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Somalia: Humanitarian aid cuts leave millions of children vulnerable to hunger
- UN News
The global funding crisis for humanitarian work is taking a growing toll on the most vulnerable children in Somalia, where some aid programmes and facilities have been forced to shut down.
DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreading exponentially, UN responders warn
- UN News
As the deadliest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo’s history continued spreading on Friday, UN responders renewed their urgent appeal for immediate international support, with existing funding for lifesaving work critically low.
World Humanitarian Day — Protect Aid Workers Against Drones
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, August 20 (IPS) - World Humanitarian Day celebrates humanitarian workers and the life-saving services they provide under the most complex and often dangerous conditions.
How the Taliban Hunt Women in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
ROME, August 20 (IPS) - FIVE years after the Taliban returned to power, Fawzia Koofi, the former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament, denounces what she describes as “gender apartheid.”
Russian missiles kill 17 more in Ukraine as Guterres calls for ceasefire
- UN News
Russian ballistic missile strikes killed 17 people and injured more than 40 in and around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, local authorities reported.
Middle East: 94 per cent need shelter in Gaza, Israel ramps up demolitions in Lebanon
- UN News
Ninety-four cent of Gaza’s 2.1 million residents need shelter as Israeli gunfire and strikes continue inside the enclave, UN agencies and peacekeepers warned on Thursday.
Colombia earthquake: 1.2 million need aid as some communities remain out of reach
- UN News
Ten days after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia, an estimated 1.2 million people need humanitarian assistance, while some communities have still received little or no aid, UN agencies said on Thursday.
Mpox: Children account for half of suspected cases in Guinea-Bissau
- UN News
Children, who are particularly vulnerable to the disease, account for half of the 46 suspected mpox cases identified in Guinea-Bissau – with 16 of them under the age of four.
DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads
- UN News
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine from the UN’s international vaccine coordination group (ICG) to protect frontline communities against the Ebola virus disease.
As elections near, South Sudan risks new atrocity crimes, warns rights probe
- UN News
The under-reported humanitarian crisis in South Sudan risks deepening with the real possibility of further atrocity crimes unless renewed fighting stops, a UN-backed probe said on Thursday.
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