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Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak

·November 14, 2025·1 min read

So far, eight possible cases have been reported in the South Ethiopia Region and laboratory testing is ongoing to determine the exact cause. Health workers are among those who have been infected, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet. What is viral haemorrhagic fever? Viral haemorrhagic fevers are...

Gaza: Humanitarian response scaled up amid faltering ceasefire

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·October 29, 2025·1 min read

In a press briefing on Tuesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric described reports of Israeli military action as “extremely concerning,” stressing that “we don’t want civilians to be bombed again” or humanitarian operations “derailed again.” Hamas denied that it had any involvement in a reported attack on Israeli forces by Palestinian...

Ukraine: UN and partners launch Winter Response Plan amid escalating hostilities

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·July 17, 2025·1 min read

Amidst escalating hostilities and continued strikes on critical infrastructure, Ukraine is once again bracing for another harsh winter. As the cold season brings heightened risks, especially for people near the frontline, displaced persons living in collective sites, and other vulnerable populations, the Winter Response Plan aims to deliver essential...

Gaza: UN official warns of ‘assault on dignity’ as blockade cripples humanitarian response

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·April 26, 2025·3 min read

Speaking to journalists in Gaza City, Jonathan Whittall, local Head of Office for the UN aid coordination wing, OCHA, painted a dire picture of life under what he called a “total and complete blockade” now approaching its third month. “The coming days in Gaza are going to be critical. Today...

Myanmar: Military strikes persist amid earthquake response efforts

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·April 13, 2025·2 min read

“At a moment when the sole focus should be on ensuring humanitarian aid gets to disaster zones, the military is instead launching attacks,” spokesperson Ravini Shamdasani told journalists in Geneva. Since the 28 March disaster, military forces have reportedly carried out over 120 attacks, she said, and more than half...

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...

UN teams ramp up response to deadly quake in Myanmar and Thailand

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·March 30, 2025·2 min read

The Emergency Relief Coordinator tweeted that UN teams are being “supported by expertise across our global network”. News reports quoting sources in the Burmese city of Mandalay, close to the epicentre of the quake, indicate that hundreds have died. In neighbouring Thailand more than 80 construction workers are missing, according...

US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns

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·February 13, 2025·2 min read

In a media briefing on Tuesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the consequences of funding suspensions, including disruptions to HIV treatment, setbacks in polio eradication and limited resources for responding to mpox epidemics in Africa. “The suspension of funding to PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, caused...

UN scales up humanitarian response in Gaza as ceasefire offers respite

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·January 23, 2025·1 min read

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Wednesday that large volumes of aid continue to flow into Gaza through the Erez and Zikim crossings in the north, and Kerem Shalom in the south – reaching areas that had been inaccessible during the conflict. Humanitarian partners...

World News in Brief: Deaths and injuries mount in Ukraine, refugees from Sudan, Vanuatu quake response

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·December 22, 2024·2 min read

In October and November alone, there were more than 2,180 civilian deaths and injuries, while nearly 40,000 people have been uprooted by fighting in frontline areas in Donetsk and Kharkiv, according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission to Ukraine meanwhile has highlighted an increase...

UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban

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·October 29, 2024·2 min read

Echoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s warning late Monday that the development would likely have “devastating consequences” as UNRWA is the principal deliverer of aid relief inside the war-torn enclave, UN human rights chief Volker Türk called the Knesset move “deeply troubling for many reasons”. In Geneva, spokesperson for the UN...

World News in Brief: UNICEF mpox response in DR Congo, ‘unprecedented’ threat to Sudan’s heritage, call to suspend Cambodia journalism charter

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·September 13, 2024·2 min read

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded more than 21,000 suspected cases of the viral disease, including over 5,000 confirmed cases and 700 deaths. Over the past week, UNICEF received its first vaccine shipments totalling 215,000 doses, with more expected to arrive soon. Supplies and training Meanwhile,...