Mali
Context Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa, it is the eighth-largest country in the continent. Mali is an agriculture- dependent economy where 60 per cent of the workforce relies on agrarian income. As a result,…
Guinea-Bissau
JOINT SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS The Republic of Guinea-Bissau located on the west coast of Africa borders Senegal to the north, Guinea to the east and southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and west. In addition to…
Gambia
The Gambia Red Cross Society was established in 1966 as a national humanitarian organization, auxiliary to the public authorities, particularly to the Ministry of Health as well as to the Medical Services of the Armed Forces,…
Burundi + 5 more
Founded in 1963, the Burundi Red Cross is the largest community-based humanitarian organization in the Republic of Burundi. It was admitted into the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1963. The…
Burkina Faso
Context Burkina Faso is a low-income Sahel country with limited natural resources. Its economy is primarily based on agriculture, although gold exports are growing in the country. With an estimated population of almost 22 million people, more…
Cameroon
FAR NORTH REGION, Cameroon – As Djamila* clutched her pregnant belly, the floodwaters rose around her, threatening to engulf the fragile canoe she had escaped in. “The water was everywhere,” she told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual…
Cameroon
Context Located in Central Africa, the Republic of Cameroon is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central Africa Republic to the east and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of…
Rwanda
The Rwandan Red Cross was established on 1 July 1962 and legally recognized on 29 December 1964. It was admitted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), in its current form,…
Central African Republic
10 Years on, Justice is Closer for Fatima Victims Lewis Mudge Director, Central Africa Last week the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic arrested and charged Abakar Zakaria Hamid, known as “SG”, a former Seleka leader…
Nigeria
ABUJA, 11 September 2024 - I am deeply disturbed by reports of the brutal killing of at least 128 men and boys in Mafa, in Yobe State’s Tarmuwa Local Government Area (LGA), on 1 September. The attack…
