Emirates News Agency (WAM) Updates

ABU DHABI, 30th August, 2024 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has directed funding for the delivery of a critical polio vaccination drive in Gaza following the...

DUBAI, 29th September, 2022 (WAM) - Noor Dubai has resumed its humanitarian activities in Nepal by conducting an eye camp to screen and treat eye diseases, primarily Cataract. The UAE-based NGO...

ABU DHABI, 25th September, 2022 (WAM) -- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan was recently hit by devastating floods, which resulted in loss of lives and materials, affecting over 33 million people and...

KHARTOUM, 17th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Field teams from the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) have distributed food baskets to families affected by torrential rains and floods that hit Sudan recently. The...

ABU DHABI, 15th September, 2022 (WAM) -- The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) is continuing to send aircraft loaded with relief and humanitarian aid to Pakistan, to help people affected by the floods. The...

OMDURMAN, SUDAN, 12th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) field teams distributed school bags and stationery to Sudanese families and people affected by the floods that hit Sudan...

KHARTOUM, 10th September, 2022 (WAM) -- The Emirates Red Crescent's field teams distributed food baskets and shelter materials to families affected by torrential rains and floods that struck several...

KHARTOUM, 6th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Dr. Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, Health Minister of Sudan, said the generous relief aid provided by the UAE to Sudan underscores the deep-rooted ties between the...

DUBAI, 5th September, 2022 (WAM) -- The 1 Billion Meals initiative has announced that it distributed 3.6 million meals in refugee camps in Jordan. The meals, in the form of instantly redeemable smart...

KHARTOUM, 30th August, 2022 (WAM) -- The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has dispatched an aircraft loaded with 30 tonnes of emergency relief, including 15 tonnes of essential food and medical...

MOGADISHU, 30th August, 2022 (WAM) -- Following the arrival of a UAE aid ship at the port of Mogadishu, Emirati charity organisations, in collaboration with the Somali Disaster Management Agency and...

ABU DHABI, 29th August, 2022 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), directed the reinforcement of...

ABU DHABI, 29th August, 2022 (WAM) -- The Ministry of Defence - represented by the Joint Operations Command – has begun operating an air bridge to transport humanitarian aid provided by the UAE to...

KHARTOUM, 27th August, 2022 (WAM) -- The first flight of the UAE relief air bridge arrived today at Khartoum Airport, carrying 30 tonnes of various relief materials to relieve the brotherly Sudanese...

ABU DHABI, 27th August, 2022 (WAM) -- Under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the supervision of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's...

ABU DHABI, 23rd August, 2022 (WAM) -- The UAE today sent a plane carrying 50 tonnes of essential food items to the Republic of Zimbabwe to meet the needs of thousands of families and vulnerable...

ABU DHABI, 20th August, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the provision of AED 25 million of urgent humanitarian aid to those affected and displaced...

MOGADISHU, 12th August, 2022 (WAM) -- An Emirati aid ship carrying more than 1,000 tonnes of various food and relief supplies has arrived at Mogadishu port in Somalia to meet the needs of...

HADHRAMAUT, 6th August, 2022 (WAM) -- The Emirates Red Crescent's (ERC) mobile clinic provided healthcare services to 543 beneficiaries in July 2022 in the Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen. This is part...

ABU DHABI, 9th August, 2022 (WAM) -- Under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and follow up of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister,...