Global Issues
News headlines for “Aid”, page 55
Syria: Mine casualties persist as UN partners scale up clearance operations
- UN News
Explosive ordnance continues to claim lives across Syria, with more than 430 deaths and injuries reported since December, nearly a third of them children, according to Stéphane Dujarric, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Humanitarians underscore need for urgent and sustained support in Gaza
- UN News
As the UN and partners continue to deliver life-saving assistance across the Gaza Strip, the scale of needs remains overwhelming, requiring urgent and sustained support, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Monday.
UN launches $6 billion Sudan appeal, as famine takes hold
- UN News
More than one in two people in war-torn Sudan have too little to eat, famine “is taking hold” and sexual violence is rife, the UN’s top aid official said on Monday, as the global body launched an appeal for $6 billion to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in the devastated country and beyond.
DR Congo crisis: WFP condemns looting in Bukavu after M23 rebels take key city
- UN News
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of thousands of tonnes of relief supplies in the city of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels swept in at the weekend, reportedly meeting little resistance.
Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crises in the world’
- UN News
Sudan’s ruinous civil war is approaching its third year, leaving a legacy of malnutrition, massive population displacement and chronic insecurity. As the UN system prepares to launch a call for record funding of $4.2 billion to support aid operations in the country, here are some of the main things to know about what have been described as “the largest and most devasting displacement, humanitarian and protection crises in the world today”.
World must not turn its back on Sudan’s deepening crisis: Guterres
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on the international community to urgently scale up funding and diplomatic action to ease the suffering of millions of Sudanese facing hunger and displacement as rival militaries continue battling each other for control.
DR Congo displacement, health crisis worsens amid dwindling aid access
- UN News
A dire displacement crisis is escalating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as M23 rebels make headway while aid routes are cut off, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.
Syria: Thousands of displaced head home, but many refugees still wary
- UN News
More than 825,000 people who were displaced within Syria have returned to their areas of origin since December, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday.
‘No time to lose’ in Gaza, as ceasefire offers fragile respite
- UN News
The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental task of rebuilding Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire holds but tensions loom over a potential resumption of fighting.
DR Congo: Shortage of humanitarian routes threatens aid operation, top UN official warns
- UN News
As M23 rebels continue to gain ground in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the country’s top UN humanitarian official has told UN News that increasing “complexity and needs” are fuelling a crisis which had already left more than a million people displaced before the latest surge in fighting.
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