Zimbabwe appealed on Tuesday for $613 million in aid from local and foreign donors to cover food imports and help with a humanitarian crisis after a severe drought and a cyclone that battered the east of the country.
International donors are expected Wednesday to pledge billions of dollars for Syria after the UN's special envoy warned of a looming humanitarian disaster in the rebel-held region of Idlib.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Donors at the African Union summit pledged on Monday $250 million (229 million euros) for the fight against Boko Haram insurgents, AU Peace and Security Council chief Smail Chergui said.
MUMBAI/KARACHI: Citizens of Mumbai in a rare gesture of hospitality stepped forth to help a teenage Pakistani girl, Saba, who is currently under treatment at a Mumbai hospital, ARY News reported.
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday that a sum of $ 2 billion has been spent on the ongoing operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan, ARY News reported.