How Did One of North Africa’s Biggest Human Traffickers Escape Prison?
Evidence suggests corruption and police complicity led to the escape of a notorious smuggler accused of transporting, extorting, and imprisoning thousands of migrants.
One afternoon...
Sheikh Mohammed Responds to Emotional Video, Funds Dh8m Treatment to Save Iraqi Baby’s Life
The parents travelled with hopes that experts in Dubai will be able to save their daughter’s life.
Desperate to save the life of her one-year-old...
Medtecs, TSMC Foundation Donate PPE Sets to Allies
The Medtecs Group (美德醫療集團) and a charity foundation affiliated with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) are to deliver thousands of sets of personal...
COVID-19 Makes World Appreciate Importance of Human Contact
Touch is the only sense crucial to humans’ survival
It has been 11 months since anyone hugged Larry. The 62-year-old accountant lives alone in Chicago, which...
WHO Alerts 6 African Countries after Ebola Outbreaks
Health authorities have rushed to prevent a repeat of the last outbreak in West Africa.
The World Health Organization has asked six African countries to...
Rwanda Begins Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccine
Rwanda has started its first phase of vaccination against Covid-19 with the limited 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine administered to high-risk groups, including...
A Reckoning Africa Re-appraises the Foreign Aid Chain
The Black Lives Matter movement has given leaders from the Global South new traction for change.
Sending aid to Africa became popular in the 1980s,...
Somalia: Behaving as if There Was No Coronavirus Pandemic
Medical experts warn lax attitude dangerous for a country with a poor healthcare system
As the world grapples with COVID-19 in its final round, the...
COVID-19 School Closures Led to Rise in FGM Cases, Say Experts
The number of girls subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) is believed to have gone up due to the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have told...
UN Visiting Delegation Highlight Cooperation Between Somaliland Republic and the World Body
A detailed statement on a visit the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, James Swan, accompanied WFP, UNHCR and UN Women officials, made to...