World Environment Day: How boreholes are beating plastic pollution in Somalia
In Laba-Adle village, Somalia, Mulki’s days used to revolve around collecting water. Each morning, the 30-year-old would set out before dawn, her feet kicking up dust as she walked 8 kilometres to the nearest water source. When she returned, it would be with just enough water to last her 5 children another day. But when [...]
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World Environment Day: Innovative latrines restore comfort and dignity in Bangladesh’s waterlogged villages
In the fading light of yet another flooded evening, Rupali faced an impossible but all-too-familiar choice: risk disease by using the collapsed latrine behind her home, or wait for the cover of darkness to find privacy in the open fields. For 26 years, this was the daily reality for villagers in Bhabadaha – a low-lying area [...]
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Sudan’s children are starving. Why is the world looking away?
The first time I met the young Sudanese woman she was kneeling in the dust outside her makeshift shelter in an IDP camp, her three-year-old daughter limp in her arms. The child’s breathing was shallow, her tiny ribcage pressing against skin stretched taut like parchment. Around them, the camp vibrated with the quiet despair of [...]
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Sudan’s forgotten crisis: voices from the brink of starvation
When Sarah* fled her home in Omdurman amid the violent eruption of conflict, survival was the only goal. With just a handful of belongings and her frightened family in tow, she embarked on a harrowing escape. "We crossed the Khartoum-Omdurman bridge on foot," Sarah recounts. "The elderly were carried on wheelbarrows. Corpses lay swollen on [...]
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Islamic Relief Malaysia invites public to Karnival Kenangan this saturday
Islamic Relief Malaysia Invites Public to Karnival Kenangan This Saturday BANGI, May 22 – Islamic Relief Malaysia (IR Malaysia) is set to host Karnival Kenangan this Saturday, 24 May 2025, at its Charity Shoppe in Bandar Baru Bangi. This exciting carnival, filled with a variety of fun activities, is an initiative to appreciate the continuous [...]
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Mali faces escalating humanitarian crisis as conflict sparks mass displacement
BAMAKO, May 16 — Mali is once again grappling with a worsening humanitarian crisis, as renewed violence in the northern and central regions triggers a new wave of displacement and suffering for thousands of civilians. In early May, intensified attacks by unidentified armed groups in Gossi and surrounding areas forced hundreds of families to flee [...]
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