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Five Million Yemenis Receive Less Than Half of Daily Food Needs

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revealed in a recent report a new reduction in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Deems Eviction of Palestinians from Masafer Yatta as ‘War Crime’

The United Nations has warned that the forced evictions of Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces in Masafer Yatta in the…

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Afghan Health Official Warns of Disease Outbreak among Earthquake Survivors

Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are in need of clean water and food and are at…

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Afghan earthquake survivors lack food, shelter as aid trickles in

The earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and destroyed or damaged about 10,000 homes in Afghanistan’s remote east.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan earthquake: Taliban begs for aid after devastating shake kills over 1,000

The 6.1-magnitude earthquake destroyed at least 2,000 homes and villages have been left flattened, and about 1,500 people were left…

Daily Mirror

‘We exist but it is not a life’: Afghan women face bleak prospects under Taliban

In Kabul, women talk about losing their jobs and being forced to wear a burqa, while others fear starvation

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka risks full-blown humanitarian emergency, UN agency says

Sri Lanka is at risk of tipping into a full-blown humanitarian crisis as the country's economy suffers its biggest shock…

Reuters

UN Organization Reports Demolition of 300 Buildings in West Bank, Jerusalem in 2022

Israeli occupation forces have demolished or seized 300 buildings across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the beginning of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN report: Over 1 million displaced in Myanmar amid violence

The United Nations' humanitarian relief agency says the number of people displaced within strife-torn Myanmar has exceeded 1 million for…

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6 Million Yemenis Benefit from Yemen Humanitarian Fund

The Yemen Humanitarian Fund (YHF) helped to address the needs of around 6 million people in Yemen, which remains one…

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UN Reports Displacement of Thousands of Citizens in Wake of Violence in Darfur

Nearly 100,000 people have been displaced from Kereneik town in Sudan’s West Darfur state, official data by the United Nations…

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Ethiopia’s Tigray forces announce release of thousands of POWs

The Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF) says 4,208 prisoners of war, including 401 women, to be released in amnesty.

Al Jazeera

UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa's Sahel

The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months

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UN: 18 million people facing severe hunger in Sahel region

It cites the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, COVID-19 pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs as reasons.

Al Jazeera

UN cutting refugee rations in Africa's Sahel amid 'alarming' food insecurity

Food rations for refugees and displaced people are being cut by up to half in parts of the Sahel due…

Reuters

UN: 18 Million Facing Severe Hunger in West Africa's Sahel

The UN is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN warns of 18 million facing severe hunger in region of Africa

The UN has warned that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months,…

Irish Independent

Horn of Africa Drought Drives 20 Million towards Hunger

From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, swathes of land across the Horn of Africa are being ravaged by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads

Gode (Ethiopia) (AFP) - There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months.Dried-up carcasses of goats,…

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Evacuation under way for civilians trapped at Mariupol steelworks, UN says

UN organisation’s ‘safe passage operation’ began on Friday

The Independent UK

Starvation could kill more children in Somalia than devastating 2011 famine

Experts describe the scale of ‘once in a generation’ crisis engulfing the Horn of Africa, and the level of suffering,…

The Telegraph

UN expects over 8 million Ukrainians to flee as refugees

Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations warned Tuesday that more than eight million Ukrainians could flee as refugees this year…

AFP

UN Warns of Additional Challenges in Yemen

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that the absence of peace and a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thousands of Ukrainians are returning home amid fighting, UN says

The recent returnees include women with children and older persons, the UN aid coordination office said.

Axios

U.N. plans aid convoys for rebel regions of Luhansk and Donetsk

The U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) plans aid convoys to the Ukrainian rebel regions of Luhansk and Donetsk next week as…

Reuters