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Motorcycle ambulance helps drought-hit community’s pregnant women to access maternal healthcare

Every month, midwives at Katilu sub-county hospital deliver more than 60 babies to women living in Turkana South sub-county, saving the lives of mothers experiencing complications, and...

As the Horn of Africa drought enters sixth failed rainy season, UNHCR calls for urgent assistance

As the Horn of Africa enters its sixth consecutive rainy season with no rain, displacement continues to climb as millions from Somalia, Ethiopia and...

Q&A: Scaling up anticipatory action in Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Malawi

Anticipatory actions are designed to prevent a disaster before it happens than reacting so as to protect the lives and livelihoods of communities. The Food...

Severe drought projected to leave about 5.4 million people in Kenya without adequate food and water

Catastrophic consequences of the recurrent drought in Kenya continue to get worse, leaving communities in dire need of humanitarian aid. About 5.4 million people are...

Kenya’s President William Ruto calls for urgent scale up of response as drought worsens in the country

Kenya's President William Ruto has called for a scale-up of interventions to tackle the current drought. He said the response must be urgent to avert...

World Health Organization reports exponential rise in cholera cases in Africa

Across the continent, cases in January were 30 per cent higher than for the whole of last year. Most new infections and deaths have occurred in Malawi,...

Ethiopia: Northern aid access improves but some areas still hard to reach

UN humanitarians last Thursday reported that aid access in the north is continuing to improve with aid operations expanding following last November’s ceasefire agreement, but some...

Sixth failed rainy season spells further disaster and loss of life in Somalia, warns the International Rescue Committee

With the April- May rains in Somalia this year expected to be below normal for the sixth consecutive season, the number of households affected...

Tough months ahead in Ethiopia as rains fail for the fifth season in a row, millions in need of urgent food assistance

Back-to-back droughts caused by five failed rainy seasons have left 12 million Ethiopians facing hunger as conflict and forced displacement exacerbate the hunger crisis in the...

Motorcycle ambulance helps pregnant women in drought-hit community to access lifesaving maternal healthcare

Every month, midwives at Katilu sub-county hospital deliver more than 60 babies to women living in Turkana South sub-county, saving the lives of mothers experiencing complications, and...

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