WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN Security Council has voiced grave concern about the situation in Afghanistan. “The members of the Security Council are deeply concerned with the continuing negative impact of the Taliban’s policies and practices that restrict the enjoyment by women and girls of their human rights and fundamental freedoms on...
ANKARA (AA) – The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is worsening, leaving millions in urgent need of aid, the UN has said, warning that 3.7 million children are at risk of acute malnutrition. “There are 3.7 million children under five projected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition this year alone who are in urgent need of […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The number of people experiencing crisis levels of hunger in Somalia is expected to rise to 4.4 million between October and December, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said. “At least 3.6 million people are currently experiencing crisis levels of hunger in Somalia. This number...
As more than a billion Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha, Gaza is mired in a severe humanitarian crisis. Nearly 2 million Palestinians face starvation, with rampant malnutrition casting a grim shadow over the Islamic holiday’s festive spirit. The Israeli blockade, restricting essential supplies for more than eight months, has made it impossible fo...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP More than 8,000 children aged under five have been treated in the Gaza Strip for acute malnutrition since Israel launched its war on the region, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 28 of those children had died and a significant proportion of Gaza’s po...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 1.5 million displaced individuals in the Gaza Strip have contracted infectious diseases due to absence of waste and sewage disposal facilities because of the Israeli war on the besieged enclave. In a statement, the media office reported: “1,477,748 Palestinian displaced individuals have contracted inf...
The United Nations children’s fund says at least 45 million children are facing severe food insecurity worsened by climate change in several eastern and southern African countries. UNICEF director for eastern and southern Africa Eva Kadilli said millions of people are living through multiple and often overlapping crises. These have been inte...
United Nations, United States – AFP After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for lack of action. Fighting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since ...
GENEVA (AA) – The “painful and slow death” of 23 children in the north of Gaza due to malnutrition and dehydration “would be the tip of the iceberg” as only those who reached hospitals are reported, UNICEF’s deputy executive director has said. Ted Chaiban’s remarks came during a panel on the humanitarian situation...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Afghanistan is one of several countries around the world in the grip of a food crisis, where a mix of politics, economics and nature’s ravages is taking a heavy toll on vast sections of a vulnerable population. In a country emerging from decades of war and turmoil, women and children are among […]
