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Real GDP shrank by 27.6% in the 2023/24 period, following a growth of 2.5% in 2022/2023, largely due to the adverse economic conditions resulting from the conflict in Sudan which damaged oil drainage pipelines.
As of May 2025, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has reported 183 civilian deaths in Ukraine.
President Donald Trump suspended USAID funding on his first day in office leading to a significant negative impact on humanitarian assistance. A recently published report states that USAID funding cuts will lead to more deaths by 2030.
I express my solidarity with our humanitarian partners who are putting their lives at risk to provide protection and assistance to the people in Tigray, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in 2021
As she expressed in her final poetry lines shared on her Facebook page before her passing, "Begin to live/leave... mentally," her legacy will remain in our hearts eternally.
"With our minds still fresh from the disrespect President Ramaphosa received and Trump defiantly persisting without retracting or clarifying his statement, he doubled down by setting another stage for what transpired at a subsequent high-level roundtable meeting with African heads of state."
