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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 in decades, the U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) said on Friday.

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 2022, a UN report has revealed. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ (OCHA) report, Israel widely uses the pretext of lack of construction permits…

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 the first time

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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 of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, the Fund’s 2021 Annual Report revealed. “The funding made it possible to allocate more than $109 million to support almost 5.8 million people in…

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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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) showed on Friday. The Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Khardiata Lo Ndiaye, reiterated the commitment of humanitarian partners to support thousands of people…

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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.

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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.

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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 to a massive funding shortfall with millions set to go hungry as prices rise and climate shocks hit yields, U.N. agencies said on Friday.

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, citing the impacts of Russia's war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs. The hunger crisis may press increased numbers of people to migrate out of the…

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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 a drought that has put 20 million people at risk of starvation. A donor conference last week raised almost $1.4 billion for the region, which the UN says is facing…

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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

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 long-term ceasefire agreement in Yemen will pose additional challenges this year at all levels. The OHCA underlined in its 2022 overview on Yemen’s humanitarian needs that violations of international humanitarian…

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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.

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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 it seeks to shift aid as fighting moves east, a spokesperson told a press briefing on Friday.

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New front in Ethiopian war displaces thousands, hits hopes of peace talks

A new front in Ethiopia's war in the Afar region is imperilling efforts to get enemies to sit down to peace talks, three regional officials and three diplomats said, and a ceasefire declared last week may have been breached in some places.

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Fragmented picture of devastation emerges from Ukrainian city of Mariupol under continual bombardment by Russian forces

With communications disrupted and movement restricted, details about the horror that is unfolding in Mariupol come as anecdotes, uncertain estimates and unverifiable claims. WARNING: This story contains content which may be distressing for some readers.

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UN: Two Babies Killed by Winter Cold in Northwest Syria

Two Syrian infant girls have died from harsh winter weather in northwest Syria where snow and rain have destroyed the tents of hundreds of displaced families, the United Nations said Tuesday. "A seven-day-old girl and a two-month-old girl have died from the cold in Idlib province," the UN's humanitarian agency…

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Arab Coalition Says Reports About Attack on Saada Detention Center Are False

The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen has said that media reports about it targeting a detention center in Yemen’s Saada province are false. "The Coalition will inform the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen (OCHA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the…

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‘A war crime against humanity’: Yemen rebels denounce attack

State news agency says facility was not on OCHA ‘no-target list’ as calls grow for a de-escalation of violence.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Extensive Damage' in Tsunami-struck Tonga

Aid agencies reported "extensive damage" in the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday following a massive underwater volcanic blast and tsunami, as the first death from the disaster was confirmed. Early indications of the scale of the crisis on the virtually cut-off island kingdom were emerging through patchy satellite…

Reuters

All homes on one of Tonga's islands destroyed, three dead

All the homes on one of Tonga's small outer islands have been destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, with three people so far confirmed dead, the government said on Tuesday in its first update since the disaster struck.

ABC News

UK woman Angela Glover's body found in wake of Tonga tsunami as UN concerned about distress beacon

The brother of UK woman Angela Glover confirms her body has been found after she was swept away in the tsunami caused by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano.

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