Tag: humanitarian crises
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UN: Kids in Haiti losing childhood amid displacements, hunger, violence
The number of children uprooted by Haiti’s spiraling gang violence has nearly doubled in the last year to 680,000, while those in need of humanitarian assistance now stands at just under a quarter of the country’s estimated 12 million population. Meanwhile, with more than 1,600 schools directly affected by the violence – including 1,080 that…
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UN appeals to the Taliban to restore internet access across Afghanistan
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan is urging the Taliban government to immediately restore nationwide internet and telecommunications access
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‘Palestinians will not leave,’ their president tells world leaders at UN in defiant, virtual speech
The Palestinian president is speaking over video to world leaders after the United States revoked his visa
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Pressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger worsens
Efforts to get desperately needed humanitarian aid to war-wracked northern Gaza are gaining momentum
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US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide
A senior U.S. official says Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it