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World News in Brief: ‘Horrifying’ attack on Ukrainian village, autonomous weapons ban, Sudan crisis
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World News in Brief: ‘Horrifying’ attack on Ukrainian village, autonomous weapons ban, Sudan crisis

The top UN humanitarian official in Ukraine has condemned a Russian strike that ripped apart the small rural village in the Kharkiv region, killing dozens of civilians

5 October 2023 · 4 min read

Sudan conflict creates world’s fastest-growing displacement crisis: UN aid official
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Sudan conflict creates world’s fastest-growing displacement crisis: UN aid official

As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, the UN’s top aid official in the country warned on Thursday that the conflict has created “the world’s fastest-growing displacement crisis” which threatens to…

5 October 2023 · 1 min read

Haiti: Children facing triple threat of insecurity, malnutrition, disease
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Haiti: Children facing triple threat of insecurity, malnutrition, disease

The spread of violence from Port-au-Prince to Artibonite, Haiti’s main rice-growing region, is exacerbating an already critical humanitarian emergency, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. Source link

5 October 2023 · 1 min read

Ukraine: Report documents mounting deaths, rights violations
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Ukraine: Report documents mounting deaths, rights violations

It reveals the lethal toll of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Ukrainian civilians, with nearly six individuals killed and 20 wounded on common each single day between February and July of…

4 October 2023 · 4 min read

Women and girls continue to be killed, based on gender alone
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Women and girls continue to be killed, based on gender alone

“Women and girls continue to be killed on the basis of their sex and gender, rendered more vulnerable to femicide when being women and girls intersect with other grounds or…

4 October 2023 · 3 min read

UN supports ‘monumental step’ for cancer sufferers in northwest Syria
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UN supports ‘monumental step’ for cancer sufferers in northwest Syria

The arrival of the first radiotherapy machine in northwest Syria is a game-changer for cancer treatment in the region, providing much-needed local care.

4 October 2023 · 2 min read

Atrocity crimes still being committed in Ethiopia, UN experts warn
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Atrocity crimes still being committed in Ethiopia, UN experts warn

The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia said it was vital independent investigators continue to review the country’s dire human rights situation.”“We are gravely concerned about the situation…

3 October 2023 · 2 min read

Looming hunger emergency for South Sudanese families fleeing war
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Looming hunger emergency for South Sudanese families fleeing war

A hunger emergency is looming for scores of South Sudanese families fleeing the war in Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday.  Source link

3 October 2023 · 1 min read

Karabakh: Humanitarians respond to growing health needs
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Karabakh: Humanitarians respond to growing health needs

Concerns also remain for those unable to leave the Karabakh Region town of Khankendi – known as Stepanakert among Armenians – which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)…

3 October 2023 · 4 min read

World News in Brief: ‘Competing’ efforts to rebuild Derna, Myanmar mines threat, schools shut in Burkina Faso
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World News in Brief: ‘Competing’ efforts to rebuild Derna, Myanmar mines threat, schools shut in Burkina Faso

Abdoulaye Bathily, who is also UN Special Representative, said that plans floated by different institutions and leaders for reconstruction, run the risk of deepening the existing rift between the internationally…

3 October 2023 · 3 min read