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News headlines for “Aid”, page 14
Haiti: UN relief chief implores ‘we have to do better’ to support gang-ravaged nation
- UN News
Gang violence, hunger and instability continues to roil Haiti as the UN relief chief declared on Wednesday that “we have to do better” to help the families striving to survive amid an alarming humanitarian funding shortage.
Afghanistan quake: ‘Communities are struggling with basic survival’
- UN News
A senior UN aid coordination official in Afghanistan on Monday urged the international community to respond to earthquake victims’ urgent need for support “not only to survive today, but to have the strength to rebuild their lives tomorrow.”
UN provides urgent support after ‘massive’ Russian attack across Ukraine
- UN News
A baby was among those killed overnight into Sunday during what was reportedly Russia’s large aerial assault on Ukraine since its full-scale invasion began in 2022.
Window to prevent famine spreading in Gaza is ‘closing fast’, UN warns
- UN News
The narrow window to prevent the spread of famine from northern Gaza to other parts of the Strip is closing fast, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Sunday.
The night the mountains shook: A doctor on the front lines of Afghanistan’s earthquake
- UN News
The first jolt threw Dr. Abdul Mateen Sahak out of bed. The second sent him to his phone. It was right before midnight, last Sunday, and the steep, mountainous valleys of eastern Afghanistan had just been hit by a powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake, closely followed by the first of many aftershocks.
World News in Brief: Afghanistan quake latest, sexual violence in Haiti, WHO medicines update, deadly floods in Pakistan
- UN News
The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, has released $10 million in response to the urgent need for food, water, shelter and other lifesaving provisions following this week’s devastating earthquakes and aftershocks in Afghanistan.
Downpours stymy aid teams following deadly landslide in war-torn Sudan
- UN News
War-torn Sudan continues to face “a horrific humanitarian situation” as UN colleagues scramble to help communities affected by the devastating landslide that struck Tarseen village in South Darfur state over the weekend, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Thursday.
World News in Brief: Afghanistan quake update, Guterres in Papua New Guinea, Ebola returns to DR Congo, UN condemns attack on peacekeepers in South Sudan
- UN News
As the death toll from the Afghanistan earthquake disaster jumped to more than 2,200 on Thursday, UN agencies continued to help, while calling for funding to help build sturdier housing to withstand future shocks.
Attacks across Gaza intensify amid fear and hunger: ‘Leave me here,’ injured girl told fleeing family
- UN News
Thousands of Palestinians have been caught in the crossfire while trying to escape attacks and dire food shortages in war-torn Gaza, with extraordinary challenges for some, according to latest reports from UN officials on the ground and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Afghanistan quake: Rescuers arrive on foot, survivors need everything
- UN News
A massive assistance mission for earthquake survivors continued in Afghanistan on Wednesday as aid teams tackled blocked roads and downed communications lines in a bid to reach the most remote communities still in need of help.
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