Saturday 16 January, 2021
The insects fly together by the millions and are devouring crops
The fatalities have prompted World Health Organization officials to prepare an emergency meeting.
The man is understood to be originally from Portmarnock in Dublin.
Could direct payments to those who need it most be the way forward?
Despite constant danger, activist Kasha Nabagesera said that she still loves her country and remains hopeful that the country will reverse its stance on homosexuality.
Zenawi was an ally of the US in its counter-terrorism fight but his leadership raised many human rights concerns. He won his last election two years ago with 99 per cent of the vote.
Rescue efforts have been called off with 77 people still missing after the sinking in the Indian Ocean.
Simple – it managed to drag its anchors across an undersea data cable linking the continent to faster internet connections.
Those who hamper the troubled state’s political progress will face serious sanctions, leaders attending today’s major international conference in London warned.
The album features tracks from Achtung Baby, covered by Patti Smith, Depeche Mode and Jack White, and all proceeds will go to Concern’s East Africa appeal.
One of Kenya’s most recognisable women Wangari Maathai, who won the Nobel in 2004 for combining environmentalism and social activism, has passed away following a long struggle with cancer.
The Somali government has placed a ban on foreign aid workers delivering food to dying citizens in militant-contolled areas.
The WFP is sending 800 metric tons of emergency aid to the region, where 12 million people are suffering from hunger.
The UN has begun to move people to into extended camps as the numbers of refugees swell – while aid agencies appeal for continued support to help battle the crisis.
Officials have warned that 800,000 children could die across the Horn of Africa, with the worst affected country being drought-ravaged Somalia.
Some mothers have had to make the “horrifying choice of saving the strongest” of their children while leaving the weakest behind to die as starving families make the long, desperate trek to refugee camps, says the UN.
Concern video shows extent of humanitarian crisis in refugee camps as militants threatening to ban return of aid agencies not already on the ground.
Such is the extent of the famine in parts of Somalia the US is to aid parts of the country controlled by Al-Shabab.
It is the first time famine has been declared in the region in 19 years amid the worst drought in six decades.
The former president’s visit comes nearly 20 years after her first trip to Somalia to highlight the crisis there.
It’s the first time aid has been delivered to some parts of the country in two years
Countries in East Africa are in the grip of the worst drought in 60 years, with millions facing starvation.
A photo-essay from Oxfam in Ethiopia and a first-hand account from a Concern worker in Somalia paint a stark picture of the worst drought in the Horn of Africa in 60 years.
