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LISTEN | Full interview with UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher: As It Happens8:29U.N. humanitarian chief says U.S.-Iran war causing strife in Somalia Tom Fletcher is on a United Nations mission to Somalia where he’s seeing the impacts of rising poverty, hunger and death, all of which he says could have …
Read More »Canada pledges $120M in humanitarian assistance as civil war in Sudan enters 4th year
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Canada has announced more than $120 million in humanitarian and development assistance to help people in …
Read More »2 humanitarian aid boats en route to Cuba are missing, Mexico says
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Mexico’s navy said on Thursday it had activated a search-and-rescue operation in the Caribbean to locate …
Read More »Sudan’s paramilitary force agrees to U.S. proposal for humanitarian ceasefire
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a proposal from the United States and Arab powers for a humanitarian ceasefire and is open to talks on …
Read More »Sudan’s civil war has faded from headlines, but monitors say it’s the largest humanitarian crisis in the world
The number of Sudanese risking their lives to make it out of the besieged city of El Fasher in North Darfur is rising as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensify their attacks on the regional capital, according to aid agencies, including Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). “The numbers are still …
Read More »At least 73 Palestinians killed trying to access humanitarian aid, says Gaza Health Ministry
At least 73 people were killed while attempting to access aid at locations across Gaza on Sunday, the Health Ministry in the Palestinian territory said. The Israeli military said that soldiers had shot at a gathering of thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza who posed a threat and that it was …
Read More »Israel’s plan for ‘humanitarian city’ in Rafah sparks outrage
22 hours ago News Duration 5:57 Palestinians and human rights activists expressed alarm after Israel’s defence minister said he plans to move all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp at the southern tip of the war-battered enclave, according to Israeli media. Some said it would violate international law and amount …
Read More »UN reports nearly 800 deaths near Gaza aid hubs, humanitarian convoys in last 6 weeks
The UN human rights office said Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks near aid points in Gaza run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group and near convoys run by other relief groups as European officials reached a new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation …
Read More »Dozens of trucks of humanitarian aid for Gaza still sitting at border entry
Israel began allowing dozens of humanitarian trucks into Gaza, but the aid has not yet reached Palestinians in desperate need, according to aid groups. United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday evening that although the aid has entered Gaza, aid workers were not able to bring it to distribution points where …
Read More »Port Sudan airstrikes cause explosions, put humanitarian aid deliveries at risk
Explosions and fires rocked Sudan’s wartime capital Port Sudan on Tuesday, a witness said, part of a days-long drone assault that has torched the country’s biggest fuel depots and damaged its primary gateway for humanitarian aid. The strikes included an unmanned aerial vehicle attack by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces …
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