Somalia: Humanitarian aid cuts leave millions of children vulnerable to hunger
The global funding crisis for humanitarian work is taking a growing toll on the most vulnerable children in Somalia, where some aid programmes and facilities…
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Lebanon: 860,000 displaced people have returned home, but humanitarian crisis remains ‘immense’
Around 860,000 people displaced by the conflict in southern Lebanon have returned, but the displacement and humanitarian crisis are “far from over,” the UN warned…
Cuba: Independent experts condemn new US sanctions as humanitarian crisis deepens
Independent UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned a fresh round of US sanctions against Cuba, calling them an attempt to force change on “a…
Middle East crisis: Humanitarian fallout ‘worsening by the day’
The humanitarian toll is mounting as fighting continues in the Middle East beyond strikes and counterstrikes between the US and Iran, the UN aid coordination…
UK humanitarian worker monitored for Ebola in London hospital
The health worker was evacuated to the UK from the DR Congo after being potentially exposed to the virus.
World News in Brief: UN spotlights education aid solution, Sri Lanka prison violence, humanitarian aid to Venezuela
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urged international lenders to expand debt-for-education swaps, warning in a Friday report that many developing countries are…
UN details humanitarian toll of strikes on Ukrainian power industry
Missile and drone attacks killed at least a dozen civilians in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend as both countries continue to launch long-range drone…
Afghanistan in crisis: Drought, malnutrition and a worsening humanitarian situation
Imagine being one of a family of nine and sitting down to a meal of potato peelings and other scraps, boiled up into a soup….
World News in Brief: Pope Leo urges action on hunger, humanitarian strain deepens in Gaza, families return to Lebanon
Pope Leo called on the international community to renew its commitment to tackling hunger and malnutrition, describing access to adequate food as a “fundamental human…