Global IssuesNews headlines for “Aid”
Yemen: Ten Years of War, a Lifetime of Loss
- UN News
Marking a decade of war in Yemen, Othman Belbeisi, Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa at the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM), highlights the resilience of its people, the deepening humanitarian crisis, and the urgent need for global action.
Gaza: No aid has reached war-torn enclave for more than three weeks
- UN News
It has now been three and a half weeks since Israel imposed a complete blockade on all aid into Gaza, despite daily efforts by UN humanitarians to secure fresh access, they said in an update from the shattered enclave.
Aid operations stretched to the limit in Burundi by ongoing DR Congo crisis
- UN News
With thousands fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) across the border into Burundi, aid operations are stretched to the limit, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
‘Fragility and hope’ mark new era in Syria amid ongoing violence and aid struggles
- UN News
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing to the devastating violence on the coast earlier this month, which marked a grim new chapter in Syria’s fragile transition to a lasting peace.
Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of war
- UN News
In Yemen, a decade of conflict has proved catastrophic for the country’s children living under the threat of airstrikes and staggeringly high malnutrition rates, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the “difficult decision” to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza Strip following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes – but pledged that “the UN is not leaving” the enclave.
3-week Gaza aid ban ‘collective punishment’: UNRWA chief
- UN News
The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), said on Sunday.
UNICEF condemns looting of lifesaving supplies for children in Sudan
- UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday strongly condemned the looting of vital humanitarian supplies from Al Bashair Hospital in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, warning that the theft puts thousands of malnourished children and mothers at risk.
Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis
- UN News
Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that has engulfed the international aid sector, made worse by pronounced cuts in Washington, the UN children’s and refugee agencies said on Friday.
Exhausted Gazans wake from another night of Israeli bombing: UN aid teams
- UN News
Israel’s renewed bombing campaign and intensifying ground operation in Gaza are reversing gains achieved during the brief ceasefire, UN humanitarians inside the devastated enclave said on Friday.
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