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Fuel restrictions curtail Gaza aid efforts amid attacks on UN schools and evacuation plans for Al-Shifa Hospital
18 November 2023
Fuel restrictions are curtailing aid efforts in Gaza, UN agencies said on Saturday, as the World Health Organization (WHO) led a "very high risk" mission to Al-Shifa Hospital amid reports of fresh attacks on UN schools and rising needs among more than 1.5 million displaced Palestinians in the continuing Israel-Palestine crisis…
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World Toilet Day, flush with innovations for safer sanitation
18 November 2023
Innovation abounds in the race to broaden access to clean water and sanitation around the world on World Toilet Day, marked on 19 November.
In line with this year’s theme of accelerating change, innovators have been part of ongoing efforts to address the needs of some of the world’s 3.5…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
17 November 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Food and Agricultural Organization.
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Humanitarian crisis in Gaza could get far worse, warns UN relief chief
17 November 2023
Fierce hostilities continue across Gaza from the air, sea, and on the ground, the UN’s top humanitarian official told Member States on Friday, reporting that 41,000 houses have now been destroyed or severely damaged.
More than 1.5 million Gazans are displaced, 18 hospitals have shut down…
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Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa
17 November 2023
Severe floods in the Horn of Africa have affected tens of thousands of displaced families in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, putting lives and livelihoods at risk, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
The floods were caused by ongoing heavy rains and come in the wake of the…
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Myanmar: Intense fighting spreads to cities, as civilians seek shelter
17 November 2023
The conflict between ethnic armed groups and the Myanmar military has expanded to the country’s eastern and western regions, with urban areas increasingly affected by intense fighting and aerial bombardment, UN agencies have reported.
In the fighting so far, about 70 civilians - and…
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Gaza: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns
17 November 2023
The UN health agency, WHO, on Friday issued a new warning about the desperate situation for people in Gaza, with the number of medical facilities operational “clearly not enough to support the endless needs” created by more than five weeks of hostilities.
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‘Six days of terror’ in West Darfur: Ethnically-based attacks on the rise
17 November 2023
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has voiced alarm over reports of another ethnically motivated mass attack in the Darfur region of Sudan, amidst the ongoing conflict between the national army and a rival military known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Hundreds of ethnic…
