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‘Humanitarian disaster zone’: Gaza hospital capacity decimated
© WHO - An injured Palestinian child is rushed to Al Shifa hospital in Gaza. (file)

International

‘Humanitarian disaster zone’: Gaza hospital capacity decimated

The last barely functioning hospital in northern Gaza is a “humanitarian disaster zone”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday

12 December 2023 · 5 min read

Desperation intensifies for Gazans amid uncertainty of ‘safe zones’
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International

Desperation intensifies for Gazans amid uncertainty of ‘safe zones’

The situation for Gazans is “getting worse by the hour”, the UN health agency WHO said on Tuesday

6 December 2023 · 4 min read

Gaza doctors ‘terrified’ of deadly disease outbreak as aid teams race to deliver
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International

Gaza doctors ‘terrified’ of deadly disease outbreak as aid teams race to deliver

UN humanitarians warned that aid deliveries needed to multiply immediately to save the lives of the injured and stem the risk of a deadly disease outbreak

29 November 2023 · 4 min read

Clashes in eastern DR Congo displaced 450 000 in six weeks
© UNHCR/Blaise Sanyila - People who have fled clashes and violence in North Kivu seek refuge in Rusayo, in the DR Congo.

International

Clashes in eastern DR Congo displaced 450 000 in six weeks

Violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government forces have displaced 450000 people in the last six weeks

24 November 2023 · 2 min read

The Human Fingerprint on Greenhouse Gases
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Environment

The Human Fingerprint on Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse gases occur naturally and are essential to the survival of all living things, but the industrialisation has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.

23 November 2023 · 5 min read

Gaza: ‘Thousands of children killed’ within a few weeks, says UN’s Guterres
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International

Gaza: ‘Thousands of children killed’ within a few weeks, says UN’s Guterres

The UN chief said that in the current conflict in Gaza, with thousands of children killed, the world is witnessing a level of violence unprecedented

21 November 2023 · 5 min read