World News in Brief: Aid for Syria, children under attack in Mozambique, rights-based climate action
Despite limited resources, the UN and partners are reaching some 2.5 million people each month across the country.…
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Five humanitarians killed in ‘horrendous’ attack on aid convoy in Sudan
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) condemned the attack on the joint…
Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub
“Attacks directed against civilians constitute a grave breach of international law and a war crime,” the High Commissioner…
UN calls for ‘immediate and unconditional’ release of aid workers arbitrarily detained in Yemen
In a statement on Monday, António Guterres strongly condemned the death in detention of a World Food Programme…
Gaza ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
“Gaza is the hungriest place on Earth,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva, stressing that it…
UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food
Unverified footage from Rafah where the privately-run but Israeli military-supported Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is based showed scenes of…
Gaza: UN agencies calls for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins
After nearly three months of complete blockade by Israel, a “vastly insufficient” amount of aid was finally allowed…
Guterres calls on Israel to accept UN’s ‘detailed, principled’ aid plan for Gaza
Addressing reporters outside the Security Council, António Guterres called once again for a permanent ceasefire to end the…
Aid teams highlight growing anxiety in Gaza after food is looted
“Fifteen World Food Programme trucks were looted late last night in Southern Gaza, while en route to WFP-supported…
All eyes on Gaza as aid teams retrieve first lifesaving relief in months
“Today will be crucial. Truckloads of lifesaving aid finally on move again,” said top UN aid relief coordinator…
Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
Existing supplies of basic necessities have been running dangerously low and on Wednesday the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF,…
UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount
He stressed that the assistance must be delivered swiftly and directly to those most in need. He told…
UN relief chief welcomes limited Gaza aid resumption – but it’s a ‘drop in the ocean’
Tom Fletcher said in a statement on Monday that nine UN trucks were cleared to enter the southern…
Gaza: Israel ‘approaches UN’ to resume limited aid deliveries, says aid agency
“We have been approached by Israeli authorities to resume limited aid delivery, and we are in discussions with…
UN humanitarian chief demands resumption of aid in Gaza
No aid has entered the enclave since Israel implemented a ban on 2 March and the entire population,…
UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital
OCHA reported that hostilities intensified overnight, with an attack by Israeli forces on the European Gaza Hospital in…
World News in Brief: Sudan refugees, aid for Syrian returnees, MERS alert in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela urged to end secret detentions
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Wednesday that most of the new arrivals are women and children.…
GAZA LIVE: Security Council to meet on aid crisis amid ‘critical risk of famine’ due to Israeli blockade
The Security Council is set to meet this afternoon at 3 PM in New York to discuss the…
World News in Brief: Sudan aid update, child migrant deaths at sea, nursing shortages, invasive pest scourge
Port Sudan – the main entry point for humanitarian supplies and personnel into the country – came under…
World News in Brief: ‘Massive’ needs in Sudan, DR Congo aid shortfall, support for Congolese refugees and Angola cholera relief
The UN estimates that in the past few weeks, over 330,000 people have fled into Tawila after the…