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WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa

The agency’s emergency food and nutrition assistance operation in the Sahel began in June, focussing on refugees, newly displaced people, malnourished children under five, pregnant women and breastfeeding women and girls. ...

UN voices ‘shock and condemnation’ as gender-based violence soars across Sudan

The violations include conflict-related sexual violence against internally displaced and refugee women and girls forced to flee for their lives.Agency chiefs from humanitarian coordination office OCHA, the human rights office (OHCHR), the UN refugee...

Jenin: UN concerned over ongoing Israeli military operation

In a statement from his spokesperson on Monday, Mr. Guterres affirmed that all military operations must be conducted with full respect for international humanitarian law. The incursion follows another operation in the camp on 19 June, which left four...

New danger for tourists in Greece

A night in the car can exceed a night in five-star hotels up to 3000 euros, and before that - to end up in detention. Greece introduced a new fine at the beginning of the...

‘Generations of Haitians’ at risk, warns Guterres, calling for international force to help quell gang violence

The UN chief expressed deep concern at the extreme vulnerability faced by the Haitian people – especially women and girls – because of brutally violent and “predatory” armed gangs, like those encircling the capital, blocking...

Syrians facing ‘ever worsening’ conditions, top UN officials warn

“The violence and suffering of the Syrian people remind us of what is at stake as diplomatic efforts continue on Syria,” said Najat Rochdi, UN Deputy Special Envoy for the country. “Ultimately, we need a...

‘The world is failing the Haitian people’ warns UNICEF chief

Briefing correspondents at UN Headquarters in New York just a few days after visiting Haiti along with the head of the World Food Programme (WFP), Catherine Russell said “the current situation of insecurity is...

Northeastern Nigeria: malnourished children fighting for their lives

The UN’s top humanitarian official in the country Matthias Schmale informed that severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The number of children under five at risk...

Sudan: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access

“We’ve already seen over 560,000 people crossing into neighbouring countries… nearly two million people displaced internally,” said Raouf Mazou, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, following a visit to Sudan.Since conflict erupted there on 15...

A Bulgarian gang stealing used oil in France – ‘Grease Thieves’

Bulgarian trace in the theft of a large amount of used oil in France, which is sold for recycling and converted into biofuels, Agence France-Presse reported on 18 June 2023. The country's media reported that...

Horn of Africa: Around 60 million in urgent humanitarian need

“About five million children under the age of five are estimated to be facing acute malnutrition in 2023 in the Horn region, in the Greater Horn. That is about 10.4 million, that is just...

Where is the world’s first phone-free island and why is it banning smartphones?

At the beginning of summer and the tourist season, social media users will struggle to answer the eternal question: If you haven't posted anything about your vacation, have you really gone? The answer is, of...

Somalia in danger of losing hard-won gains, Security Council hears

“Whilst many challenges and risks lie ahead, there are also many opportunities, and I urge all international partners to lean in and provide additional support to the people,” said the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative...

With needs at a record high, underfunding is chronic Guterres tells humanitarians

With 360 million people worldwide in need of humanitarian assistance, up 30 percent since early 2022, global humanitarian needs have yet again reached record levels.In a video message to the Humanitarian Affairs Segment, a platform...

UN remains focused on ‘critical needs’ of Ukraine’s people

Achim Steiner, head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Vice-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group told delegates he had just returned from the war-torn country, noting civilians’ “extraordinary determination to adapt, to...

DRC: Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: WFP

According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), since March 2022 alone, 5.7 million people have been displaced in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. Record displacementOverall, 6.2 million people have...

Sudan: Guterres urges donors to boost aid response to halt death, destruction

Addressing donors at a pledging event in Geneva convened by the UN with Egypt, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the African Union and the European Union, Mr. Guterres said that some $3 billion was needed to...

Report reveals war’s ‘stark impacts’ on Ukraine society

The Human Impact Assessment (HIA) provides comprehensive insights into how the February 2022 full-scale Russian invasion has affected areas such as living conditions, health, access to education, livelihoods, food security and gender equality.The UN...

Russia declines UN request for aid access to areas flooded by Ukraine dam breach

The destruction earlier this month of the Soviet-era dam and hydroelectric plant in an area reportedly under Russian control since its invasion in 2022, has caused widespread flooding across southern Ukraine, washing away homes,...

Sudan’s Darfur spiralling into ‘humanitarian calamity’: UN aid chief

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths warned in a statement issued late on Thursday night that conditions in the province were particularly dire: babies dying in hospitals, children and mothers suffering from severe malnutrition,...

Haiti: ‘Take urgent action now’ urges ECOSOC President

Lachezara Stoeva was addressing a special crisis meeting on Haiti organized by ECOSOC to address the country’s urgent food security needs and noted that the humanitarian response plan for this year is only 22.6...

Ukraine: 700,000 people affected by water shortages from dam disaster 

On Friday, relief supplies were delivered to vulnerable families in the rural Kherson region close to the front line.  The destruction of the dam on 6 June has impacted water supplies, sanitation and sewage systems,...

UN chief insists on solidarity with people of Syria, with ‘no time to spare’

The UN was asking for $11.1 billion dollars – its largest appeal worldwide – to support Syrians inside the country and those displaced in the broader region, Mr. Guterres said. By the end of the...

Almost 3 million children ‘desperately need protection and support’ in Haiti

“Being a child in Haiti today is harsher and more dangerous than it ever has been in living memory.  The threats and hardships children face are simply unimaginable. They desperately need protection and support,”...
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