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Haiti Violence Displacing One Child Every Minute: UNICEF

Displaced children account for more than half of the 600,000 people who have been forced to flee their homes due to violence, according to UNICEF, particularly in the capital Port-au-Prince, much of which is controlled by gangs.

Latin Times

Haiti gang violence displaced more than 300,000 children this year, UN says

More than 300,000 children are displaced in Haiti since gangs forced out Prime Minister Ariel Henry and took over the capital Port-au-Prince earlier this year, UNICEF says. Many children, some of whom are forced to join gangs, are living in makeshift shelters and lack access to food, health care, clean…

France 24

Obsession with growth is enriching elites and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights

Economic growth allows the few to grow ever-wealthier. Ending poverty and environmental catastrophe demands fresh thinking

The Guardian - UK

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Hunger grips Yemen even more. The UN says more than half of households aren't eating enough

The United Nations food agency says more than half of households in Yemen are not eating enough due to poor economic conditions and a monthslong pause in food assistance to millions of people in the rebel-held north

The Independent UK

Boko Haram and western education: the surprising views of some Nigerians who left the insurgency group

The world has come to associate the insurgency in north-east Nigeria with the slogan “western education is forbidden”. This is how “Boko Haram” – the name given to the insurgents – is commonly translated from the Hausa language into English.

The Conversation

Child malnutrition crisis in Nigeria amid rural violence and soaring food inflation

MSF says it is overwhelmed in country where 31.8 million people are suffering from hunger

The Guardian - UK

More than £320m spent on Rwanda policy will be lost if Tories lose election

Costs of trying to deport asylum seekers cannot be recovered if Labour wins and disbands policy

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Sudan on precipice of famine ‘beyond imagination’, says outgoing UN aid chief

Man-made crises in Gaza and Sudan leaving millions of people at risk, says retiring British diplomat Martin Griffiths

The Guardian - UK

Paramilitary forces attack a city under military control in central Sudan, opening a new front

Fighting has raged between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group in a city in a central province, opening another front in a 14-month war that has pushed the African country to the brink of famine

The Independent UK

Sudan’s RSF claims it has captured a key city in the southeast

The army does not dispute RSF’s statement, but says the fighting is ongoing in Singa, the capital of Sennar state.

Al Jazeera

Can we heal the house divided?

The great issue of 2024 is the survival of the United States and the democratic way of life. Are we up to it?

Salon

The UN starts to move tons of aid from US-built pier after security fears suspended work there

The United Nations says workers have begun moving tons of humanitarian aid that had been piled up at a United States-built pier off Gaza's coast and distributing it to warehouses in the besieged territory

The Independent UK

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seize key town in east DRC

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized Kanyabayonga – a strategic town in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, a local official told French news agency AFP on Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

Kenya’s youth-driven protest movement at crossroads as it considers future

President’s decision to drop finance bill after deadly violence leaves protesters divided over how to achieve broader goals

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International Business Times

Aid Groups Press To Stop Sudan 'Man-made' Famine As 755,000 Projected To Starve

Aid groups are warning that Sudan's "man-made famine" could be even worse than feared, with the most catastrophic death toll the world has seen in decades, without more global pressure on warring generals.

Radio France Internationale

UN warns of unprecedented hunger catastrophe in Sudan

Severe food shortages have spread to 14 regions across Sudan, including previously unaffected areas, with over half of the country’s population facing “crisis or worse” conditions, says the United Nations.

Al Jazeera

Kenya protesters call for President Ruto’s removal after tax bill dropped

Protests continue across Kenya despite the government’s dramatic U-turn on legislation that would have raised taxes.

International Business Times

Over Half Of Sudanese Face 'Acute Food Insecurity': UN-backed Report

More than half of Sudan's population is facing high levels of "acute food insecurity", a situation exacerbated by the country's devastating war, said a report cited by the United Nations on Thursday.

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Al Jazeera

Over 750,000 people in Sudan at risk of starvation: Global hunger monitor

United Nations’ hunger monitoring system says famine is a risk in 14 areas of Sudan if the conflict escalates.

The Independent UK

Experts warns that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan

International experts have portrayed a grim picture for war-torn Sudan by warning in a report that 755,000 are facing famine in the coming months, amid relentless clashes between rival generals

The Independent UK

Red Cross envoy: Congo conflict has worsened with sharp increases in sexual violence and wounded

The decades-old conflict in Congo’s mineral-rich east has “drastically deteriorated” since early 2022 and gotten even worse since last October, with sharp increases in sexual violence, the number of wounded and child recruitment, the top Red Cross official in the country says

The Independent UK

In the searing heat of the Gaza summer, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage

Children trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza’s tent camps for displaced families

Latin Times

International force in Haiti will initially have a 'static' role and won't actively go after gangs

A member of the country's transitional council said that as the force grows it will become more "dynamic"

The Independent UK

Five charged after juror receives gift bag stuffed with $120,000

Bribery allegations are latest fallout from $40m Feeding Our Future scandal

The Independent UK

Independent UN experts accuse Sudan’s warring parties of using starvation as weapon

Human rights experts working for the United Nations have accused Sudan’s warring parties of using starvation as a war weapon, amid mounting warnings about imminent famine in the African nation

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