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2 days ago · Source: African Energy Chamber | Jan 15, 2025 CORRECTION: Invest in African Energies Reception in Rio de Janeiro to Spotlight Brazil-Africa Energy Opportunities. The event, taking place on January 30, is part of a working visit by the African Energy Chamber to Brazil, promoting the African Energy Week: Invest in African Energies 2025 conference in Cape Town and highlighting Brazil-Africa ...
East Africa, Horn: Civilian Suffering in Armed Conflict
2 days ago · NAIROBI, Kenya, January 16, 2025/APO Group/ -- Civilians in East Africa and the Horn bore the brunt of armed conflicts between government forces and opposition armed groups in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025.Throughout the region, the authorities have harassed activists and government critics and suppressed dissent.
‘Famine conditions are spreading’ as Sudan’s crisis worsens: …
Jan 7, 2025 · NEW YORK, United States of America, January 7, 2025/APO Group/ -- Addressing the Security Council on Monday, Edem Wosornu, Director of the Advocacy and Operations Division at the UN aid coordination office described the unfolding disaster as “a humanitarian crisis of staggering proportions.”
African countries must collaborate to build resilient food systems
6 days ago · Source: President of the Republic of Kenya | Jan 12, 2025 African countries must collaborate to build resilient food systems. The President urged African governments to increase their investments in regional agricultural infrastructure, foster research and innovation and accelerate the dissemination of technological solutions
APO Group - Africa Newsroom / Press release | Press Conference …
Jan 3, 2025 · NEW YORK, United States of America, January 3, 2025/APO Group/ -- The Security Council’s January programme of work will feature a high-level signature event on tackling terrorism in Africa and a ministerial-level meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, its President for the month announced at a Headquarters press conference.
Kenya: This is the Year we will Deliver Key Projects, President Ruto
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 6, 2025/APO Group/ -- The government has successfully stabilised the country’s economy and will now turn its focus to the implementation of key development projects, President William Ruto has said.
Sudan conflict: ‘There cannot be a military solution to this war’
Dec 29, 2024 · NEW YORK, United States of America, December 29, 2024/APO Group/ -- Ramtane Lamamra, the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy For Sudan recently travelled to Sudan, where he met senior figures of the Government, including General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan and the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces.
Sudan’s worsening famine: Conflict puts millions at risk
Dec 24, 2024 · NEW YORK, United States of America, December 24, 2024/APO Group/ -- More than 24.6 million people – half of Sudan’s population – are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the IPC initiative, which tracks extreme hunger globally. IPC’s Famine Review Committee (FRC) confirmed that famine (IPC phase 5) is present in at least five areas, including North Darfur’s ...
Food and nutrition crisis deepens across Sudan as famine …
ROME, Italy, December 24, 2024/APO Group/ -- Four months after famine was first confirmed in Zamzam camp in Sudan’s North Darfur state, more areas in North Darfur and the Western Nuba mountains have been identified as experiencing famine conditions, as access to food and nutrition for millions of people across the country continues to deteriorate, the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF ...
Famine Spreads in Sudan as Warring Parties Willfully Obstruct Aid
Dec 24, 2024 · NEW YORK, United States of America, December 24, 2024/APO Group/ -- The world’s leading experts on hunger, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee, found that famine has spread in Sudan. In August it had already identified famine in North Darfur’s largest displacement camp, Zamzam.