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Aid has stopped in the Daraa al-Balad area of Syria. There is neither food nor medicine.
The Syrian government must immediately lift a two-month siege of opposition stronghold Daraa al-Balad and allow unfettered humanitarian access to…
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The drought in Afghanistan left millions of farmers starving.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appealed for humanitarian assistance to be scaled up as…
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Urgent humanitarian aid is needed for women and girls in Afghanistan
As Kabul airport remains the epicentre of global attention in Afghanistan, world leaders must refocus on the urgent needs of…
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Hepatitis E cases on the rise in South Sudan’s Bentiu camp
An alarming jump in the number of patients with hepatitis E and acute watery diarrhoea has been seen in the…
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Millions of children are unable to go to school due to the pandemic
A child’s first day of school—a landmark moment for the youngest students and their parents around the world—has been delayed…
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Millions of Yemenis struggle with famine
“War overshadows everything,” said Martin Griffiths, briefing the Council for the first time in his capacity as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian…
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Thousands of displaced people in Afghanistan are waiting for health supplies.
“As humanitarian needs in Afghanistan increase, the abilities to respond to those needs are rapidly declining. WHO and UNICEF call…
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Helicopters deliver aid to damaged villages in the West Black Sea
The West Black Sea region in Turkey has been impacted by floods due to heavy rainfall for more than a…
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Rohingya refugees desperately seek help
Over the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted many States in Southeast Asia to tighten their borders, leading to the…
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The child-focused climate risk index shows that 1 billion children are at risk.
Young people living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau are the most at risk of the…
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