CLINICAL traumatologist and president of the Centre for Human Development Ltd Hanif Benjamin says poverty is the main driving force behind teens'...
Vous n'êtes pas connecté
Aid workers working with people fleeing Sudan to neighboring Chad are warning of a worsening humanitarian situation in Sudan's Darfur region, where war has created near-famine conditions. Tammam Aloudat, who works for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in South Darfur, returned from a mission in Niyala last week and spoke about the hunger crisis gripping the region. “There are children in therapeutic feeding centers, where we receive malnourished children who are over one year old, they look like they are four or five months old,” Aloudat said. “What I want to talk about are the pockets of severe malnutrition that they cannot cope with on their own, and many children who once they reach that stage of malnutrition, they stop eating even though there is a certain amount of food available,” he continued. Aloudat said he hoped authorities' announcement this week about reopening the Adre border post would allow more UN aid to reach the worst-hit areas, but many obstacles remained. He said recent rains had caused a vital bridge to collapse in South Darfur, making it nearly impossible for large amounts of aid to reach the area. In the latest, members of Sudan's paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), …
CLINICAL traumatologist and president of the Centre for Human Development Ltd Hanif Benjamin says poverty is the main driving force behind teens'...
By Daniel Payne Long a champion of immigrants, particularly those fleeing war-torn countries and impoverished regions, Pope Francis last month...
Mpox is not COVID-19, but that pandemic’s bitter lessons have not all been learnt. By Peter Fabricius An ominous sense of déjà vu is...
A Palestinian girl died Saturday afternoon in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, due to malnutrition and lack of treatment, bringing the number of...
A Palestinian girl died Saturday afternoon in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, due to malnutrition and lack of treatment, bringing the number of...
Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder who now focuses on philanthropy, said climate change will worsen the problem of malnutrition in children. In...
SNR SUPT Richard Smith has urged businessmen facing extortion to report to a dedicated unit under him to deal with their cases. He spoke at a...
AN Independent Senator has called for children at the centre of the gender crisis controversy to be handled with care and compassion. "I am...
By Rebecca Gordon Washington Postheadlinereads: “A big problem for young workers: 70- and 80-year-olds who won’t retire.” For the first time...
KERON ROSE, 37, is leaving. The digital marketer, podcaster, blogger and Business Day columnist announced weeks ago his intention to relocate after...