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Gaza: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians

·November 24, 2023·3 min read

They reiterated calls for access to all parts of the war-shattered enclave where the death toll inched towards 15,000 and many displaced people were sleeping in the streets. UN humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva that the hope regarding the agreement between Israel and...

Gaza: ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’, children’s suffering must stop, UN humanitarians say

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·November 15, 2023·3 min read

Her comments came amid reports on Wednesday morning of an ongoing Israeli Defense Forces raid inside Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital, where patients including premature babies have died over the course of the past days after incubators and other life-saving equipment lost power. “Hospitals are not battlegrounds,” UN relief chief Martin...

Humanitarians step up response to deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan

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·November 14, 2023·1 min read

UN agencies and partners are scaling up response to the outbreak, which was first declared in Gedaref state, located in the east, on 26 September. At least 2,525 suspected cases of acute watery diarrhoea/cholera have been reported, including 78 associated deaths, in 27 localities across seven states. Millions at risk...

Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’

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·November 7, 2023·2 min read

“Every day, you think it is the worst day and then the next day is worse,” UN health agency spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said, quoting a colleague in Gaza, which remains under almost complete blockade. “Access, access, access is necessary.” 160 children killed daily The level of death and suffering is...

Israel-Palestine crisis: ‘Enough is enough’ say UN humanitarians

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·November 6, 2023·1 min read

With the deepening Israel-Palestine crisis about to enter its second month, a dozen UN agencies have reiterated urgent appeals for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to allow more lifesaving aid into Gaza....

Sharp uptick in fighting in Myanmar, UN humanitarians report

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·November 4, 2023·2 min read

Clashes intensified on Sunday and continued through the week, significantly impacting northeast and southeast Myanmar and forcing over 48,000 people from their homes, amid rising needs, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). There are also reports that an alliance of three rebel groups seized towns...

Gaza hospitals hanging on by a thread: UN humanitarians

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·October 30, 2023·3 min read

The vicinities of Shifa and Al Quds hospitals in Gaza city and of the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza, have been bombarded over the weekend, UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said. “This followed renewed calls by the Israeli military to evacuate these facilities immediately,” OCHA added. Relief chief: Protect...

Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza   

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·October 12, 2023·2 min read

No aid can come in from the outside for the 2.3 million residents of the sealed-off enclave, and some 220,000 displaced people are sheltering in schools run by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA. Stocks depleting fast Humanitarians are continuing to support Gaza’s population as best they can. The...

Karabakh: Humanitarians respond to growing health needs

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·October 4, 2023·2 min read

Concerns also remain for those unable to leave the Karabakh Region town of Khankendi – known as Stepanakert among Armenians – which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said was close to empty. Its priority remains finding those too vulnerable to help themselves. Deserted city “The city is...

Sudan: ‘lost generation’ of children amid war, hunger, disease: UN humanitarians

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·August 26, 2023·2 min read

Mr. Griffiths said that the conflict spelled trauma for Sudan’s youth and cited “deeply disturbing” reports that some children were being used in the fighting.  He also warned that hundreds of thousands of children in the country were severely malnourished and “at imminent risk of death” if left untreated. Those...

First Person: Family death ‘turning point’ in South Sudanese humanitarian’s life

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·August 16, 2023·5 min read

She is currently deployed with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, to the north of her country, supporting refugees who are fleeing conflict in Sudan. She has been speaking to UN News ahead of World Humanitarian Day which is commemorated annually on 19 August. “Saving lives became a passion of mine when...

Sudan: Four months of conflict ‘destroying people’s lives and violating their basic human rights’, humanitarians warn

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·August 15, 2023·2 min read

In a statement, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned that the “disastrous, senseless war in Sudan, born out of a wanton drive for power, has resulted in thousands of deaths, the destruction of family homes, schools, hospitals and other essential services, massive displacement, as well as sexual violence,...