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Gaza: ‘Babies slowly perishing under the world’s gaze’, UNICEF warns

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Babies slowly perishing under the world’s gaze’, UNICEF warns 03 March 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Babies at the Al-Shifa hospital are prepared for evacuation. A senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for wider and safer humanitarian access in Gaza, where malnourished babies are slowly dying while the world watches…

Human ingenuity can help to save nature, Guterres says on World Wildlife Day

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human ingenuity can help to save nature, Guterres says on World Wildlife Day 03 March 2024 Unsplash/Alexander Schimmeck Geoffroy's spider monkey, also known as the black-handed spider monkey or the Central American spider monkey. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for action now to protect nature in his message to mark World Wildlife Day on Sunday…

WHO: Investments and myth-busting to improve hearing

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO: Investments and myth-busting to improve hearing 02 March 2024 © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh A boy who is hard of hearing teaches his father sign language in Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire. Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals, but only 20 per cent get them due to lack of financial and human resources, as well as stigma.…

Roughly 9,000 women killed so far in Gaza war: UN Women

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Roughly 9,000 women killed so far in Gaza war: UN Women 02 March 2024 WFP/Wissam Nassar Two women and one child in front of their house of sorts in the heart of Gaza. Apart from their appalling living conditions, Gazan parents find themselves unable to meet their children’s basic needs such as food, health and housing. The Gaza conflict “is also a war on women”, who continue to suffer its…

Security Council reiterates call for immediate and safe aid delivery to Gaza

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council reiterates call for immediate and safe aid delivery to Gaza 02 March 2024 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Displaced Palestinians wait to collect food at a distribution point near a school-turned-shelter in Gaza. The UN Security Council has underscored the need to protect civilians in Gaza in the wake of the deadly incident at an aid convoy on Thursday.…

UN chief appeals for greater support for small islands fighting climate change

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief appeals for greater support for small islands fighting climate change 02 March 2024 UN Photo/Lucanus Ollivierre UN Secretary-General António Guterres (foreground) and Ralph E. Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines survey the sea defense project underway in Sandy Bay as part of the island nation's efforts to protect against sea-level rise. More funding is…

First Person: Water and electricity ‘will save us from famine’

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Water and electricity ‘will save us from famine’ 02 March 2024 © FAO Madagascar/Tojotiana Randrianoavy A solar hub in southern Madagascar uses 72 solar panels to generate around 25 kilowatts of electricity, enough to power new opportunities in the village of Fenoaivo. An initiative to rapidly develop villages in some of the most drought-prone and poorest rural areas of…

Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’ 01 March 2024 © UNICEF/Abed Zagout An 8-year-old child waits her turn to receive food in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Repeated warnings from humanitarians over desperate food insecurity and imminent famine in Gaza came into focus on Friday amid reports from the enclave’s authorities that a tenth child had…

UNHCR assists thousands fleeing armed group violence in northern Mozambique

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNHCR assists thousands fleeing armed group violence in northern Mozambique 01 March 2024 © UNHCR Mozambique UNHCR staff carry out a needs assessment with some of those arriving to Namapa, in Nampula province, after fleeing recent attacks by non-state armed groups in Cabo Delgado. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has voiced deep concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in the restive…

World News in Brief: Another month of extreme heat, Sudan exodus continues into Chad, Zero Discrimination Day

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Another month of extreme heat, Sudan exodus continues into Chad, Zero Discrimination Day 01 March 2024 © UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin Children play on parched land in southern Pakistan. February saw more extreme heat and unusually high temperatures in both hemispheres, the UN weather agency (WMO) said on Friday…