Global IssuesNews headlines for “Aid”
Syria: UN investigators call for protecting evidence amid worsening humanitarian crisis
- UN News
The humanitarian crisis in Syria continues to escalate, with millions struggling to access basic resources as fuel shortages and damaged infrastructure hinder relief efforts, the UN reported on Monday.
Yemen bears world’s highest cholera burden, deepening humanitarian crisis
- UN News
Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 associated deaths as of 1 December, accounting for 35 per cent of worldwide cholera cases and 18 per cent of related deaths this year, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
Only 3 per cent of UN emergency food aid getting to desperate Gazans
- UN News
Since October, when Israeli forces launched a ground offensive in northern Gaza, only three per cent of food and water deliveries organized by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have been permitted to enter areas in northern Gaza.
UN surge teams mobilise as Vanuatu hit by second earthquake
- UN News
UN agencies are intensifying their response in Vanuatu after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed 12 people and injured over 200 earlier this week, with a second 6.1 magnitude tremor on Sunday further exacerbating the challenges for affected communities.
Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies
- UN News
The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee crisis on the South Sudan border, have intensified an already alarming humanitarian crisis, according to UN agencies on Friday.
Syria transition may fail if support lifeline is delayed, says IOM chief
- UN News
The head of the UN migration agency stressed on Friday that Syria is in no position to take back millions of Syrians following the fall of the Assad regime, while there is an urgent need to “re-evaluate” sanctions impacting the war-ravaged country.
Gaza is now a graveyard and there’s no escape, say UN aid teams
- UN News
Hunger, dire living conditions made worse by heavy winter rains and ongoing hostilities continue to endanger people’s lives in Gaza, which has become “a graveyard”, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.
World News in Brief: Deaths and injuries mount in Ukraine, refugees from Sudan, Vanuatu quake response
- UN News
In Ukraine, the UN continues to provide aid and support to communities impacted by Russia’s full-scale invasion.
‘Dying hungry and in pain’: An increasingly likely outcome in Gaza
- UN News
The head of the UN aid coordination office in Gaza, Georgios Petropoulos, issued a harrowing update on the dire situation in the enclave on Thursday, describing it as "the most dangerous place on earth right now."
Reconstruction and vital repairs underway in Syria, as ‘security conditions’ permit
- UN News
Around 1.3 million Syrians have received food aid in the past three weeks across Syria from the UN and partners, as the restoration of key services begins in some of the relatively stable areas of the country.
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