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Blackouts and shortages disrupt healthcare across Cuba
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Sudan hunger crisis deepens as UN warns millions face acute food shortages
The warning came in a joint alert issued by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), citing the latest analysis…
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Ebola outbreak follows hunger and displacement crisis in DR Congo
“The world is not safer from pandemics”, said experts from the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) on Monday, who underscored how the world’s vulnerability was exposed by an Ebola outbreak…
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DRC Ebola outbreak: hundreds of suspected cases, no vaccine
WHO’s representative in DRC, Dr Anne Ancia, told reporters in Geneva that there are more than 500 suspected cases including 130 suspected deaths, but that only 30 cases have been…
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Ukraine war ‘becoming deadlier by the day’, Security Council hears
“In the last week alone, we witnessed one of the largest aerial bombardments of Ukraine since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion in February 2022,” said Director Kayoko Gotoh of the Political and Peacebuilding Affairs…
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Geopolitical tensions impact global economy, Gaza aid funding shortfall, violence in South Sudan, UN condemns deadly mosque attack
A recent report published on Tuesday by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) indicates that the global economy showed resilience at the beginning of 2026, buoyed by trade,…
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Flak jackets and final goodbyes: Lebanon’s first responders under fire
Recent attacks killed two Lebanese Red Cross volunteers: Youssef Assaf, who died during a rescue operation on 9 March, and Hassan Badawi, killed in a drone strike on 12 April.According...
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30,000 people flee fresh violence in Haiti as hunger crisis deepens
Much of the violence has been concentrated in Cité Soleil, an impoverished neighbourhood in the capital, where humanitarian workers are now seeking to provide life-saving assistance. ©WFP/Odelyn Joseph A burnt-out...
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Gaza: Life-saving medicines blocked as killing continues, disease gains ground
Recently returned from a visit to the devastated enclave, Dr. Renee Van de Weerdt, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told reporters in Geneva, “Nothing...
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World News in Brief: Sudan refugee update, child trafficking crisis in South Sudan, ‘mystery’ illness in Burundi, human rights in Serbia
The warning comes from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the World Food Programme (WFP).They said “essential assistance to the refugees will be drastically scaled back even further in the coming...