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Mary’s Meals Marks World Hunger Day 2025 by Highlighting the Impact of School Feeding

Many ask the question if we are losing the fight against hunger. Mary’s Meals offers a simple solution—reaching over 2.6 million children every school day. BLOOMFIELD, NJ, UNITED STATES, May 27, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Observed on May 28,...

Trump Seeks Supreme Court Approval for Migrant Policy

(MENAFN) U.S. Leader Donald Trump has submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court in a bid to restore a disputed immigration directive that permits the deportation of migrants to third-party nations, including volatile regions like South Sudan,...

Trump Appeals to Restore Controversial Migrant Deportation Policy

(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump has petitioned the Supreme Court to restore his administration’s policy permitting the deportation of migrants to third countries, including conflict zones such as South Sudan, a news agency reported Tuesday....

Supreme Court to re-establish deportation to non-EU countries

(MENAFN) As it was reported on Tuesday, US Leader Donald Trump has requested from the Supreme Court to re-establish his administration's policy permitting migrants to be sent off to nations that are not part of the EU, as well as South Sudan,...

DR Congo Rolls Out Urgent Polio Vaccination

(MENAFN) Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo began the second phase of a large-scale polio immunization effort on Thursday, aiming to reach more than 10 million children across the country. The initiative comes in response to...

Judge Says Trump Administration Violated Court Order

(MENAFN) A federal judge declared on Wednesday that the Trump administration breached a prior court ruling by deporting eight migrants from Texas to South Sudan, a "third-party" country not linked to their homeland. US District Judge Brian E....

Biggest-ever aid cut by G7 members a death sentence for millions of people, says Oxfam

Aid cuts could cost millions of lives and leave girls, boys, women and men without access to enough food, water, education, health treatment G7 countries are making deliberate and deadly choices by cutting life-saving aid, enabling atrocities, and...

UN Issues Warning Over Rising Bloodshed in Sudan

(MENAFN) The United Nations humanitarian agencies issued a stark warning Tuesday over escalating violence in Sudan, focusing on deadly assaults in North Kordofan State. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...

US deports ‘uniquely barbaric’ migrants to Africa

(MENAFN) The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that a deportation flight carrying migrants from various countries has landed in Eswatini, a small nation in southern Africa. In a statement on Tuesday, DHS explained that the...

Nigerian official claims US pressuring Africa to accept deportees

(MENAFN) Nigeria will not bow to pressure from US President Donald Trump’s administration to accept deported Venezuelans, including those released from American prisons, Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar has stated. In an interview with Channels TV on...

Minister Ronald Lamola: The Presidency Dept Budget Vote Debate 2025/26

A Call for Collective Action in a World Under Strain Mr President, Madam speaker, Honourable members, This budget will enable the Presidency to fulfil its obligations to build a national democratic society and not narrow political interests. South...

UK cautions residents to leave African country

(MENAFN) The UK has advised its citizens to leave South Sudan as escalating tensions in the country raise fears of a potential return to civil war. The British Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) issued a travel advisory on...

Four Decades After Live Aid, Ethiopia’s Hunger Crisis Returns

“On the Frontlines of Hunger” reveals Tigray’s battle against hunger and global silence. BLOOMFIELD, NJ, UNITED STATES, July 10, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Forty years after the world united through the historic Live Aid concerts to raise funds...

Study reveals water hazard in S-African schools

(MENAFN) A South African environmental group has discovered that 43% of schools involved in a recent water testing project found their water samples contaminated with harmful bacteria, according to findings released on Wednesday. Statistics South...

Sudan: Two years into the conflict, the world's largest humanitarian crisis now threatens regional stability

In South Sudan, the arrival of people fleeing Sudan’s conflict has put more pressure on already scarce resources, which is deepening local tensions and threatening the fragile peace South Sudan has struggled to maintain. Nadia, a mother of...

Two years of devastation in Sudan: A civilian toll that cannot be ignored

The war’s effects are spilling across borders. In Adré, Chad – a town of 12,000 – 150,000 refugees have come as a result of the conflict. Nearly 90% are women and children who crossed the border painfully on foot, fleeing brutal violence. In Boro...

Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: International Relations and Cooperation Dept Budget Vote 2025/26

Honourable House Chairperson, Honourable Minister Lamola and Deputy Minister Moraka, Chair of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations, Hon. Mahumapelo, Honourable Members, Director-General Zane Dangor and Members of the South African...

DHS Sets the Record Straight on Media Frenzy over Deportation Flights for Worst of the Worst Including Murderers, Rapists, and Pedophiles

President Trump and Secretary Noem are working every day to get vicious criminals out of our country while activist judges are fighting to bring them back onto American soil WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security today hosted a press...

Minister Ronald Lamola: Pre-Budget International Relations and Cooperation Media Briefing

Africa: Implementing Agenda 2063 Our foreign policy is an extension of our domestic imperatives on human rights and resolving the triple challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment. Through attracting Foreign Direct Investment, we intend to...

Deputy Minister Thandi Moraka: International Relations and Cooperation Dept Budget Vote 2025/26

Honourable Speaker / House Chair, Honourable Minister Lamola and Deputy Minister Botes, Chair of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations, Hon. Mahumapelo, Honourable Members, Senior Officials of DIRCO led by Director-General Zane...