Complex Crisis News Today

By Post Staff Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan has released a statement saying she is encouraged that the Oakland City Council has approved resolutions she introduced in partnership with Council President Nikki Bas and Councilmember Carroll Fife to support local faith-based congregations who use their properties as safe overnight parking to help Oakland's unhoused population living in their vehicles.

Our church held its annual Memorial Day celebration two weeks ago.

According to a 2019 report by the National Bureau of Statistics, 73.2 million adults representing 41.6 per cent of the adult population in Nigeria are financially excluded. About one in five adults and 38 per cent of households report having a formal bank account. This includes both commercial banks (34 per cent of households) and other financial institutions such as microfinance institutions (MFI), cooperative societies, and savings associations. The incidence of banking is higher in the South...

The Mercy Corps’ ‘Building Resilience in Complex Crisis (BRICC)’ programme funded by the European Union, has signed a new partnership with Y’ello Digital Financial Services, owners of the MoMo Agent Network, a subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, to efficiently deliver automated cash transfers and provide an avenue for programme participants with or without bank accounts to receive funds. The partnership will kick-start the use of MoMo Agent in the distribution of conditional and unconditional ca...

“Of the participants that will be given cash transfers, 1,570 youths will receive funds to help them start a business after undergoing vocational training like automobile repairs, agribusiness, fashion designing, food business, and phone repairs, among others,” said Byamukama during the signing ceremony in Abuja. The Country Director of Mercy Corps, Ndubuisi Anyawu, said the partnership was to ensure the financial inclusion of victims of the conflict in Northeast in a safe and dignified way...

The Issue For too long, U.S. foreign policy has been reactive to violent conflict, deploying troops and civilians at great cost. It is time to refocus on preventing violent conflict and mitigating the adverse effects of fragility. Failure to do so could result in an even more chaotic world and hamper the Biden administrations priorities of renewing democracy, managing the relationship with China and other geostrategic competitors, and addressing climate change. The Global Fragility Act (GFA) is...