South Sudan’s Aid Crisis Deepens As Food Stocks Run Low
THE arrivals begin before dawn. Women carry children and plastic bags; men walk with almost nothing. Every week, about 3,000 refugees and returnees.
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Sudan Aid Networks At Risk Of Collapse, UN Agencies Warn
SUDAN’s aid network is at risk of collapse, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned. Ongoing fighting, heavy rains, and.
International
RSF Condemns ‘Kidnapping’ Of Three Journalists On Board Gaza Aid Flotilla
REPORTERS without Borders (known by its French acronym RSF) has condemned Israel for “kidnapping” three journalists on board the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla,.
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United Nations Staff Cuts Deepen In Gaza As Israel Restricts Critical Aid Access
AFTER 18 years as a teacher with an UNRWA-run school, Maryam Shaaban (name changed for safety reasons) fainted upon learning she was among.
International
‘Yemen Faces Worst Food Crisis Since 2022’, Aid Group Warns
YEMEN, one of the world’s most impoverished nations, is entering a perilous new phase of food shortages with more than half the population.
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UBA Foundation Deepens Pan-African Impact, Delivers Continent-Wide Aid To Vulnerable Communities
UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility Arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has distributed essential materials worth several millions of naira.
Africa
US Halts Assistance To Somalia Over Claims Food Aid Was Illegally Seized
THE US has suspended all assistance to the government of Somalia, alleging that officials destroyed a UN World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and.
International
Countries Demand Israel Lift Gaza Aid Restrictions As Palestinians Suffer
SEVERAL countries in the Middle East and Asia have called on Israel to allow “immediate, full, and unhindered” deliveries of humanitarian aid to.
International
Israel To Block Dozens Of Aid Groups Working In War-Battered Gaza
ISRAEL says it will suspend more than three dozen humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules for.
International
Aid Still Woefully Short Of Gaza Needs As Heavy Rains, Winter Approach
THE United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has accused Israel of deliberately crippling its operations and blocking the entry of vital aid.
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‘Race Against Time’: Palestinians Suffer From Hunger In Gaza Despite Truce
AID agencies are in “a race against time” to get food and other humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip, a United Nations official.
International
Israel Still Blocking Most Gaza Aid As Military Carries Out More Attacks
AUTHORITIES in Gaza say that Israel has only allowed a fraction of the humanitarian aid deliveries agreed on as part of the United.
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‘Dehumanising’ Aid Chaos Grows In Gaza As Israeli Attacks Kill 70
THERE were multiple explosions near a newly opened aid distribution point opened by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the centre of the Strip,.
International
US Freezes Almost All Global Foreign Aid With Exception Of Egypt, Israel
THE US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide, effective immediately, days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order.
International
Israeli Attacks Pummel Gaza North As UN Denounces Lack Of Aid Access
ISRAEL has carried out a series of attacks on northern and central Gaza that killed at least 40 people, including children, as a.
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Netanyahu Opposed To Israeli Military ‘Tactical Pauses’ For Gaza Aid
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is opposed to plans announced by the military to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of.
Africa
ECOWAS Allocates $9m For Refugees, IDPs Aid In Member-States
THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has allocated $9 million to aid refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and stateless individuals in.
International
Israel Pounds Gaza As UN Urges Opening Of Land Border For Aid Deliveries
ISRAELI forces have continued to bombard the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, where Israel’s military offensive is deepening a humanitarian crisis in.
International
Plans To Get Aid Into Gaza By Sea Gain Pace As Airdrop Mishap Kills Five
AN international effort is gathering pace to get desperately needed humanitarian relief into Gaza by sea in a bid to counter overland access.
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Gaza Aid Ship Expected To Set Sail From Cyprus
A SHIP carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid is expected to set sail this weekend, bound for Gaza. The Spanish vessel, Open Arms, is.