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4.5 million children in Yemen are out of school: Save the Children
On March 25, 2024 ALBAWABA – According to a report by the British NGO Save the Children, at least 4.5 million children are out of school, with displaced children twice as likely to drop out than their peers. According to Save the Children’s data, displaced children are twice as likely to drop out of school,…
Read MoreWarnings against normalising conflict as Yemen marks decade of war
NGOs warn that hunger, disease and lack of education stalk Yemen as war persists. On March 25, 2024 About four and a half million children are not in education in Yemen, while half of the country is in desperate need of medical aid, NGOs have warned. Reports released on Monday said two in five Yemeni…
Read MoreCOMING STORM How bloodthirsty fanatics are building new ‘empire of terror’ in war-ravaged Sudan…and West must be ready to fight
The UN is investigating reports of beheadings, rapes, and arming children in the war-torn country By Jessica Baker On March 24, 2024 MILITIAS in Sudan are slaughtering civilians to make way for a terror hub the world will be “forced to fight”, a genocide survivor has warned. People are being raped, beheaded and are “dying…
Read MoreAmid Sudan war, scores of families risk lives to keep each other alive
On March 24, 2024 Since the war began last April between the army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, tens of thousands have died and millions more have been forced to flee their homes Sameh Makki’s soup kitchen is barely 100 metres from…
Read MoreWhat caused the civil war in Sudan and how has it become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises?
Fighting broke out nearly a year ago in the capital Khartoum, in an escalating power struggle that has led to more than 8 million people being displaced On March 22, 2024 How did the current conflict begin? Fighting broke out in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on 15 April 2023 as an escalating power struggle between the two…
Read MoreFrankly Speaking: How Saudis view the war in Gaza
On March 24, 2024 DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is using its leverage to help bring an end to the conflict in Gaza but stands by its original position that normalization with Israel will not occur without the establishment of a Palestinian state, according to former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki Al-Faisal. Appearing on “Frankly Speaking,” the weekly…
Read MoreWhy shared water resources could become a source of conflict between nations of the Arab region
By Jumana Khamis On On March 21, 2024 DUBAI: Water scarcity and mismanagement are pressing global issues, made worse by a warming climate which is depleting the world’s freshwater sources at an alarming rate. Despite this, international cooperation on water security has been left wanting. More than three billion people depend on water that originates…
Read MoreOver 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria’s northwest rescued after weeks in captivity
By Rédaction Africanews with AP On March 25, 2024 More than 130 children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna were rescued Sunday and are getting psychological support before being returned to their families, the West African nation’s military and government officials said. School authorities had told…
Read MoreDR Congo’s conflict-driven hunger crisis worsens as violence in east surges
By Africa News with AP On March 22, 2024 Video: Residents flee fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese forces north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 29, 2022 The Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-driven hunger crisis is worsening as violence in the eastern province’s surges, forcing families to flee once again. More and more…
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