Two of the country’s longest serving overseas development agencies have joined forces to fight hunger in Africa under a merger that will make them the biggest organisation of their kind in Ireland or Britain.

ONLY one cent of each dollar the US is spending on earthquake relief in Haiti is going in the form of cash to the Haitian government, according to an Associated Press.

More than 2,000 cases of cholera have been detected in the Afghan capital Kabul in recent weeks, and at least eight people have died, a health expert warned Tuesday, saying the city is on the verge of an epidemic.