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News headlines for “Aid”, page 57
Israeli military operation displaces 40,000 in the West Bank
- UN News
The forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the northern part of the West Bank is escalating at an alarming pace, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees UNRWA warned on Monday.
Gaza crisis: Amid winter storms, humanitarians appeal for full aid access
- UN News
As the Israeli military completed its withdrawal at the weekend from a key security corridor in Gaza that had cut the enclave in two, UN humanitarians issued a fresh appeal for an end to all aid restrictions which continue to prevent the delivery of lifesaving relief.
DR Congo crisis: Thousands flee clashes in South Kivu
- UN News
Continued clashes in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are triggering mass displacement and causing civilian casualties, UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA said on Friday.
First Person: Bodies of children in Haiti have turned into ‘battlegrounds’
- UN News
Armed groups in Haiti are inflicting “unimaginable horrors” on children, turning their “bodies into battlegrounds”, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Palestinians’ rights matter, says UNRWA chief
- UN News
The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA underscored its commitment to assist a population whose rights “continue to be violated”.
US aid funding cuts put HIV prevention at risk, warns UNAIDS
- UN News
The US pause in foreign assistance funding has created “confusion” in the vital work of community HIV prevention, despite a waiver issued for HIV/AIDS programmes, the UN agency to combat the still deadly disease said on Friday.
Sudan: Top aid official warns against escalating violence in two states
- UN News
South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan are on the brink of catastrophe as violence continues to escalate at an alarming rate, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Thursday in a statement.
Gaza: 10,000 aid trucks reached enclave since ceasefire began
- UN News
The humanitarian community’s plan to flood Gaza with lifesaving aid passed an important milestone on Thursday with the news that more than 10,000 relief lorries have entered the enclave since the ceasefire began on 19 January.
Guterres calls for full Gaza ceasefire, rejecting ‘ethnic cleansing’
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza, and “to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing” in the enclave, in a speech in New York on Wednesday.
Gaza: More than a million receive food aid since the start of the ceasefire
- UN News
Over one million people in the Gaza Strip have received food assistance since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect nearly three weeks ago, UN aid coordination office OCHA said in an update on Wednesday.
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