humanitarian aid

In a poor neighborhood in the city of Cali, an enclave for survivors of Colombia’s 52-year armed conflict, the home of Nidia Landazury Sanclemente has become a refuge.

The head of a UN agency working to shore up rural food systems says richer countries need to boost proactive aid to developing states, as Ottawa increasingly shifts its focus to humanitarian support for crises that have already happened.

A Canadian effort is underway to conduct airlifts out of Sudan and two military vessels have arrived off its coast, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, as the government looked for a fragile ceasefire to help evacuation efforts in the embattled East African country.

The world is grappling with a catastrophic education crisis fuelled by chronic underfunding. A crisis that is costing children. A crisis on which Canada has an obligation to act, write Nhial Deng and Lindsay Glassco.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she did not mean to offend anyone after saying last week that Africans must be "prepared to die for their democracy," and hinted that Canada might boost aid for the continent.

Only about half the funds required are being provided by rich countries, according to a report by Oxfam.

Russia's blocking of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and its bombing of medical facilities should be the subjects of an international war crimes investigation, says Canada's international development minister.

Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan deal early on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, providing $13.6 billion to help Ukraine and European allies plus billions more to battle the pandemic as part of an overdue $1.5 trillion measure financing federal agencies for the rest of this year.

Canada joined its G20 allies in pushing Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers to allow humanitarian aid to better reach the country's suffering people.

Imagine a place where access to food and clean drinking water is a daily struggle for millions of children and their families. The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is the worst in the world This article was written and paid for by the United Nations Refugee Agency in Canada to raise awareness about the plight of 20 million people in acute need, and to raise money to offer help.

International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says all Canadians who wanted help have had the chance to get out of the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean.

Canada and U.S. joined forces last month to promote female participation in the workforce, but the contrast between how their governments approach other gender issues is now on display at the UN meet.

Canada is being asked to upgrade its diplomatic footprint in northern Iraq, as the Kurdish government presses for closer economic and political ties to accompany Canada's sizable military presence.

Canada is promising more cash to Afghanistan — while some of its allies plan to keep troops in the country to help it deal with an escalating insurgency.