Sunday, August 3, 2025

Africa

USAID aid freeze sparks crisis in Africa; who will step up?

The abrupt suspension of USAID funding has sent shockwaves across Africa, leaving critical healthcare services teetering on the brink of collapse. The European Union...

UNICEF battles to save education in war-torn Republic of Congo

As levels of violence and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) worsen, UNICEF is calling for emergency measures to save...

Médecins Sans Frontières urgently calls for humanitarian aid in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The escalating crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has created a massive humanitarian crisis, and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a medical charity,...

US Congressman Scott Perry claims USAID funds Boko Haram

Scott Perry, a US congressman recently made a startling claim which has raised Nigerian security concerns. In his claim, Perry has alleged that the...

Davido’s charitable giving: Helping orphanages and fighting drug abuse

Davido as a well-known Nigerian music star has always been passionate and well known for his philanthropic activities. Also renowned for his larger-than-life persona...

Tunde Onakoya: Using chess to transform the lives of slum Nigerian kids

In the deepest part of Nigeria’s most difficult slums, where opportunities are rarely found and dreams are often forgotten, there stood one man who...

Cork students raise funds for African hospitals for 50 years

Surgeon Noonan, a fully registered charity founded in 1977 and run voluntarily by fourth-year medical students from University College Cork (UCC), has provided hospitals...

EU donates €60 million to humanitarian aid in the DRC

The Democratic Republic of Congo recently received a huge sum of €60 million in humanitarian aid in support of their displaced residents from the...