AHA at a joint field visit distributed hygiene, personal protection and medical equipment donated by UNHCR to the Governor of the Eastern Region on 30 April 2020. The donation was aimed at reinforcing the district hospital efforts in the fight against COVID- 19 covering five refugee settlement sites: Ngarissingo / Yokadouma, Lolo, mbile, timangolo and …
Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA) has donated food and sanitary items containing beans, kaunga, rice, sugar and tembo soap to complement Rwanda’s government effort in support of vulnerable groups during COVID-19 pandemic. In late March the Government of Rwanda became the first sub-Saharan country to impose a lockdown as a response to stop the spread of …
08 MARCH 2021 AFRICA HUMANITARIAN ACTION STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF AHA AMBASSADOR NICOLAS BWAKIRA It is with great sadness that the AHA family has learned of the passing of Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira. Ambassador Bwakira was a member of AHA’s international Board of Trustees since its inception in 1994, offering his counsel tirelessly up until …
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Neighbors butchering neighbors with machetes, mass graves and bitter hatred are images of the Rwanda genocide, which moved me and many others into action 26 years ago. Rwanda was among the world’s most horrific events, which – at least in theory – altered humanitarian response. Hundreds of studies and reports analyzed the actions, or inaction, …
RE-THINKING HUMANITARIAN AID – AGAIN Rwanda’s lessons for today’s Ethiopia crisis Read More »
23 November 2020, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Armed conflict in any region gives rise to human displacement both within and outside borders. Multiple reports, including data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, confirm that more than 30,000 Ethiopian refugees have now fled into Sudan. The extent and gravity of displacement within the Tigray and …
AHA’ Statement- Responding to the Humanitarian Emergency in Northern Ethiopia Read More »
10 November 2020, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA) is deeply concerned with the humanitarian consequences of escalating armed conflict in Ethiopia. We are particularly worried that military confrontation could lead to displacement of communities from their homes, and unfold into an emergency in a country already predisposed to various humanitarian challenges. Armed conflict …
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STATEMENT BY AFRICA HUMANITARIAN ACTION (AHA) With over 868,000 cases confirmed as of 01 April 2020, the novel corona virus global pandemic continues to overwhelm the world. Africa’s first confirmed case of COVID-19 surfaced in Egypt on 15 February, followed by the first known sub-Saharan case in Nigeria on 28 February. According to the Africa …
Africa must include displaced populations in Covid-19 response plans Read More »
Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA) has been keenly following the developments in the spread of the global pandemic, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Although over the past few weeks, there has been a steady decline of new cases in the People’s Republic of China and South Korea, more countries have seen an increase. In Africa, according to …
