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DR Congo: Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years
A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pushing children into the worst cholera crisis since 2017, warns UNICEF. Source link
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DR Congo: Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years
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UN rights chief calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order in Niger
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Lebanon: School occupations condemned as violence grips Palestine refugee camp
Thousands of children have been put at risk amid a resurgence of violence at a Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country said on…
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Eastern DRC: UN food aid hangs in the balance amid severe funding crunch
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with a dire humanitarian crisis fuelled by ongoing political instability and armed conflicts, severely impacting the entire food supply, the UN…
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent support as crises multiply: UNHCR
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling on the international community to renew its commitment to the nearly one million Rohingya refugees who have fled persecution in Myanmar for neighbouring…
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Top UN aid official in Ukraine deplores latest wave of ‘massive Russian attacks’
Russian strikes on at least 10 regions in Ukraine have left a path of death and destruction over the past 24 hours, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said…
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Syrians suffer as political stalemate persists: UN Special Envoy
The only path out of the war in Syria is a political process, which would also help to address the many crises affecting the country, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen…
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More than two million children displaced by Sudan war: UNICEF
The conflict in Sudan has uprooted more than two million children – an average of more than 700 newly displaced every hour, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Thursday. …
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Sudan: ‘lost generation’ of children amid war, hunger, disease: UN humanitarians
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday that the spread of fighting and hunger in Sudan could destroy the country, as the future of a “lost generation” of children…