Humanitarian Aid
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Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for ‘unfettered’ aid supplies
People in the Gaza Strip are getting hungrier because of the “very limited” volume of food being allowed in, UN…
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At least eight drown in Red Sea as smugglers force migrants overboard
Survivors of a people-smuggling operation in the Red Sea have described being forced off their boat far from the coast…
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Sudan emergency: We need more help to prevent famine, says WFP
The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan’s communities impacted by war, the UN World Food Programme (WFP)…
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Gaza: Search for food puts lives on the line
The worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached “unprecedented levels of despair,” the UN said on Monday, amid…
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UN calls for ‘immediate and unconditional’ release of aid workers arbitrarily detained in Yemen
As June marks one year since the arbitrary detention of dozens of personnel from the UN, NGOs, civil society organizations…
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Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killings at food distribution sites
The UN Secretary-General has condemned the reported killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza on Sunday, calling…
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Real cost of disasters is 10 times higher than previously thought, says UN
As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than…
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Thousands flee homes in Mozambique as conflict and disasters fuel worsening crisis
More than 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique in recent weeks, as conflict and…
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Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP
As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday that food insecurity…
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Haiti: Displaced children face sexual violence risk
Armed violence and insecurity in Haiti have exposed already vulnerable children to sexual violence and exploitation, the UN Office for…
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