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251 million children still out of school worldwide, UNESCO reports

·October 31, 2024·1 min read

The findings reveal that global efforts to ensure universal education have hit a concerning plateau, with the out-school population reducing by only 1 percent in nearly 10 years. Progress and challenges “Education is the key driver of prosperous, inclusive and peaceful societies,” said UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. “Yet, quality education...

Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings

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·October 29, 2024·2 min read

“The situation in Sudan is catastrophic. There is simply no other way to put it. Hunger disease and sexual violence are rampant. For the people of Sudan, this is a living nightmare,” warned Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The conflict, which erupted in April...

Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal with ‘limited’ Israeli ground incursion underway

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·October 1, 2024·3 min read

From the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, spokesperson Jens Laerke described chaotic scenes across Lebanon as people continued to flee airstrikes that have killed more than 1,000 people in the past two weeks alone, according to the UN human rights office, OHCHR. “We should expect further displacement,” Mr. Laerke told...

Lebanon crisis: over one million people flee strikes amid invasion fears

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·September 30, 2024·3 min read

In a situation update published on Monday the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 11 health workers had been killed and 10 injured between 17 and 28 September. Some 37 health centres have been forced to close due to the fighting out of 317 in total, and three hospitals treating...

Mpox alert: UNICEF issues $58.8 million appeal to halt outbreak in Africa

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·September 20, 2024·2 min read

“Children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox outbreak with alarming rates of infection and health impacts,” said Dr Paul Ngwakum, UNICEF Regional Health Advisor for Eastern and Southern Africa. “Of the nearly 600 reported cases, two-thirds are children under 19 years old and the situation is escalating...

Mpox: UNHCR launches $21.4 million appeal to support refugees in African countries

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·September 11, 2024·3 min read

The funding will support critical response and prevention efforts for 9.9 million refugees and host communities in 35 countries across the continent. Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral disease that can be transmitted through physical contact with an infected person, animal or contaminated objects. Read our explainer here....

Over half a million people severely impacted by unprecedented flooding and windstorms in Yemen

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·September 8, 2024·2 min read

“Yemen is facing yet another devastating chapter in its relentless crisis, exacerbated by the intersection of conflict and extreme weather events,” emphasised Matt Huber, IOM Yemen’s Acting Chief of Mission. The storms have struck as the country grapples with a cholera outbreak and escalating food insecurity, further exacerbating the vulnerability...

World News in Brief: Nearly a million children displaced in Gaza, Guatemala ‘coup’ concerns, ‘enduring menace’ of genocide

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·December 9, 2023·3 min read

Women and children are bearing the brunt in terms of deaths and injuries as Israeli troops battle Palestinian militants across the enclave, with nowhere safe to go, and aid distribution stymied by war, insufficient access and insufficient supplies crossing into the Strip. Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle...

$20 million appeal to support Palestine labour market

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·November 10, 2023·2 min read

The funding appeal – launched on Thursday in Geneva – will be used to implement a three-phase programme to provide immediate relief and support longer-term job and business recovery, as well as social protection. “The hostilities have resulted in – and continue to cause – both a tragic loss of...

Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer

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·October 25, 2023·2 min read

In Nigeria, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer and the second most frequent cause of cancer deaths among women aged between 15 and 44. In 2020 – the latest year for which data is available – the country recorded 12,000 new cases and 8,000 deaths from cervical cancer....

World News in Brief: 500 million heading into extreme poverty, Afghanistan quake latest, Darfur deaths mount

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·October 18, 2023·3 min read

Marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Mr. Guterres pointed out that nearly 700 million people are living on less than $2.15 per day and over a billion don’t have access to basic needs like food, water, health care and education. Billions more lack sanitation and access to energy,...

Haiti: $21 million appeal to help thousands displaced by gang violence

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·October 10, 2023·1 min read

“Displacement severely risks the health, food and economic security of people, exposes them to gender-based violence, and puts pressure on local infrastructure and social cohesion within host communities,” Philippe Branchat, IOM Chief of Mission in Haiti said on Tuesday. Surging gang violence Surging gang violence in Carrefour-Feuilles and Savanes Pistaches...