Saudi Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, Dr. Zaid bin Makhlad Al-Harbi, bade farewell today to the first batch of pilgrims of the Republic of Niger at Niamey Airport.
The pilgrims expressed their thanks to the government of the Custodian of the (...)
The Secretary-General issued a statement on Wednesday expressing his shock and outrage over reports that well over a hundred civilians have been killed in the past week, during attacks by armed extremists in central Mali, and further north.
At the (...)
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 (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) today signed a joint executive program with a civil community institution to dig 50 surface wells in Niger, where the program is expected to benefit 33,235 individuals.
KSrelief Assistant (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) concluded the day before yesterday (Friday) a voluntary medical anti-blindness campaign and the diseases that cause blindness in the city of Maradi in the Republic of Niger, in cooperation (...)
In Burkina Faso, UN humanitarians on Friday appealed to the international community for help, after attacks by armed groups forced thousands to flee their homes in the east of the country.
According to an alert from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, (...)
Long-term uncertainty related to the length of the transition period in Mali has made it even more difficult to achieve progress on implementing the 2015 peace agreement, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) launched a voluntary medical campaign to combat blindness and its causes in Tawa, Niger.
During the campaign, cataracts and minor surgeries were performed. Medical glasses, medicines, and eye (...)
The amount of money needed to aid communities in the face of extreme weather-related emergencies has increased by more than 800% in the past two decades as the climate crisis also rapidly accelerated, new research shows.
The report, released Tuesday (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned a deadly attack on Wednesday against a UN Peacekeeping logistics convoy near the town of Kidal in northern Mali.
For roughly an hour, the convoy came under direct fire from suspected (...)
The President of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, received here yesterday, the delegation of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) headed by Abdulrahman Al-Harbi, as part of the follow-up to the development projects financed by the Fund, and (...)
African countries are at the vanguard of a vital transformation of food systems to simultaneously address food security, nutrition, social and environmental protection – all while boosting resilience – said the UN chief on Thursday.
António Guterres (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) on Sunday signed an agreement with Al Basar International Foundation to implement several medical campaigns to combat blindness and causing diseases in eight countries.
KSrelief Assistant (...)
Germany wants to intensively pursue gas and renewable energy projects with Senegal, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday during his first trip to Africa, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and its impact on energy and food prices.
Scholz (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) on Sunday signed an agreement with Al Basar International Foundation to implement several medical campaigns to combat blindness and causing diseases in eight countries.
KSrelief Assistant (...)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz set off on Sunday for his first trip to Africa since taking office some six months ago, the dpa reported.
During his visit to Senegal, Niger and South Africa, climate change, economic cooperation, the fight against (...)
"When war is waged, people go hungry," Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Some 60 percent of the world's (...)
As 18 million people in Africa's Sahel region teeter on the edge of severe hunger over the next three months, the UN released on Friday an additional $30 million from its emergency humanitarian fund, to boost the humanitarian response across four (...)
Mali's decision on 15 May to withdraw from the G5-Sahel group and its Joint Force is "unfortunate" and "regrettable", a senior United Nations official told the Security Council on Wednesday, as she urged countries in the region to redouble efforts (...)
The number of people in need has risen by around 10 percent this year so far, the UN's humanitarian affairs chief said on Thursday.
Martin Griffiths, who is also the Emergency Relief Coordinator, said that around 303 million living in 69 countries, (...)
"When war is waged, people go hungry," Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Some 60 percent of the world's (...)
A high-level delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources (MIM), led by Minister Bandar Al-Khorayef, concluded its visit to South Africa, which included participating in Mining Indaba, Africa's leading (...)
The Kingdom's delegation, headed by the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef, concluded a visit to South Africa, after participating in the Africa Mining Conference "Mining INDABA 2022", which was held in Cape (...)
The Kingdom's delegation, headed by the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef, concluded a visit to South Africa after participating in the Africa Mining Conference "Mining INDABA 2022", which was held in Cape (...)
