Global IssuesNews headlines for “Aid”, page 10
More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council
- UN News
Not enough progress is being made in getting desperately needed aid and commercial goods into Gaza, the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for the Strip said in a briefing to the Security Council on Monday.
Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands in need of aid as flooding wipes out homes – WFP
- UN News
UN humanitarians are rushing to assist scores of newly displaced people in northeast Nigeria, after torrential rains caused a dam to collapse and flood the area, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Guterres condemns death of 6 UNRWA staff and 12 others in Israeli strike, calls for independent probe
- UN News
The UN chief on Thursday described the continued lack of effective protection for civilians in Gaza during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas as “unconscionable”.
UN firmly rejects allegations against agencies in Yemen
- UN News
The United Nations on Wednesday firmly rejected allegations by the Houthis in Yemen that some UN agencies and partners have been “colluding to destroy” the country’s education system.
Viet Nam mobilises massive response as Typhoon Yagi leaves a trail of catastrophe
- UN News
A massive disaster response has been launched in Viet Nam following widespread damage inflicted by Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit the South China Sea in almost three decades, the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported.
WFP continues to support millions amid ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine
- UN News
Nearly 50 million people in the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe are not getting enough to eat, or double the number from before the Arab Spring over a decade ago, a senior official with the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday in New York.
The world must ‘wake up and help Sudan out of the nightmare of conflict’ says WHO’s Tedros
- UN News
Sudan’s health system is “near collapse” after 16 months of war have left the country and its people facing what the UN’s top health official described on Sunday as the “perfect storm of crises”, which the world is largely ignoring.
World News in Brief: Aid trucks on Ukraine frontline, Africa schools close due to insecurity, Georgia rights defenders
- UN News
UN humanitarians continue to reach beleaguered communities stranded on the frontline in Ukraine. An inter-agency convoy delivered three trucks of aid to a community in the Kherson region on Wednesday – the ninth this year that has managed to get through.
Catastrophic hunger doubles in 2024; Gaza and Sudan worst hit
- UN News
The number of people experiencing catastrophic hunger has surged more than twofold in 2024, due largely to the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Sudan, according to new figures released by the UN on Thursday.
Over half a million people severely impacted by unprecedented flooding and windstorms in Yemen
- UN News
Unprecedented floods and winds have displaced thousands of families, destroyed homes, and severely damaged critical infrastructure, impacting over half a million people in Yemen, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Thursday.
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