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The Nigerian Government has begun the disbursement of Cash Grants for Vulnerable Groups in Imo and Abia States in Southeast of the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar…

The executive council of the African Union met in Malabo Thursday, ahead of two summits (Friday and Saturday) set to tackle the humanitarian & political crisis the continent faces. African Union leaders started to gather in…

People in Addis Ababa welcomed news of a humanitarian ceasefire in the north of the country. Ethiopian government declared a surprise truce Thursday, saying it hoped the move would ease humanitarian access to Amhara, Afar, and Tigray…

Ethiopian government has announced an immediate end to its 16 months-long civil war to give way for unimpeded relief supplies into the war-ravaged Tigray region. A statement by government communication service "The government calls upon…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced serious concern over the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia's Tigray region and asked for urgent steps to alleviate it. "The secretary-general remains seriously concerned over the situation in…

The number of people in South Sudan in need of aid has jumped from 7.5 million last year to 8.3 million, UN humanitarians said. The landlocked country has a total population of just over 11 million. The UN Office for the Coordination…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said it is facing a funding shortfall to meet humanitarian needs in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. "Only 56 percent of 1.3 billion U.S. dollars needed to…