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EU announces €29 million in humanitarian aid for Somalia

Today the European Commission has announced €29 million, for 2016, in humanitarian support for the most vulnerable populations in Somalia. The new funding comes...

Half the population of the Central African Republic faces hunger, WFP warns

An Emergency Food Security Assessment by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners reveals that half the population of the Central...

Nigerian Governors Partner with Dangote Foundation, Gates Foundation, and USAID to Bring Life-saving Vaccines to Children

In a ceremony at the Kaduna State Government House, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, chair of the Dangote Foundation; Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill &...

Viber Spreads Good Vibes in Africa & the Middle East with the Introduction of Public Chats

Viber, one of the leading messaging and calling apps with more than 664 million unique users worldwide, announced today that it has opened its...

Statement by the Spokesperson on the Al-Shabaab attack on AMISOM

Today's lethal attack by Al-Shabaab against an African Union base in southern Somalia is another attempt to undermine a political process towards a stable...

IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth PSI Review for Rwanda

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fourth review of Rwanda’s economic performance under a three-year program supported by...

South Sudan remains a high priority for ICRC

Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), wraps up today a five-day visit to South Sudan. This week, Ms...

Senegalese Migrants Stranded in Benin Return Home with IOM

A group of 70 stranded Senegalese migrants arrived in Dakar on January 9th after a 5-day journey in two IOM buses from Benin, via...

IOM Responds to Fatal Somaliland Shipwreck

Some 36 migrants died when a ship carrying at least 106 Ethiopian and Somali migrants sank off the coast of the Somaliland autonomous region...

Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield to Travel to Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius January 8-13, 2016

Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield is traveling to Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius January 8-13, 2016 In Comoros, Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield will participate...

Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the Conclusion of her Visit to Cameroon

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in Douala at the conclusion of her visit...

Foreign Minister Steinmeier condemns terrorist attack in Libya

Foreign Minister Steinmeier issued the following statement today (7January) in Berlin in response to the suicide attack on a police training centre in the...
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