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Edinburgh mum-of-two undertakes life saving work in Pakistan after devastating flood

Sandra Baldwin has been involved in helping administer foreign aid in some of the most pressing global disaster scenarios of the last decade and she is now set to use her expertise in Pakistan.

Edinburgh Live

Houthis Raid Company that Determines Aid Recipients in Yemen

Houthi intelligence agents stormed the "Prodigy Systems" offices in Sanaa that manages data collection on citizens who are eligible for humanitarian aid, in cooperation with international organizations. The Houthi agents forced some of its employees, at gunpoint, to sign documents accusing the company of working for Israel. They also arrested…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Congress barely dents scourge of hunger in military

WASHINGTON — A recently enacted income supplement for low-ranking U.S. troops, put in place primarily to alleviate food insecurity in the ranks, will help fewer than 1% of the estimated scores of thousands of hungry U.S. military families, according to Pentagon figures.

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Ireland, France Coordinate to Free Dual National Jailed in Iran

Authorities in Dublin are working closely with France to free Bernard Phelan, an Irish-French national, who was jailed in Iran in October, Ireland’s foreign ministry confirmed on Friday. Phelan, a Paris-based tourism consultant, is being held in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad city on multiple charges, including disseminating anti-regime propaganda and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

More than 70 Texas prisoners are 3 days into a hunger strike protesting harsh solitary confinement practices

Prisoners have refused food to protest practices that have kept more than 500 people in isolation for more than a decade.

The Texas Tribune

Amhara forces withdraw from northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region

The Ethiopian army says Amhara forces have left war-torn Tigray in compliance with a truce agreed on November 2.

Al Jazeera

French and German FMs in Ethiopia to support Tigray peace process

In tonight's edition: The foreign ministers of France and Germany head to Ethiopia to show support for the deal upon which rest hopes of peace after two years of conflict with Tigray rebels. Also, record temperatures are making life harder for millions around the world. We hear from those in…

France 24

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Amhara forces leave northern Ethiopia's Tigray region, army says

Forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region, who fought in support of federal troops during the two-year war in neighbouring Tigray, have withdrawn in line with an Africa Union-backed ceasefire, the army said.

Reuters

I have seen how top-down solutions condemn the world’s poorest to eternal poverty

A western-led approach has failed to remedy the problem. Maybe, post-pandemic, a new focus on the poor is needed, says activist Anthony Kalulu

The Guardian - UK

French, German ministers in Ethiopia to support Tigray peace process

The French and German foreign ministers arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Thursday on a mission to support the peace agreement signed last year to end two years of war in the Tigray region.

Radio France Internationale

French, German foreign ministers hail Tigray peace progress in Ethiopia

The French and German foreign ministers on Thursday hailed the success of the Ethiopian peace agreement signed last year, ending two years of brutal war, on a joint visit to Addis Ababa.

France 24

China population: Cities unveil new childbirth incentives

BEIJING: With China on track to record its first population decline in more than six decades, cities across the country have announced new cash incentives to encourage couples to have more children.

Bangkok Post

Tigray peace agreement: Rebels start handing over weapons to Ethiopian army

Tigrayan rebels start handing over their heavy weapons. It's a key condition of a deal signed in November to end a deadly conflict that ravaged Ethiopia for two years. Also, Rwanda says it does not have any intention of banning Congolese refugees, accusing the media of misrepresenting President Paul Kagame's…

France 24

Cost-of-living rises bite for food charities with greater costs and fewer donations

Cost-of-living rises are slugging food charities, with one provider paying eight times what they used to in order to produce meals for a growing number of people in need.

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Radio France Internationale

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels start disarming under terms of Pretoria peace deal

Tigrayan rebels began handing in their heavy weapons on Wednesday, a crucial element in the peace deal signed with the federal government last November, ending the two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia.

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t know if my mother was alive’: joy and grief as Tigray reconnects to the world

The restoration of communications to the war-torn Ethiopian region after last month’s peace deal has ended two years of extreme and destructive isolation for Tigrayans

Reuters

Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army

Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia's federal government, began handing over heavy weaponry to the national army as part of an African Union-led peace process on Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Hospitals open food banks for their own staff as wages fail to live up to cost of living

Thousands of nurses and other NHS workers have already admitted to using foodbanks as the government fails to raise their wages in line with soaring living costs

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Radio France Internationale

President Kagame says Rwanda can accept no more refugees from DR Congo

Rwanda can no longer offer refuge to people fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Paul Kagame has said, stoking further tension between the central African neighbours.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar jails 112 Rohingya who tried to leave country

State media says group, including children, sent to prison for two to five years for not having documents.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak asked to give Glasgow soup kitchen access to empty MoD building

A GLASGOW soup kitchen has issued an appeal to the Prime Minister to help them find a suitable building to serve hot food to vulnerable people.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow Homeless Project appeals to Prime Minister for help finding a base

The Homeless Project Scotland is trying to secure a permanent home in the city centre to help it feed hundreds of people every day.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Extends Critical Aid from Türkiye to Syria’s Opposition North

The UN Security Council voted unanimously Monday to keep a key border crossing from Türkiye to Syria’s opposition-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for another six months. Syria's ally Russia — in a surprise move — supporting the resolution. All eyes had been on Russia, which in the past…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aid Convoy Enters Syrian Opposition Area Ahead of Key UN Vote

A humanitarian convoy on Sunday delivered urgently needed supplies to Syria's last opposition stronghold, a day before the UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution that would determine whether aid deliveries to the war-stricken territory can continue. Syria’s conflict has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced half…

The Times of India

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The absolute disarray in the sale of the Pakistan Sindh government’s subsidised flour to the people resulted in the death of a man, a father of seven, in Mirpurkhas district during a stampede. The death occurred near the commissioner’s office where two mini-trucks carrying 200 bags each were selling flour.

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