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200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies

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200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies

A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age of five into acute malnutrition by the end…

6 September 2023 · 1 min read

People of African descent facing ‘immense challenges’ in public square

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People of African descent facing ‘immense challenges’ in public square

It details how systemic racism, marginalization and exclusion, rooted in the legacies of enslavement and colonialism, continue to have a negative effect on all aspects of life.UN High Commissioner for…

6 September 2023 · 4 min read

Urgent call for billion to support millions fleeing Sudan conflict

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Urgent call for $1 billion to support millions fleeing Sudan conflict

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 64 humanitarian and national civil society organisations on Monday appealed for $1 billion to provide essential aid and protection to more than 1.8 million…

6 September 2023 · 3 min read

Record civilian cluster munitions victims as experts urge global ban

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Record civilian cluster munitions victims as experts urge global ban

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of civilians killed by cluster munitions, according to new data released

6 September 2023 · 4 min read

UN provides funding boost for ‘neglected’ humanitarian crises

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UN provides funding boost for ‘neglected’ humanitarian crises

UN provides funding boost with $125 million to support 14 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.

6 September 2023 · 2 min read

Record numbers risking lives to cross dangerous Darien Gap

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Record numbers risking lives to cross dangerous Darien Gap

So far this year, more than 330,000 people have crossed the Darien Gap on their journey towards North America risking their lives and facing horrific human rights abuses

6 September 2023 · 3 min read

Afghanistan: WFP forced to cut food aid for 2 million more

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Afghanistan: WFP forced to cut food aid for 2 million more

Food assistance to two million people in Afghanistan will have to be cut later this month, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Source link

6 September 2023 · 1 min read

109-year-old Tulsa Massacre survivor reflects on legacy of slavery in UN visit

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109-year-old Tulsa Massacre survivor reflects on legacy of slavery in UN visit

Viola Fletcher was just seven years old when she was forcibly displaced from her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, by an armed mob which destroyed the predominantly Black enclave of Greenwood,…

28 August 2023 · 6 min read

Pakistan: Flood have gone but horror continues for children

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Pakistan: Flood have gone but horror continues for children

Millions of children in Pakistan remain dependent on humanitarian assistance as recovery and rehabilitation efforts from last year’s catastrophic floods lack sufficient funding, the UN (UNICEF) warned on Friday. Speaking…

28 August 2023 · 2 min read

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‘Increasing militarisation’ of DPR Korea fuelling rise in human rights violations

Briefing the UN Security Council, Volker Türk ran through a long list of rights abuses, saying that many “stem directly from, or support, the increasing militarisation of the DPRK."His argument…

20 August 2023 · 3 min read