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U.N. allocates $250 million for crises like famine threat in Africa

The United Nations will spend $250 million from its emergency fund to tackle "forgotten crises' around the world, including helping communities that are facing the risk of famine in Africa, its secretary general said on Saturday.

Reuters

WFP boss says renewing Black Sea grain deal critical for Africa

The head of the U.N. food agency warned on Saturday that failure to renew a U.N.-backed initiative that has enabled Ukraine to export grain from ports blockaded by Russia would be catastrophic as millions in Africa are on the cusp of famine.

Reuters

Security, trade top issues at annual African Union summit

A main focus of the two-day meeting will be on trying to achieve ceasefires in the Sahel and the eastern DRC.

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Int’l Organizations: Yemen Migratory Route One of the Busiest, Riskiest

Yemen has been suffering for eight years due to the war sparked by the Houthi militia, displacing over four million people internally.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Nigerian cash crisis brings pain: ‘Everything is just tough'

Like many people in Nigeria, Godgift Inemesit’s savings are trapped in a bank

The Independent UK

Trade, Security Top Issues as African Leaders Meet

African leaders gather Saturday in Addis Ababa for an annual summit, aiming to jumpstart a faltering trade deal while also focusing on the continent's most pressing challenges, including armed conflict and a worsening food crisis. As the continent reels from a record drought in the Horn of Africa and deadly…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Medical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended operations in Burkina Faso while it carries out a risk assessment following the killing of two staff members in the West African state on Feb. 8, it said on Friday.

Reuters

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UN warns of ‘unconscionable’ cuts to Rohingya food rations as donations fall

World Food Programme calls for urgent $125m injection after being forced into axing supplies into Bangladesh refugee camps by 17%

The Guardian - UK

Amnesty says Congolese M23 rebels killed 20, raped dozens in November attacks

Amnesty International reports that fighters from the Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped dozens of women and girls in the country's east in November. The M23 have dismissed the claims.

Radio France Internationale

Haiti Is on the Brink of State Failure

From criminal gangs to elite corruption, cascading ills are almost entirely homegrown.

Foreign Policy

Congo's M23 rebels killed 20, carried out mass rapes, Amnesty says

Fighters from Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped scores of women and girls in the east in November, Amnesty International said in a report on Friday.

Reuters

Congo registers voters in unstable eastern province

Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission started registering voters this week in North Kivu province, where a rebel insurgency has raised concerns about the state's ability to hold elections there in December.

Reuters

Insecurity threatens Nigeria's democracy as voters elect a new president

Bandits spraying villages with bullets, killing residents and setting buildings ablaze. Rampant cattle rustling and clashes between farmers and herders. Mass kidnappings for ransom.

Reuters

UN to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees

The United Nations (UN) plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition in the world’s largest refugee settlement.

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U.N. to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees, citing fund shortfall

The United Nations plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition in the world’s largest refugee settlement.

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Alarm grows over WFP plan to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees

Experts say reduction would be ‘catastrophic’ for hundreds of thousands living in Bangladesh camps.

Reuters

Security and food crises expected to dominate African Union summit

Deepening security and food crises are likely to dominate the agenda when heads of state convene in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa this weekend, Feb. 17-19, for the annual African Union (AU) summit.

Reuters

More than 15 million Colombians suffer food insecurity -UN

More than 15 million Colombians suffer moderate or severe food insecurity, equivalent to almost a third of the population, due to poverty, unemployment and the Andean country's long-running conflict, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.

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U.N. seeks $1.3 billion for Nigerians affected by insurgency

The United Nations on Thursday appealed for $1.3 billion to provide assistance to six million Nigerians who are suffering the impact of a long-running Islamist insurgency in the northeast of the country.

The Independent UK

Ethiopia church split resolved amid social media suspension

Leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church have agreed to resolve their differences peacefully after weeks of deadly confrontations between rival followers of the synod and security forces that have left at least 10 people dead

The Conversation

Ilemi Triangle spat: how resources fuel East Africa's border conflicts

For decades, African states have grappled with numerous interstate border disputes, especially in resource-rich regions. In east Africa, most of these conflicts are as old as independence. The disputes flare up every so often despite interventions by agencies of the African Union and the United Nations. A fresh war of…

The Conversation

Tanzania is ruled with impunity – four key issues behind calls for constitutional reform

Tanzania’s president issued a statement in June 2016 announcing a ban on political rallies outside campaign periods. The ban was unconstitutional.

Reuters

Ethiopian Orthodox Church reaches deal with breakaway Oromo synod

The influential Ethiopian Orthodox Church said late on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with a breakaway synod from the Oromiya region following deadly violence that killed dozens and led to partial internet shutdowns.

Al Jazeera

Rwanda accuses DR Congo soldiers of attack on army border post

DRC authorities have denied its soldiers entered a neutral zone and opened fire on Rwanda’s troops.

Reuters

Boat carrying 69 Rohingya lands in Indonesia's Aceh

A boat carrying 69 Rohingya Muslims landed in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said, the latest in a wave of arrivals as hundreds flee desperate conditions in Bangladeshi refugee camps.

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