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Bombardment, deprivation and displacement continue in Gaza

OCHA said dozens of people, including at least eight children, were killed in Gaza City on Wednesday after an Israeli strike hit a residential building. Many others are still missing under the rubble. The agency stressed...

Myanmar: UN seeks additional $240 million to bolster earthquake relief

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake – which struck on March 28 – has claimed over 3,600 lives, injured a further 4,800 people and left 184 still missing.The disaster has affected more than nine million people...

Sudan war: UNHCR chief stresses need to help refugee hosts in Chad

Chad hosts 1.3 million forcibly displaced people, according to the UN agency, UNHCR despite it being one of the world’s poorest countries. More than half of these vulnerable individuals are Sudanese who’ve fled the fighting...

Fear and uncertainty are daily staples for Gaza’s most vulnerable

Fear and uncertainty are daily staples for Gaza’s most vulnerable Source link

South Sudan: Conflict and hunger push millions to the brink

The situation is especially dire for returnees fleeing violence in Sudan, who now account for nearly half of those experiencing catastrophic hunger levels.The influx of over 1.1 million displaced people into already fragile communities...

Dangers grow for Myanmar quake survivors, health system ‘overwhelmed’

Ten days after a 7.7 magnitude quake levelled buildings and buckled bridges across central Myanmar, the latest death toll has passed 3,500 and is “likely to rise”, said Titon Mitra, UN Development Programme (UNDP)...

Gaza: Guterres calls on Israel to ensure life-saving aid reaches civilians

Speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters, António Guterres also repeated his call for a renewed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and the release of all hostages still being held inside the shattered enclave.No food,...

Ukraine crisis: ‘Even wars have rules,’ UN relief chief tells Security Council

Briefing the Security Council, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher called on the international community to step up support and do more to protect civilians under fire.In recent weeks, continued Russian strikes on cities...

World News in Brief: Nobody wins trade wars Guterres warns, WFP alert over US funding cuts, ‘modern slavery’ must be eradicated says Yang

António Guterres was responding to a journalist at the stakeout in UN Headquarters in New York, who asked him for reaction to the recent decision by United States President Donald Trump to impose a...

Aid data critical to crisis response threatened by funding cuts

“Data is central to humanitarian action,” OCHA said, as aid organizations look to “focus their response to reach the communities with the most severe needs.”In its latest report on the State of Open Humanitarian Data...

Myanmar quake: ‘I constantly worry – what if another earthquake happens?’

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake which struck shortly before 1 PM local time on 28 March, was the strongest in recent memory.As aftershocks continue, UN agencies are warning of a looming health emergency, with children...

With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans

In a joint statement, the heads of the UN’s aid agencies warned that “we are witnessing acts of war in Gaza that show an utter disregard for human life,” with Israeli displacement orders forcing hundreds...

More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month: UNICEF

No aid has been allowed into Gaza since 2 March, representing the longest period of aid blockage since the start of the war, resulting in shortages of food, safe water, shelter, and medical supplies.UNICEF...

Sudan: Suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum

Mohamed Refaat, IOM Chief of Mission in Sudan, was speaking to reporters after returning from previously inaccessible Khartoum state, which is now back under the control of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).War erupted between...

INTERVIEW: Myanmar ‘an emergency within an emergency’, UN warns |

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has been at the forefront of the emergency response, delivering critical medical supplies and coordinating lifesaving care. However, hospitals are overwhelmed, medical supplies are running dangerously low, and...

Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers

Last Sunday, a joint PRCS and UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) mission uncovered a shallow grave in Rafah. The bodies of eight PRCS paramedics, six civil defence workers, and one UN staff member were found.They had...

DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens

Intense clashes between local armed groups and M23 rebels were reported on Thursday in the town of Masisi Centre in North Kivu.Preliminary reports from partners on the ground indicate at least two civilian fatalities...

Myanmar military’s attacks continue despite quake truce, warns UN’s Türk

“In the days following the deadly earthquake that tore through central Myanmar last week, the Myanmar military continued operations and attacks, including airstrikes – some of which were launched shortly after tremors subsided,” said...

EU Court of Justice: Gender identity cannot depend on proof of surgical operation

Correction of data on gender identity cannot depend on proof of surgical operation. This is stated in the judgment of the EU Court of Justice in case C-247/23. In 2014, V.P., an Iranian national, obtained...

UN condemns killing of 1,000 people in Gaza since ceasefire collapse

He condemned the reported killing of more than a thousand people, including women and children, since the collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on 18 March.In his daily press briefing, UN Spokesperson...

Myanmar: UN chief calls for urgent access as quake toll mounts

Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the earthquake has “supercharged the suffering”.“Myanmar today is the scene of utter devastation and desperation,” he said.He emphasised that even...

Sudan on brink of famine as fighting ravages Darfur, UN warns

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric warned that “the humanitarian and security situation in Sudan remains dire and is worsening.”He highlighted intense fighting around El Fasher, noting, “we are gravely alarmed by reports of intensified hostilities... including...

‘Attacks on aid workers must end,’ Security Council told

Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General with UN aid coordination office OCHA, and Gilles Michaud, head of the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) were speaking during a meeting on the protection of civilians in armed...

Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls

As emergency aid trickles in, women and girls who were already vulnerable due to years of conflict, displacement and economic instability, now face even greater risks from gender-based violence and exploitation, according to a...

Myanmar earthquake latest: Entire communities flattened, aid teams say

Speaking to journalists from Yangon on Tuesday, Julia Rees, Deputy Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the country described seeing massive needs rising by the hour, after a 7.7 magnitude quake.“Entire communities...
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