After a career defending ‘the dignity of life’, Natalia Kanem steps down as UNFPA boss
Stories & Blogs Un (Interview )Natalia Kanem, the head of the UN sexual and reproductive rights agency, UNFPA, is stepping down, after a tumultuous eight-year tenure
Millions risk losing access to humanitarian food assistance amid funding slowdown in South Sudan
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )Half the population of South Sudan – 7.7 million people – are facing severe hunger.
Emergency food assistance grinds to a halt in Nigeria amid surging insecurity and record hunger
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )Without immediate funding, millions of vulnerable people will face impossible choices: endure increasingly severe hunger, migrate, or possibly risk exploitation by extremist groups in the region.
From Uganda to Angola, Africa’s refugees face soaring hunger, shrinking aid.
Stories & Blogs WFP (Stories )A funding shortfall is forcing WFP and other humanitarian organizations to cut assistance to some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Lesotho leads Africa in health innovation: pilots AFFLU Influenza Surveillance Platform.
Stories & Blogs WHO – Africa (News )Lesotho has become the first nation in the WHO African Region to pilot the Afro Influenza (AFFLU) surveillance platform.