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News headlines for “Aid”, page 33
Helpless in the face of hunger: Gaza families pray for deliverance – or death
- UN News
“I stood helpless in the face of my son's hunger. I cried a lot and told him to drink from our little water to satisfy his hunger,” said Zeenat, a young Palestinian woman speaking to UN News from the battered Gaza Strip.
UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
- UN News
The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid in Mozambique to maternal health services in Afghanistan, critical programmes are on the brink of collapse unless urgent funding is secured.
Gaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
- UN News
Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday.
Desperate hunger drives crowd to storm UN food warehouse in Gaza
- UN News
Desperate hunger drove crowds of people to overrun a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday, reportedly leaving two dead and several injured in a chaotic scramble for food.
Sudan war exacerbates risk of cholera and malaria: UNICEF
- UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating public health crisis in Sudan, as conflict and mass displacement continue to drive a surge in disease, particularly cholera and malaria.
UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food
- UN News
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid from the new US and Israeli-backed aid distribution facility operating independently of the UN.
Sanctions relief for Syria offers ‘powerful message of hope,’ says UN migration agency
- UN News
The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union to ease sanctions against Syria.
Real cost of disasters is 10 times higher than previously thought, says UN
- UN News
As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than previously estimated, with far-reaching effects across healthcare, housing, education and employment.
Gaza: UN agencies calls for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins
- UN News
Reports indicated on Tuesday that Israel’s controversial aid distribution plan had begun in Gaza as the United Nations called once again on the Israeli authorities to allow an “immediate surge” in the amount of supplies reaching the enclave to prevent starvation.
Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes
- UN News
After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on Monday that the “trickle” of supplies being allowed into the war-torn enclave will not halt famine.
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