Humanitarian Aid
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In Bangladesh, UN chief vows to prevent Rohingya suffering as aid cuts loom
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, during his visit to the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, vowed to do everything in…
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World News in Brief: Gaza aid ‘unravelling’, funding cuts in Ukraine, concern over Syria aid access, Duterte in ICC custody
Following 11 days of an Israeli aid blockade in Gaza, “crucial progress” made during the first six weeks of the…
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Humanitarian system at breaking point as funding cuts force life-or-death choices
The UN’s top relief official warned on Wednesday that the global humanitarian system has reached breaking point, with funding cuts…
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Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts
In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk creating a humanitarian “catastrophe”,…
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Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world’
Sudan’s ruinous civil war is approaching its third year, leaving a legacy of malnutrition, massive population displacement and chronic insecurity.…
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World must not turn its back on Sudan’s deepening crisis: Guterres
The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on the international community to urgently scale up funding and diplomatic action to ease…
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Syria: Thousands of displaced head home, but many refugees still wary
More than 825,000 people who were displaced within Syria have returned to their areas of origin since December, the UN…
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‘No time to lose’ in Gaza, as ceasefire offers fragile respite
The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental task of rebuilding Gaza, as…
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Guterres calls for full Gaza ceasefire, rejecting ‘ethnic cleansing’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the release of all…
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Gaza: More than a million receive food aid since the start of the ceasefire
Over one million people in the Gaza Strip have received food assistance since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took…
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