Flooding from Sudan dam collapse worsens humanitarian crisis

The Arba’at Dam, located around 38 kilometers (24 miles) northwest of Port Sudan, collapsed on Sunday, damaging roads, electricity, and telecommunication networks, making it...

Guterres strongly condemns Burkina Faso terror attack; hundreds killed and injured

According to news reports it was the latest terror attack by the Al Qaeda-linked militant group known as Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM)...

Nigeria becomes first in Africa to receive mpox vaccines: WHO

On 14 August 2024, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the rise of mpox, formerly monkeypox, a public health emergency of...

Harris or Trump: No Difference for Palestinians?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick — Does it make any difference to the Palestinian people whether it is Harris or Trump who wins? I...

UN deputy chief appeals for global solidarity as crises roil East Africa

Chad hosts more than 1.1 million refugees, many escaping violence in Sudan, where rival militaries have been fighting since April 2023. At the same...

Sudan: ‘Dire consequences for survivors’ lacking medical and trauma services

“The lack of care, stigma, and administrative barriers, including in accessing medical and trauma services, rape kits, emergency contraception, and safe abortion performed by...

Migrant shipwreck leaves 21 more missing off coast of Lampedusa

The boat “capsized repeatedly, leaving people clinging to the side of the boat as their family members drowned around them,” Nicola Dell’Arciprete, the UN...

IBW Congratulates Chairman Richard Adams on Receiving Prestigious Proclamation from City of Pittsburgh

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Mayor Ed Gainey and the city honor Richard Adams for over four decades of leadership, integrity, and civic engagement The Institute of...

UN strongly condemns ‘tragic death’ of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei

The 33-year-old marathon runner, who lived and trained in northwest Kenya, competed in the recent Olympic Games in Paris.  During a disagreement on Sunday, Ms....

Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end ‘rampant’ abuse

“Since mid-April 2023, the conflict in Sudan has spread to 14 out of the 18 states impacting the entire country and the region, leaving...

The world must ‘wake up and help Sudan out of the nightmare of conflict’,...

“The scale of the emergency is shocking, as is the insufficient action being taken to curtail the conflict,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of...

Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands in need of aid as flooding wipes out homes –...

Alau Dam, located just over 10 miles to the south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, collapsed in the middle of the night...

Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods

Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of the country’s 36 states, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.The Government has reported 269 deaths so...

Sudan: UN urges immediate action to stop fighting in El Fasher

Both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), along with their allied militias, continue to flout international humanitarian and...