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Sudan’s famine risk worsened by conflict, drought and funding shortages…
Photo credit: UN News Conflict and drought are worsening food insecurity across parts of Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions, a global food crisis monitor warned on Monday. The Associated Press reports that, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a “deteriorating humanitarian situation” exists across greater Darfur and Kordofan, including areas identified as at…
WFP cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has been forced to cut its monthly food aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where some two-thirds of the population are struggling to get food, the agency said on Monday. The WFP said it was reducing the number of people receiving aid from 1.6 million to 1.1 million,…
Liberals and Conservatives want Alberta to remain in Canada
Photo credit: CBC In thLloyde final days leading to the Alberta referendum, federal Liberals and Conservatives are on the same page, each hoping to put to bed any question of the province’s place in Canada. CBC News reports that on Monday, Albertans will vote on whether they want to remain a province in Canada or start the legal process toward holding a…
Canada in mourning following military base deaths in Alberta
Photo credit: Toronto Star Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a statement in Ottawa on Sunday about a deadly, fast-moving fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta. The fire on Saturday killed four service members and wounded dozens more. According to census data, CFB Wainwright had 1,310 military and civilian personnel stationed there as of 2021. One…
Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia
Photo credit: The Journal Gazette Ukrainian strikes set an oil export terminal and a depot ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday as Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones on Russia in one of its largest aerial attacks of the war. AP reports that the strikes came as tensions between Kyiv and Washington deepened, with US…
The Hidden Cost of Ethiopian Labour Migration
Photo credit: the Guardian Muhammed Awol had a plan. The 29-year-old father of two, from Chefa Robbit in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region, believed a job in Japan would change his family’s future. Instead, he says, it emptied his pockets and left him with questions no one could answer. Borkena reports that it all started in 2024, when Awol paid…
Kenya’s Ebola cases rise to 7 …
Photo credit: TVC News Three Kenyan health workers have tested positive for Ebola after caring for the country’s first confirmed case, the Health Ministry said Saturday. The Associated Press reports that another person linked to the first case also tested positive while in quarantine, bringing the total number of infections in Kenya to seven. The ministry said the four…