Category: 3. Middle East

In a couple of weeks, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the biggest hydroelectric dam on the African continent, will be inaugurated. The construction of this dam has taken more than a decade and has cost nearly $5bn. The government and…

Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned what it described as a “fake government” announced by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), calling on neighbouring countries not to recognise or engage with…

Hours after declaring “humanitarian pauses,” Israeli forces killed 43 Palestinians 9 of them were waiting for aid. UN aid chief Tom Fletcher says access has slightly improved but warns famine is worsening, with just 73 aid trucks…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk announced on Sunday that more than 300 UN staff have been killed in Israeli military operations in Gaza since October 2023.

“According to the…

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday said food must not be used as a weapon of war as world leaders gathered for a food summit in Africa, where 280 million people face hunger and starvation.

The African Union, for its part, urged donors to provide…

A series of attacks by Israeli settlers against the Ein Samia water springs in the central occupied West Bank have caused a temporary halt in pumping operations, depriving thousands of Palestinians in nearby villages…

TURNBERRY, Scotland (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the European Union was going to send more aid to help Gaza and that he planned to ask British Prime Minister Keith Starmer to help.

Trump, speaking alongside Starmer in…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Olivia Le Poidevin

CAIRO/GENEVA (Reuters) -A long-term steady supply of aid is needed to counter the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, U.N. agencies said on Monday after mounting pressure prompted Israel to ease…