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Sri Lanka cyclone: More than a million still need aid weeks after Ditwah floods

·December 27, 2025·3 min read

The cyclone made landfall on the island’s eastern coast on 28 November, triggering widespread flooding and deadly landslides across all 25 districts. While some displaced families have begun returning home, recent heavy rains caused fresh flooding, landslides and road closures, particularly in the central districts of Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and...

Corruption costs lives and livelihoods: Why this week’s UN summit in Doha matters

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·December 16, 2025·2 min read

Heads of State, civil society and private sector leaders will be discussing the most pressing issues surrounding corruption and how to tackle the scourge, at a UN anti-corruption conference (COSP11) this week in Doha, Qatar. “When corruption infects the legal system, cases are mishandled, justice is delayed or denied, and victims...

Gaza: 875 people confirmed dead trying to source food in recent weeks

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·July 15, 2025·3 min read

“As of 13 July, we have recorded 875 people killed in Gaza while trying to get food; 674 of them were killed in the vicinity of GHF sites,” said Thameen Al-Kheetan, OHCHR spokesperson, referencing the US-Israeli run private organization which has bypassed regular humanitarian operations. The remaining 201 victims were...

Myanmar: Thousands remain in crisis weeks after deadly earthquakes

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·April 18, 2025·2 min read

The earthquakes – which hit central Myanmar on 28 March – killed at least 3,700 people, injured 4,800 more and left 129 still missing. However, humanitarians warn the true toll is likely much higher due to underreporting and continued challenges in data collection and verification. More than 140 aftershocks –...

Gaza: No aid has reached war-torn enclave for more than three weeks

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·March 26, 2025·2 min read

And as supplies of food, medicine and other supplies run low, aid teams are increasingly concerned about growing anxiety in bread lines outside the enclave’s remaining bakeries. “Most attempts by humanitarian organizations to coordinate access with Israeli authorities within #Gaza result in #AccessDenied,” the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said in an online post....

‘Ten weeks of hell’ for children in Gaza: UNICEF

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·December 19, 2023·3 min read

A lack of food, water, shelter and sanitation continues to put children’s lives at risk as they suffer under relentless airstrikes with no safe place to go, said UNICEF spokesperson James Elder, who recently returned from the enclave. Ahead of a UN Security Council meeting expected to call for a...

Clashes in eastern DR Congo displace 450,000 in six weeks

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·November 24, 2023·1 min read

Violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government forces have displaced more than 450,000 people in the last six weeks in Rutshuru and Masisi territories in North Kivu province. People arriving in the town of Sake, located near the provincial capital Goma, spoke of having to make harrowing choices, with...