United Nations, June 4 (IANS) Some 24 million people across the Sahel region need humanitarian assistance, a UN spokesperson has said.Speaking to reporters at a daily briefing on Wednesday (local time), Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said this year’s Humanitarian Needs and Response Overview warns that the crisis is deepening across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, northern Cameroon and northeast Nigeria.Violence continues to spread across the region, with armed gro…
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Ouagadoudou, May 24 (IANS) The central African nation of Burkina Faso has strengthened preventive measures against Ebola virus disease, with health authorities stressing that no cases have been recorded in the country so far.The Ministry of Health, in a statement, said it has stepped up epidemiological surveillance, particularly at the country’s entry points. Meanwhile, all health facilities have been placed on alert to ensure the early detection of any suspected cases.The ministry also announce…
Cape Town, April 19 (IANS) In recent weeks, India has sent 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to drought-stricken Malawi, 1,000 metric tonnes to Burkina Faso, and 500 metric tonnes plus relief supplies, including tents, hygiene kits, and medicines to Mozambique, but will its sole efforts solve the issue, an article in a South African news outlet asked.India’s shipments alone cannot reverse the food crisis in Africa, the South Africa-based Independent Online (IOL) said in a report.However, India’s ges…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) India has emerged as an important supplier of food aid to shortage-hit African countries like Mozambique, Malawi and Burkina Faso as part of New Delhi’s humanitarian outreach and commitment to the development of the Global South, the Ministry of External affairs said on Sunday. India has sent 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to drought-hit Malawi, another 1,000 metric tonnes to Burkina Faso, and 500 metric tonnes to flood-affected Mozambique, along with relief supplies.India…
Islamabad, March 26 (IANS) Pakistan is projected to experience a net increase in mortality of 51 deaths per 100,000 people by 2050 as global temperatures continue to rise due to fossil fuels emissions and low and middle-income countries accounting 90 per cent of the premature deaths caused by climate change, local media reported. According to a study by Climate Impact Lab at the University of Chicago, these are the first projections of rising temperatures’ impact on mortality to target adaptatio…
Naypyidaw, March 4 (IANS) China’s growing military footprint in Africa now extends beyond nations that have distanced themselves from Paris, with Senegal and Ghana, long aligned with France and Western security partners, having stepped up acquisitions of Chinese defence systems.At the same time, Burkina Faso and Mali, under post-coup governments, are ramping up defence procurement from China amid worsening insurgencies, a report has stated.According to a report in ‘Mekong News Myanmar’, the shif…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) As global power structures undergo structural realignment, the India–Africa engagement is increasingly positioned not merely as historical solidarity, but as a forward-looking partnership shaping a more equitable and multipolar global order, according to delegates at a conference held by the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF) here on Monday.In the keynote address at the event, the Ministry of External Affairs’s Secretary (Economic Relations), Sudhakar Dalela, said: “The…