COVID-19
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MORE THAN 100 MILLION PEOPLE COULD DIE DUE TO HUNGER IN AFRICA
It is a very concerning situation that over 100 million people in Africa are facing catastrophic levels of food…
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WHO WILL STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN?
As INGOs working in Myanmar, we condemn the Myanmar military’s widespread use of deadly violence against civilians. We are deeply…
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CALL FOR HEALING THE WOUNDS IN SYRIA
On the eve of the fifth Brussels conference for Syria, the United Nations humanitarian, refugee and development chiefs have urged…
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SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19 OVERWHELMS MEDICAL FACILITIES IN YEMEN
MSF is providing support to the COVID-19 Treatment Centre in Al Gamhouria hospital. Its medical team is able to care…
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MIGRANTS ARRIVE IN ETHIOPIA FROM YEMEN
A flight carrying 140 stranded migrants departed from Aden International Airport for Addis Ababa. This was the first flight to…
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SOUTH SUDANESE FACE WITH FOOD SHORTAGES
The ICRC interviewed 4,200 people and held 55 focus group discussions. It distributed seeds and farming tools together with the…
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COVID-19 HITS WOMEN’S RIGHTS
The COVID-19 pandemic has erased decades of progress towards gender equality. From high job losses to exploding burdens of unpaid…
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MORE THAN 168 MILLION CHILDREN HAVE NOT GOING TO SCHOOL FOR 1 YEAR
“As we approach the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are again reminded of the catastrophic education emergency worldwide…
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COVAX PUBLISHES FIRST ROUND OF ALLOCATIONS
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and the World Health Organization (WHO), as co-leads…
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COVID-19 AFFECTED THE CHILDREN OF THE MOST POOR COUNTRIES
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, children across the world have lost an average of 74 days of education each…
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