Tag: famine

Philippe Lazzarini, the Head of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), has reacted to the IPC famine alert, saying in a post on X, that the famine in Gaza ...

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has issued an alert, saying, "the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip." The alert from the UN-backed ...

Eight International rights groups said on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, that Israel has failed to meet a deadline set by the United States to allow more humanitarian aid into the Gaza ...

The United Nations humanitarian office has said that Israel’s monthlong offensive in northern Gaza is preventing the estimated 75,000 to 95,000 Palestinians from receiving essential items for their survival. Also, ...

Juliette Touma, UNRWA’s Global Director of Communications, has emphasized that Israel has no alternative for the agency's humanitarian activities in the besieged enclave. She said that Israel’s ban on the ...

The people of Sudan are trapped in a “nightmare of violence, hunger, disease, and displacement,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council.  As the war between the Sudanese Armed ...

Sudan's fragile healthcare system is struggling to protect its population from a devastating cholera outbreak, as more than 16 months of relentless conflict, coupled with severe flooding, have crippled aid ...

The United Nations' relief agencies welcomed a significant development on Friday, August 16, as Sudanese authorities announced plans to open the Adre border crossing from Chad into Sudan.  This move ...

The initial round of US-led peace talks, aiming to address Sudan's escalating conflict, concluded in Geneva without the presence of the country's military and uncertain participation from the other warring ...

Sudan is spiraling deeper into a humanitarian catastrophe, with nearly 16 months of relentless conflict ravaging the nation and leaving women, children, and the most vulnerable in unimaginable peril.  The ...