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Children and amputees bear brunt of Myanmar’s deadly landmine epidemic

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Children and amputees bear brunt of Myanmar’s deadly landmine epidemic 22 November 2024 © UNICEF/Minzayar Oo A 14-year-old boy in eastern Myanmar who lost his right leg and suffered deep injuries to his left leg and both hands, after stepping on a landmine while searching for his family’s injured cow. Myanmar has become the world’s deadliest country for landmine and unexploded ordnance…

WFP requires $16.9 billion in 2025 as hunger reaches alarming highs

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home WFP requires $16.9 billion in 2025 as hunger reaches alarming highs 22 November 2024 © WFP/Eulalia Berlanga En Rupchai (estado de Unity), Sudán del Sur, la gente recoge alimentos lanzados desde un avión. The World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday called for some $16.9 billion to address the escalating global hunger crisis – or roughly what the world spends on coffee in just two weeks…

Middle East crisis: Live updates for 22 November

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East crisis: Live updates for 22 November 22 November 2024 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra People queue for bread at a bakery in Khan Younis, Gaza. The crisis in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel continues unabated as people struggle to live in the midst of conflict. Follow this live blog for the latest updates from humanitarians on the ground, our colleagues in Geneva and at UN Headquarters in New York.…

Lebanon crisis: Intensifying violence is deadliest in decades, warn aid agencies

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon crisis: Intensifying violence is deadliest in decades, warn aid agencies 22 November 2024 © UNHCR/Ximena Borrazas A plume of smoke caused by the impact of a missile strike is visible over the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut, Lebanon, on 15 November. The past two months of intensifying Israeli bombardment in Lebanon have been the “deadliest and most devastating” in decades as…

COP29 draft deal proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion in climate finance

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home COP29 draft deal proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion in climate finance 22 November 2024 UNFCCC/Kiara Worth Civil society groups at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, advocate for climate financing initiatives that are in line with the Paris Agreement. A new draft finance deal delivered to harried negotiators in Baku on Friday – the final scheduled day for the UN climate talks that have been…

WFP scales up operations to reach millions in Sudan

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home WFP scales up operations to reach millions in Sudan 22 November 2024 WFP Displaced Sudanese people wait to receive food from WFP. A World Food Programme (WFP) convoy arrived in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur, Sudan, on Friday – the first since famine was declared there three months ago, the UN agency has reported.…

2024 deadliest year ever for aid workers, UN humanitarian office reports

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home 2024 deadliest year ever for aid workers, UN humanitarian office reports 22 November 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden A shredded UN flag flies over a destroyed school building in Khan Younis. The death toll of humanitarian workers in 2024 has become the “deadliest on record”, with 281 killed globally, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported on Friday.…

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

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Acute hunger stalks one in four people in DR Congo, warn aid agencies 21 November 2024 UN News/George Musubao Esther Josephine, a refugee in Goma, DR Congo selling beans, a small business after being given cash assistance by WFP. UN humanitarians warned on Thursday that one in four people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffers from “crisis or worse” levels of hunger that affects a…

COP29 countdown: Failure on climate finance ‘not an option’, says Guterres

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home COP29 countdown: Failure on climate finance ‘not an option’, says Guterres 21 November 2024 UNFCCC/Kiara Worth UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to reporters in Baku, Azerbaijan on the penultimate day of COP29, the latest round of UN climate negotiations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres made a strong call to action as COP29 approaches its crucial conclusion in Baku,…

ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander

5 months ago Breadcrumb Home ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander 21 November 2024 © UNRWA Large parts of Gaza have been reduced to rubble amid the ongoing conflict. The UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, together with a former Hamas commander, citing…