http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/aid Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:55:48 +0200 A top UN humanitarian official says more than 11 million people are facing hunger in Africa’s Sahel region, and he is appealing for more international aid. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/11-million-in-Sahel-still-face-hunger-20130611 Militants have launched a two-hour suicide and gun attack on a Red Cross office in Jalalabad city in east Afghanistan, killing at least one guard. http://www.news24.com/World/News/One-dead-in-Afghan-Red-Cross-attack-20130529 New international sanctions aimed at thwarting North Korea's nuclear weapons programme are having unintended consequences: Halting money transfers by foreign humanitarian groups. http://www.news24.com/World/News/N-Korea-sanctions-squeeze-aid-groups-20130529-2 A large explosion has been heard near the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Blast-near-Afghan-Red-Cross-office-20130529 Philanthropist Bill Gates has urged Australia to boost foreign aid following the country's announcement that it was delaying a pledge to increase overseas aid spending. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Bill-Gates-urges-Australia-to-boost-aid-20130528 Aid workers who were trapped for 2 hours as Taliban attacked the Afghan capital describe their ordeal and praise the police response. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Group-describes-siege-of-Afghan-compound-20130526 SA should use the upcoming visit by US President Barack Obama to cement its good relations with the US, writes Simon Williamson . http://www.news24.com/World/News/SA-must-make-the-best-of-Obamas-visit-20130521 Frustrated by Britain's apparent reluctance to lift its visa requirements for South Africans, government is considering playing tit-for-tat and demanding the same from UK visitors. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/SA-considers-tit-for-tat-UK-visa-rules-20130519 The Organisation of Islamic Co-operation is urging its member states to make generous contributions at a donors' conference on Mali to be held this week in Brussels. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Pan-Muslim-body-urges-aid-for-Mali-20130513 US Secretary of State John Kerry plans to announce that the United States will give an additional $100m in humanitarian aid for those affected by the Syrian civil war. http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-to-give-100m-more-for-Syrian-aid-20130508 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says the facts surrounding Britain's decision to cut aid to South Africa by 2015 are being deliberately distorted. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Gordhan-I-did-not-agree-with-UK-aid-cut-20130502 Foreign Secretary William Hague insists that Britain discussed its decision to cut off aid to South Africa with officials in Pretoria. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/UK-says-SA-given-warning-of-aid-cut-20130501 The UK's decision to end direct aid to South Africa should have been communicated through official diplomatic channels, the international relations department says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/SA-peeved-over-UK-aid-cut-20130430 The South African government says it regrets the unilateral decision taken by the United Kingdom to terminate Official Development Aid to the country from 2015. http://www.fin24.com/Economy/UK-ends-Official-Development-Aid-to-SA-20130430 The British government is reportedly planning to stop giving direct aid to South Africa from 2015, saying the relationship should be based on trade and not development. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/UK-set-to-end-direct-aid-to-SA-report-20130430 Nearly seven million people need humanitarian assistance in Syria, a senior United Nations official says, criticising Damascus for hampering aid distribution. http://www.news24.com/World/News/68-million-need-aid-in-Syria-UN-20130419 The head of the Obama administration's global food aid programme says a proposal to shift the way food is delivered abroad could help an additional 4 million starving people. http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-aid-chief-calls-for-logistic-changes-20130417 The United Nations has said it will reopen aid distribution centres in Gaza, after a four day closure in response to the storming of its offices by protesters. http://www.news24.com/World/News/UN-to-restart-Gaza-aid-distribution-20130408 Britain pledged extra money to Darfur over the next three years in a bid to help people become self-sufficient, as international partners gathered at a donors' conference in Doha. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/UK-pledges-to-help-Darfur-more-20130407 US President Barack Obama has paid a visit to the ancient Jordanian ruins at Petra, before heading home after a four-day Middle East tour dominated by his embrace of Israel. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Obama-ends-Middle-East-trip-20130323