WFP kicks off main lean season response in West Africa amid dwindling funding for humanitarian operations

WFP kicks off main lean season response in West Africa amid dwindling funding for humanitarian operations

DAKAR – The United Nations World Meals Programme (WFP) is ramping up its lifesaving meals and diet help programme in West and Central Africa, focusing on 7.3 million folks throughout the ongoing June-August lean season – when meals shares run out and starvation peaks. The programme – which kicks off in June – helps nationwide…

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China again to funding SGR connecting Kenya and Uganda

China again to funding SGR connecting Kenya and Uganda

By LUKE ANAMI Kenya has secured a dedication from China’s Exim Financial institution for the funding of the usual gauge railway line from Naivasha to the Uganda border. Kipchumba Murkomen, Kenya’s Cupboard Secretary of Roads and Transport, mentioned that Pan-African lender African Growth Financial institution and Kenya’s personal Railway Growth Fund would complement the Chinese…

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