Zaynab stands next to the remnants of her home she used to share with her six children before it was destroyed by early season rainstorms that brought strong winds and rain to north-east Nigeria. I was in the market in the afternoon when the storm cam…
Day: May 24, 2019
Nigerian Displaced Communities Prepare for Rains as First Storms Raze Hundreds of Homes
Zaynab stands next to the remnants of her home she used to share with her six children before it was destroyed by early season rainstorms that brought strong winds and rain to north-east Nigeria. I was in the market in the afternoon when the storm cam…
Botswana to implement controlled hunting of elephants after lifting ban
GABORONE, Botswana on Thursday officially announced the lifting of a ban on hunting of elephants and plans to implement controlled hunting.Kitso Mokaila, the country’s minister of Environment, Natural resources Conservation and Tourism, told a press co…
Drones Deliver Medical Supplies in Ghana
NEW TAFO AKIM, GHANA At New Tafo Hospital, health care workers watch the sky, listening for a distinct buzzing noise they have grown used to in the past month. In seconds, a small drone comes into view and quickly drops a package before it returns to…
Drones Deliver Medical Supplies in Ghana
NEW TAFO AKIM, GHANA At New Tafo Hospital, health care workers watch the sky, listening for a distinct buzzing noise they have grown used to in the past month. In seconds, a small drone comes into view and quickly drops a package before it returns to…
Ebola spread, CAR attack, and the children of Islamic State: The Cheat Sheet
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.On our radarAttack threatens CAR peace dealMore than 50 people were reportedly killed in an attack by militia on villages in the Central African Republic’s vo…