More people globally are being affected by disasters than ever before, despite the adoption of a UN-backed international disaster reduction agreement in 2015.
Experts from around the world are gathering at UN Headquarters to speed up efforts to (...)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's condolences to the governments of the Republic of Malawi and the Republic of Mozambique, and to the families of the victims of the hurricane that hit the two countries and (...)
Two soldiers have spent the night on a tree-top in flood-devastated Malawi to avoid being swept away by the powerful currents of a river below them.
The soldiers were on a mission to rescue flood survivors when their boat capsized, forcing them to (...)
At least 99 people were confirmed dead on Monday after Cyclone Freddy slammed into southern Malawi, the country's Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs, Charles Kalemba, told CNN.
Most of the deaths happened in Blantyre, Malawi's commercial (...)
At least 190 people are now confirmed dead in Malawi after Tropical Storm Freddy ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month.
Terrifying amounts of brown water have cascaded through neighborhoods, sweeping away homes. Malawi's (...)
Mozambique is being lashed by rain, powerful winds and flooding as Cyclone Freddy makes landfall for the second time in a month.
The southern African nation has received more than a year's worth of rainfall in the past four weeks.
Freddy may become (...)
Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah today concluded his official visit to Malaysia by stressing that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is looking forward to welcoming 31,600 pilgrims from Malaysia during the Hajj season of 1444 (...)
A global surge of cholera cases has put one billion people in 43 countries at risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned this week.
Three countries, this week alone, have reported outbreaks, WHO cholera team leader Philippe Barboza told (...)
Tropical cyclone Freddy, one of the longest-lasting systems in the southern hemisphere, slammed into Mozambique on Friday, as UN agencies helped residents with early action.
Accurate early warnings and early action on the ground helped limit loss of (...)
More than 33 million children in several southern African countries have been vaccinated against polio as part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the infectious paralytic disease that has been largely contained in most of the world, the World Health (...)
With the global population now at eight billion and growing, action or inaction by the world's largest economies, the G20, will be critical to determine if everyone gets to live on a peaceful and healthy planet, UN Secretary-General António Guterres (...)
CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad received here today a delegation headed by Minister of Transport and Public Works of the Republic of Malawi Jacob Hara; Non-Resident Ambassador of the Republic of Malawi (...)
A delegation from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), led by Director of East African Operations Department at the SFD Azzam Al-Barrak, participated today in the opening ceremony of Phalombe District Hospital project in the Republic of Malawi, (...)
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday a new drive to find ways of revamping the African region's health systems.
"The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fragility of our continent's health (...)
The pharmaceutical company GSK has been awarded a contract to produce the world's first malaria vaccine so that millions more children will be protected against the killer disease, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced on Tuesday.
The landmark (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of Malawi on the anniversary of his country's Republic Day.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister, has sent a cable of congratulations to President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of the Republic of Malawi on the anniversary of his country's (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulations to President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of the Republic of Malawi on the anniversary of his country's Republic Day.
The King expressed his (...)
Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, the UN food relief agency warned on Monday, World Refugee Day.
"As global hunger soars way beyond the resources (...)
The UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Monday that it will have no choice but to make further food ration cuts soon for refugees.
The cause of the imminent cuts is multiplying humanitarian needs around the world and insufficient funding.
This has (...)
The widespread exploitation of men, women, and children at a refugee camp in Malawi has been uncovered by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Malawian Police Service.
Now measures are underway to dismantle the human (...)
The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Holy Mosque and the Prophet's Holy Mosque has announced it will translate the "Fatwa at Two Holy Mosques and its Impact on Facilitating Procedures for Visitors" Symposium, which is scheduled to be (...)
Health authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on Wednesday after confirming that a child in the country's north-eastern Tete province, had contracted the disease.
This marks the second imported case of wild poliovirus in (...)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Malawi Nancy Tembo announced her country's support for the bid of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to host the Expo 2030 in Riyadh.
She explained, in a press conference Wednesday, following the meeting (...)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Malawi, Nancy Tembo, announced her country's support for the bid of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to host the Expo 2030 in Riyadh.
She explained, in a press conference today, following the meeting of (...)
