Global Issues
News headlines for “Aid”, page 52
Gaza: Deep concern for civilians as aid crossings remain shut
- UN News
UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday that the continued closure of key border crossings into Gaza is putting civilian lives at risk, just as they begin to recover from months of war, deprivation and hunger.
Famine looms in Somalia without funding boost, WFP says
- UN News
“The time to step up is now” for the people of Somalia, where drought threatens 1.7 million young children at risk of acute malnutrition, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday.
Almost 80,000 flee DR Congo amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR
- UN News
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have left tens of thousands fleeing across borders with no sign of the exodus stopping, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
Food prices soar as Israel blocks aid into Gaza
- UN News
Israel’s move to prevent all aid from entering the Gaza Strip after Hamas reportedly refused to accept a plan to continue with phase one of the fragile ceasefire has had an immediate impact, including a 100-fold increase in the price of flour and vegetables.
First Person: Voices of the forgotten in Haiti, ‘crying out in the silence of distress’
- UN News
Gang violence, political instability and economic turmoil have displaced over 700,000 people in Haiti, forcing families from their homes with nothing but what they can carry; some 5.5 million people – half of Haiti’s population – rely on humanitarian aid to survive.
DR Congo: Clean water ‘a lifeline’ for around 364,000 children a day in Goma
- UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing lifesaving clean water supplies to 700,000 people a day – around 364,000 of them children – in the regional capital Goma after breaks in the water supply due to the uptick in fighting.
US cuts mean ‘essential’ UN mental health teams in Ukraine risk closure
- UN News
Some 640,000 women and girls in Ukraine will be affected by cuts to psychosocial support, gender-based violence services, safe spaces, and economic empowerment programs following the confirmation from US authorities to end practically all financial contributions to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency (UNFPA).
Children already dying in Sudan’s stricken Zamzam camp: WFP
- UN News
UN humanitarians on Friday warned again that thousands of families could starve in the coming weeks inside the Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur.
US aid cuts will make world ‘less healthy, less safe and less prosperous’: Guterres
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that severe cuts to humanitarian and development funding by the United States will have devastating consequences for millions of vulnerable people worldwide.
Haiti: Massive surge in child armed group recruitment, warns UNICEF
- UN News
The ongoing emergency in Haiti is crushing children’s chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters are recruited by heavily armed and violent gangs, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
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