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South Sudan: Using sports and arts to combat sexual and gender-based violence
International Committee of the Red Cross
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March 4, 2025
In 2024, the ICRC, in partnership with the South Sudanese Red Cross Society (SSRC), organized awareness-raising sessions on sexual and gender-based violence to more than 5,000 community members in nine locations across the country, including...
Minister Ronald Lamola delivers keynote address at Solidarity Conference on Women, Peace and Security, 9 May
South African Government
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May 9, 2025
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), in partnership with the Gertrude Shope Women’s Mediation Network (GSWMN), invites members of the media to the Solidarity Conference on Women, Peace and Security – Voices of Women...
Women’s and mothers’ health and children’s well-being at the forefront of Slovenia's international efforts
Government of Slovenia
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April 7, 2025
SLOVENIA, April 7 - From the early days of its independence, when it provided humanitarian and psychosocial support to women and children affected by the war in the Balkans, Slovenia has been active in this area and later focused on these topics...
Trump plans on deporting migrants to war-torn African states
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) The US Supreme Court has approved the Biden administration’s authority to deport immigrants to third countries, including conflict-affected nations like South Sudan and Libya, regardless of the migrants’ countries of origin. This ruling,...
Transforming South Sudan’s Agricultural Future: John Ladu Simon Jacob
UN International Training and Research Center
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February 21, 2025
Despite not having a university degree, John’s experience and potential were recognized and he was recruited as managing director of his current company, which provides agricultural and extension services. There, John manages an initiative to rent...
Harvesting Hope: Transforming South Sudan’s Agricultural Future
UN International Training and Research Center
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February 20, 2025
Despite not having a university degree, John’s experience and potential were recognized and he was recruited as managing director of his current company, which provides agricultural and extension services. There, John manages an initiative to rent...
Social Development on Africa Children’s Summit 2025
South African Government
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April 7, 2025
The Africa Children’s Summit 2025, a child-led event hosted by the South African Government, led by the Department of Social Development in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, is set to conclude on 7 April 2025 in Johannesburg....
DR Congo Rolls Out Urgent Polio Vaccination
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo began the second phase of a large-scale polio immunization effort on Thursday, aiming to reach more than 10 million children across the country. The initiative comes in response to...
Study unveils water danger in S-African schools
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) A recent investigation by a South African environmental group has revealed that 43% of schools participating in a national water testing project found dangerous bacteria in their water samples. The results were published on Wednesday. The...
South Sudan: People in Pibor County resort to eating wild vegetables as hunger crisis deepens
Oxfam
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July 30, 2024
Together, these factors forced South Sudan's currency to plummet and triggered the highest real food inflation since independence (164%) according to the World Bank, making it harder for people to access food. The prices of staple foods such as...
ITALY: Government considering new use for detention centres in Albania after third failed transfer ― Continued controversy and ICC investigation over deportation of Libyan war crimes suspect ― Refugee rights activists among people targeted in spyware a…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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February 13, 2025
The government is reportedly investigating the possibility of repurposing its controversial detention centres in Albania into repatriation centres. The impacts of the government’s decision to release and deport a Libyan general who is subject to...
South Sudan: African Development Bank Group approves $46 million grant funding for agricultural productivity, food security and resilience
African Development Bank
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July 12, 2024
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $46.2 million grant to support the first phase of the Climate Resilient Agri-Food System Transformation Programme in South Sudan. This initiative aims to boost...
Mary’s Meals Declares “Right to Hope” at first Vatican Summit on Children’s Rights
EIN Presswire
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February 6, 2025
BLOOMFIELD, NJ, UNITED STATES, February 6, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On Monday, February 3, Mary’s Meals Founder and CEO Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow told world leaders at the first World Leaders Summit on Children’s Rights in Rome that it would...
Empowering South Sudanese Youth Toward Success
UN International Training and Research Center
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August 28, 2024
The Great Ideas Space for South Sudan 2023: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Training for Food Security programme aimed to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and network needed to turn their ideas for a social or for-profit enterprise...
Attorney General Bonta Urges Biden Administration to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants from Certain Countries with Dangerous Conditions
Office of the Attorney General California Department of Justice
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January 10, 2025
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with 14 attorneys general, urged the Biden Administration to extend the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for all 17 countries currently designated – or at minimum extend it for the...
Promoting Agritech in South Sudan
UN International Training and Research Center
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July 9, 2024
Kuena James Dak Kuena, Entrepreneur, social worker and ICT specialist South Sudan Kuena James Dak Kuena is a South Sudanese entrepreneur, social worker and ICT specialist who seeks to empower local farmers and advance the agricultural sector by...
Education Above All Foundation Marks 5th International Day to Protect Education from Attack at Global Forum in Doha
EIN Presswire
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September 10, 2024
Global leaders call for action to protect education in conflict zones at EAA Foundation event. DOHA, QATAR, September 10, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a world where conflict often usurps the most fundamental human rights, a gathering of global...
Statement on Women Building Peace in a Changing Environment, UN Security Council Open Debate
International Committee of the Red Cross
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October 24, 2024
Madam President, Excellencies, Less cruelty in conflict means less hatred as an obstacle to resolving it. That is why of the 100 steps to peace, the first must be humanitarian. The origins of the Red Cross / Red Crescent movement lie in the...
Saving Children: New ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ Documentary Drives Humanitarian Mission
EIN Presswire
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October 4, 2024
New Machine Gun Preacher Documentary Raises Funds for Angels of East Africa Charity CENTRAL CITY, PA, UNITED STATES, October 4, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The “Machine Gun Preacher” Sam Childers has spent over 25 years risking his life to rescue...
Alarming Levels of Hunger, Interrupted Education and Poverty Illustrate the Urgent Need for School Feeding
EIN Presswire
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October 9, 2024
Mary’s Meals Meets the Need for Food and Education Access for Millions of Children. BLOOMFIELD, NJ, UNITED STATES, October 9, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- World Food Day on October 16 and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October...