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High food prices, limited healthcare access, and inadequate diets have mainly led to acute malnutrition in children under 5, adolescents, and pregnant women. In parts of northern Nigeria, the prevalence of acute malnutrition in women aged 15-49 years is nearly 31%. Meanwhile, Mali is facing the worst situation, with an estimated 2,600 people presumed to […]
As the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel has emphasized States in the Sahel region – along with the international community – must take urgent, coordinated and comprehensive action to dismantle drug trafficking networks and give the people in these countries the future they deserve. Over the past decade, the Sahel […]
After thirteen months of war in Sudan, half of the population of this northeast African country needs humanitarian aid, or 25 million people. The fighting in Sudan has had a terrible impact on millions of civilians and famine threatens many localities more than ever. Hostilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support […]
South Africa alleges Israel’s actions are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of Palestinians in Gaza. These genocidal acts include killing Palestinians, causing serious mental and bodily harm, and deliberately inflicting conditions meant to bring about their physical destruction as a group. In 2021, the […]
The group known as GSIM killed at least 32 people, including three children, in attacks on January 27 in the villages of Ogota and Ouémbé. An extremist group linked to Al-Qaeda carried out massacres in two villages in central Mali in January, Human Rights Watch said in a report Wednesday, in an apparent war crime […]
A clear example of human rights violations described in Pramila Patten’s report is related to the border area between Sudan and South Sudan, where women and girls have been targeted for rape, gang rape and abduction on the basis of their ethnicity. The annual report presented by Pramila Patten, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual […]
Since 2012, Mali has been ravaged by different factions affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, as well as self-proclaimed self-defense forces and bandits. Suspected jihadist militants are holding more than 110 civilians kidnapped on Tuesday in central Mali. According to local sources, three buses carrying civilians were stopped on April 16 by “jihadist […]
Education is crucial to national growth and development, and as Cristian Munduate, the Representative of UNICEF in Nigeria, emphasized, schools should be sanctuaries of learning and growth, not sites of fear and violence. Nigeria, with one of the strongest armies in the region, is plagued by insecurity that puts vulnerable groups at risk. Throughout the […]
As a volunteer, you also have the opportunity to help students in this village who are struggling in different subjects and to contribute to their academic success. This mission allows you to provide your support and expertise, while developing your teaching skills and sharing your passion for learning. The humanitarian project of the SOV Afrique […]
Statement presented by the ADH, non-governmental organization in special consultative status with ECOSOC, at the 55th session of the Human Rights Council. The Sudanese war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and other armed groups has plunged the country into one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history. It […]
