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Acute hunger stalks one in four people in DR Congo, warn aid agencies

·November 22, 2024·2 min read

The alert from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) follows a new dire assessment from UN-partnered food insecurity experts has shown the hunger crisis is affecting much of the vast central African nation. The embattled east is a particular concern, where the situation is deteriorating after...

‘Looming catastrophe’: Experts warn of high risk of famine in northern Gaza

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·November 9, 2024·1 min read

The warning comes in an alert issued by the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee (FRC), which underscored that the humanitarian situation in the enclave is extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating. “Immediate action, within days not weeks, is required from all actors who are directly taking part in the...

‘Catastrophic’ hunger persists in multiple countries, warn food agencies

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·November 1, 2024·2 min read

“Without immediate humanitarian action and concerted efforts to overcome severe access constraints and resolve ongoing conflicts, further starvation and death are likely,” across these five hunger hotspots, warned the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP). In a new report designed to focus humanitarian action to...

Gaza crisis: aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths

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·November 22, 2023·4 min read

“About 160 children are killed every day; that’s one every 10 minutes,” said UN World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Christian Lindmeier, echoing concerns from the UN Children’s Fund about the serious additional threat of a mass disease outbreak in the enclave. “If youngsters continue to have restricted access to water...

1 in 10 babies worldwide are born preterm, with complications, UN agencies warn

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·October 6, 2023·2 min read

An estimated 13.4 million babies were born early in 2020, with nearly one million dying from preterm complications, UN agencies and partners said in a new report on Thursday. The data is equivalent to around 1 in 10 babies born early, before 37 weeks of pregnancy worldwide. Health experts blame...

Rights experts warn against forced separation of Uyghur children in China

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·September 27, 2023·1 min read

Classroom teaching at these institutions is almost exclusively in Mandarin, with little or no use of the Uyghur language, they said in a statement. They warned that separating the children from their families “could lead to their forced assimilation into the majority Mandarin language and the adoption of Han cultural...

Venezuela continues crackdown on dissenters, UN rights experts warn

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·September 26, 2023·2 min read

Marta Valiñas, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, presented its latest report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, which covers the period from January 2020 to August this year. The report, which was published last week, focused on two areas: the various “repression mechanisms” used...

‘Immense challenges’ block justice for Ukrainian war victims, rights experts warn

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·September 5, 2023·2 min read

Speaking in Kyiv, Commission Chair Erik Møse pointed to continuing patterns of violations by Russian armed forces, including wilful killings, unlawful confinement, torture, rape, and illegal deportations, many of which qualify as war crimes. According to the Commission, the Ukrainian legal system faced “immense challenges” to provide accountability and justice...

200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies

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·September 3, 2023·1 min read

This warning comes at a time when almost a quarter of Mali’s population is experiencing moderate or acute food insecurity, with over 2,500 individuals on the brink of famine in the crisis-affected Menaka region, including many vulnerable children. Senior humanitarian officials from UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme...

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,...

Syrians facing ‘ever worsening’ conditions, top UN officials warn

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·June 29, 2023·3 min read

“The violence and suffering of the Syrian people remind us of what is at stake as diplomatic efforts continue on Syria,” said Najat Rochdi, UN Deputy Special Envoy for the country. “Ultimately, we need a nationwide ceasefire in line with Security Council resolution 2254.” Worsening crisis Briefing on current conditions, she said...

UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 ‘hotspots’

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·May 30, 2023·3 min read

Sudan, Burkina Faso, Haiti and Mali have been elevated to the highest alert level, joining Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Additionally, a likely El Niño – a naturally occurring climatic phenomenon that has a warming effect on ocean surface temperatures in the central and east Pacific – is also...