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Southeast Asia battles world’s highest COVID-19 deaths
Southeast Asia is battling the world’s highest COVID-19 death toll driven by the Delta variant and unequal global distribution of…
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Millions of people face starvation and disease in Somalia
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned that Somalia is on the cusp of…
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Record weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa
Weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa reached a record peak in the week that ended on 1 August, marking the highest…
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Horror mounts for children in Myanmar amid killings and COVID-19 deaths
Six months since the military coup in Myanmar, the situation for families is worsening as a wave of COVID-19 rages…
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Women pay devastating price for war in Central African Republic
This year’s The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) summarizes the first global assessment of food…
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MORE THAN 29 MILLION PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OF FOOD INSECURITY
The semi-arid region of West Africa that borders the Sahara Desert in the north and tropical savannas in the south…
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HALF THE SOMALI POPULATION NEEDS HUMANITARIAN AID
“Humanitarian needs have increased significantly in 2021 but the funding to respond to these needs is the worst in six…
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COVID 19 CASES IN AFRICA BREAK RECORD
COVID-19 cases in Africa are surging by over 20% week-on-week as the continent’s third wave gains pace and nears the…
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HOSPITALS ARE OVERFLOW IN AFGHANISTAN DUE TO COVID 19, AUTHORITIES ARE HELPED
A COVID-19 surge in Afghanistan has reached a crisis point as infections and deaths are spiralling out of control, threatening…
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APPROXIMATELY 250 THOUSAND AFGHANS FACE HUNGER DUE TO DROUGHT
Severe drought in Afghanistan could trigger the displacement of thousands of families, according to the latest IRC assessment across five…
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