UNICEF says 4.5 million children in South Sudan face a humanitarian crisis and the organization needs more money to help. The announcement comes on the 10th anniversary of the country’s independence. The “hopes that independence would bring a new dawn …
Fourteen bases that had been run jointly by the United Nations and the African Union in Sudan’s Darfur region for 13 years are now under Sudan’s control and to be used by local populations. The recent official handover comes in accordance with a frame…
Aid agencies are racing against time to provide temporary shelter for more than 16,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan whose tents were swept away during violent storm surges over the past few weeks. The storms, which began in late May and gathered intensi…
The plea arrived from a remote area that had so far produced only rumors and residents fleeing for their lives. Help us, the letter said, stamped and signed by a local official. At least 125 people already have starved to death. Trapped in one of the m…
Taipei, June 29 (CNA) A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Taiwan at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Central Weather Bureau.No immediate damage or injuries from the quake were reported.The earthquake was centered 51.3 kil…
Taipei, June 29 (CNA) Taiwan experienced the hottest May since records began with an average temperature of 27.8 degrees Celsius, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said at a virtual press conference Tuesday.Lu Kuo-chen (???), head of the CWB’s Weather F…
Taipei, June 29 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) will launch a new service next month that will enable citizens to apply for a passport without having to present paper versions of household registration documents.Currently, passport applica…
Taipei, June 28 (CNA) The National Development Council (NDC) on Monday gave the green light to a feasibility study on a road improvement plan that would directly link the upgraded Suhua Highway to Freeway No. 5, which links Nangang in Taipei and Su’ao in Yilan County. The new and improved Suhua Highway, which includes three … Read more