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From staff cuts to aid reductions, UN humanitarian agencies scramble in wake of US funding freeze
Trump administration freezes on U.S. foreign aid have led many United Nations organizations to cut staff, budgets and ...
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Starved for education – the harsh hunger crisis gripping SA university campuses
In South Africa, food insecurity rates among university students range from 11% to 38.3%. With food prices soaring and ...
South Sudan situation deteriorating at alarming pace, UN rights body says
On Friday, a South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers were killed when a U.N. helicopter trying to evacuate them from ...
Watch the moon turn blood red during a total lunar eclipse this month
A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon blood red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere.
U.N. Helicopter Attacked as South Sudan Teeters on Brink
The aircraft came under fire as it tried to rescue wounded soldiers, the United Nations said. The attack came amid fears that ...
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A decade after Paris pact, former US envoy and 2015 climate accord architect has sobering advice for SA
In the French capital, the former US climate envoy reflects on a fractured legacy and what’s next. South Africa, as a leader ...
The U.S. has withdrawn from a climate agreement that helps developing nations, South Africa says
South Africa said it had received notice that the U.S. had withdrawn from the International Partners Group, a bloc of rich ...
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UN World Food Program closes southern Africa office amid US aid cuts
The UN World Food Program (WFP) will close its southern Africa office following the Trump administration's recent foreign aid ...
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In the wake of Trump administration aid cuts, UN food program closes its southern Africa office
A WFP spokesperson says Monday the WFP had launched a plan to streamline its structure in 2023 but as “the donor funding ...