Global IssuesNews headlines for “Aid”, page 19
Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting
- UN News
The risk of widespread famine in Sudan caused by war there was confirmed on Thursday by leading hunger experts who warned that the country faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded”, with no less than 14 areas at the highest level of risk.
World News in Brief: ICC convicts Malian extremist of war crimes, Sudan crisis update, UN Police Summit preview
- UN News
The International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down a war crimes conviction on Wednesday against an Al Qaida-linked Malian former self-styled police chief who faced a range of charges, from torture to rape.
We'll never abandon Gaza, pledges top UN aid official
- UN News
UN aid teams and partner organizations remain deeply committed to delivering lifesaving supplies to Gazans in need, despite the increasing dangers of working there, the Organization’s top aid official said on Wednesday.
Humanitarians are beacon of hope amidst global turmoil: Guterres
- UN News
Human suffering continues to worsen against a backdrop of conflict and runaway climate change the UN chief said on Tuesday, calling on countries to step up support for those in need and protect the humanitarians who aid them.
Syria: Security Council highlights escalating crisis and civilian suffering
- UN News
Syria continues in a state of “grave crisis” with civilian suffering on the rise, the UN Security Council heard during a briefing on Tuesday.
New famine alert for Gaza where families go days without food
- UN News
Gaza remains on famine alert after food security experts warned on Tuesday that more than one in five households “go entire days without eating”.
Sudan: WHO appalled by horrific attack on El Fasher’s maternity hospital
- UN News
Heavy fighting in Sudan hit a new low over the weekend when a maternity hospital in besieged El Fasher city came under attack, killing a pharmacy worker and prompting new calls on Monday from the head of the UN health agency for the violence to stop.
Chief of key UN agency in Gaza warns ‘entire generation’ could be lost
- UN News
The head of the main UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued a stark warning on Monday that it “will crumble” unless funding is found quickly, with an “entire generation” of children at risk of being condemned to “poverty…hatred, resentment and future conflict”.
World News in Brief: UNHCR rushes support to Rohingyas, end ‘normalisation’ of prostitution, Zambia’s devastating drought
- UN News
Deadly monsoon landslides in southern Bangladesh have destroyed over 1,200 shelters and displaced around 2,000 ethnic Rohingya from neighbouring Myanmar who need urgent assistance, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said.
Officials highlight massive poverty, humanitarian despair in Afghanistan
- UN News
The humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are “alarmingly high” and the international community is in “crisis management mode”, the UN Security Council heard on Friday.
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