitable access to vaccines and treatments
UNAIDS is calling on the international community to respond swiftly and decisively to the World Health Organization’s declaration of the mpox outbreak in several African countries as a public health…
- SundayNews
- August 19, 2024
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African Development Bank Group and African Risk Capacity Group issue $11.2 million insurance payout to the Government of Malawi
Representatives of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) have presented a cheque to the government of Malawi for an insurance payout of $11.2 million,…
- SundayNews
- August 19, 2024
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Uganda: Museveni Urges Leaders to Emulate Speaker Among for Development
President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday, 18 August 2024 officially opened the 21st Edition of the Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSA) Games. The games, which will run…