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Sudan situation ‘absolutely devastating’ as UN ramps up food aid

·April 27, 2025·1 min read

Speaking in Port Sudan after a visit to Khartoum, Samantha Chattaraj, Emergency Coordinator for the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan, said that “vast parts of the city are destroyed. Levels of hunger and desperation are extremely high,” but she added “people remain hopeful.” Sudan is currently the only...

Gaza aid crisis deepens as border closure stretches into 50th day

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·April 23, 2025·1 min read

The UN relief coordination office, OCHA, said on Tuesday that this marks the longest period without aid or commercial supplies entering the Strip since the conflict began in October 2023. “Right now, it is probably the worst humanitarian situation ever seen throughout the war in Gaza,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke...

Hunger stalks Ethiopia as UN aid agency halts support amid funding cuts

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·April 22, 2025·2 min read

In total, 3.6 million “most vulnerable” people in Ethiopia stand to lose WFP food and nutrition assistance unless funding arrives urgently, warned Zlatan Milisic, the UN agency’s Country Director. “Over 10 million people in Ethiopia are acutely food insecure. This includes three million people displaced by conflict and extreme weather....

Syria is ‘brimming with hope and opportunity’: Senior UN aid official

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·April 22, 2025·3 min read

“Today, we have a new Syria, one that’s brimming with hope and opportunity,” David Carden told journalists at UN Headquarters in New York. He warned, however, that “while the levels of conflict have subsided in many parts of the country, the humanitarian crisis in Syria is far from over,” as...

Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers

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·April 17, 2025·2 min read

Into its third year, the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has created the world’s largest displacement crisis, devastating infrastructure and essential services across the country. Nearly 12.5 million people have been forced from their homes, including over 3.3 million who have fled...

Gaza faces deepening crisis as aid stocks dwindle

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·April 17, 2025·1 min read

More than 500,000 people are reported to have been newly displaced since 18 March, many of them uprooted multiple times due to ongoing military operations across the Gaza Strip. Conditions on the ground are deteriorating rapidly, with critical shortages in basic supplies and growing malnutrition, especially among children. “Tents are...

World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis worsens, South Sudan clashes, Ecuador oil spill update

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·April 14, 2025·2 min read

“It has now been a month and a half since any supplies were last allowed through the crossings into Gaza,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the daily media briefing in New York.  OCHA said about 70 per cent of the Gaza Strip is currently under displacement orders or in...

Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn

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·April 11, 2025·2 min read

“With no viable peace in sight, the Sudanese are trapped in a humanitarian crisis of industrial proportions,” said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. “Two out of three people need aid, that’s 30 million people…This, of course, demands a massive ramp-up of international support; what we...

Gaza: Guterres calls on Israel to ensure life-saving aid reaches civilians

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·April 8, 2025·3 min read

Speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters, António Guterres also repeated his call for a renewed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and the release of all hostages still being held inside the shattered enclave. No food, fuel, medicine and commercial items have entered Gaza since 2 March following the Israeli blockade,...

Aid data critical to crisis response threatened by funding cuts

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·April 8, 2025·1 min read

“Data is central to humanitarian action,” OCHA said, as aid organizations look to “focus their response to reach the communities with the most severe needs.” In its latest report on the State of Open Humanitarian Data OCHA said that “as the humanitarian system severely contracts due to unprecedented funding cuts and threats...

With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans

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·April 7, 2025·2 min read

In a joint statement, the heads of the UN’s aid agencies warned that “we are witnessing acts of war in Gaza that show an utter disregard for human life,” with Israeli displacement orders forcing hundreds of thousands to flee – with nowhere safe to go. “With the tightened Israeli blockade on...

Aid cuts threaten to roll back progress in ending maternal mortality

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·April 7, 2025·3 min read

The Trends in maternal mortality report was published by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA, in observance of World Health Day on 7 April. It shows that maternal deaths declined by 40 per cent between 2000 and 2023,...