Global Issues
News headlines for “Aid”, page 19
Hunger and a heatwave plague the Gaza Strip
- UN News
As hunger and malnutrition deepen in the Gaza Strip, humanitarian missions continue to face delays and impediments, while scorching temperatures are adding to the suffering of the population.
World News in Brief: Casualties in Ukraine, Burkina Faso aid helicopter blast, Uganda urged to release opposition leaders
- UN News
July saw the highest civilian casualties in Ukraine since May 2022, with 286 people killed and 1,388 injured, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country (HRMMU).
Malnutrition deaths mark ‘latest in the war on children’ in Gaza: UNRWA chief
- UN News
At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, prompting humanitarians to underscore the need to speed up medical evacuations from the enclave while also allowing more food to enter.
‘Only hunger and bombs’ for besieged civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher
- UN News
UN human rights chief Volker Türk has expressed outrage over Monday’s deadly large-scale attack by the Rapid Support Forces militia on El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, which has been besieged by the RSF since April last year.
Syria: UNICEF calls for safe access to children in Sweida as needs mount
- UN News
Humanitarians must be able to reach families affected by the “deeply alarming” recent violence in Syria’s Sweida region who need food and other basics to survive, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.
Sudan: UN ‘deeply alarmed’ by major attack on besieged El Fasher
- UN News
The UN has expressed deep alarm over a large-scale assault by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia on El Fasher, the government-held capital of Sudan’s North Darfur State, and the nearby Abu Shouk displacement camp, which has been under siege since April 2024.
Record starvation and malnutrition in Gaza; more West Bank displacement
- UN News
The United Nations continues to draw attention to the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, where starvation and malnutrition are at the highest levels since hostilities began nearly three years ago.
The world has the tools to end Haiti’s crisis – it’s time to use them
- UN News
During her final briefing as resident and humanitarian coordinator for Haiti, Ulrika Richardson struggled to describe the realities of life in Haiti.
First Person: Echoes of war as aid arrives in Syria’s historical city
- UN News
The transformation over two decades of the once thriving Syrian city of Sweida from tourist destination to a landscape marked by violence and loss has been detailed by the chief of a UN migration mission who recently visited the area.
Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killing of journalists, as child malnutrition deaths rise
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of six Palestinian journalists in Gaza this past weekend, his Spokesman said on Monday.
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