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Lebanon: food insecurity ‘set to worsen’ amid deadly strikes

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: food insecurity ‘set to worsen’ amid deadly strikes 11 November 2024 © UNICEF/Fouad Choufany Members of a family rest in a tent after fleeing their home in Lebanon. Amid intensifying military operations in Lebanon and deadly attacks on civilians, medical personnel and infrastructure, UN humanitarians warned on Monday that food insecurity in the war-wracked country is set to worsen…

WHO ‘working tirelessly’ to help save lives as Middle East crisis grinds on

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WHO ‘working tirelessly’ to help save lives as Middle East crisis grinds on 11 November 2024 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Displaced Palestinian families shelter at an UNRWA school in Deir el Balah. (file) Amid the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues efforts to keep hospitals up and running and to evacuate patients requiring specialized treatment, a senior…

COP29: Push for agreement on a new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home COP29: Push for agreement on a new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’ 11 November 2024 UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell delivers remarks in Baku, Azerbaijan, at the opening of COP29. Behind him is an image of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Beryl, which struck his home island of Carriacou, Grenada, this past July. Following…

World News in Brief: Sudan aid latest, toxic air in Pakistan, Ukraine and Syria updates

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Sudan aid latest, toxic air in Pakistan, Ukraine and Syria updates 11 November 2024 Zam Zam ERR Families gather to have a meal prepared and provided by Zamzam camp emergency response room teams in North Darfur. A convoy of trucks from the World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday crossed into war-torn Sudan from Chad through the crucial Adre crossing, headed for Zamzam IDP…

Children face unprecedented crisis amid rising violence in Haiti

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Children face unprecedented crisis amid rising violence in Haiti 11 November 2024 © OHCHR/Marion Mondain Motorbikes pass through a neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This year has seen a staggering 1,000 per cent or ten-fold surge in sexual violence against children in Haiti, during an unprecedented crisis which has seen armed gangs continue to terrorize communities amid a growing…

Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’ 08 November 2024 © UNHCR/Andrew McConnell Sudanese refugees arrive at the border town of Adre in Chad. Sudan’s displaced have endured “unimaginable suffering” in their search for shelter from the country’s ongoing war, UN humanitarians warned on Friday…

Gaza: Possible atrocity crimes unfold, new UN report warns

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Possible atrocity crimes unfold, new UN report warns 08 November 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children and women make up 70 per cent of those killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza. There must be “due reckoning” for horrific violations and possible atrocity crimes in Gaza, the UN human rights chief said on Friday following the release of a new report outlining actions taken by Israeli forces…

‘Looming catastrophe’: Experts warn of high risk of famine in northern Gaza

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Looming catastrophe’: Experts warn of high risk of famine in northern Gaza 08 November 2024 © OMS Un paciente de siete años con desnutrición aguda grave y deshidratación fue trasladado a un hospital de campaña en el sur de Gaza en abril, en medio de una inminente hambruna en el norte. There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas within the northern Gaza Strip, food security…

Unhealthy eating drives $8 trillion in annual hidden costs

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Unhealthy eating drives $8 trillion in annual hidden costs 08 November 2024 © UNICEF/Zhanara Karimova Snacks at a shop in Kazakhstan. Most of the hidden costs of agrifood systems worldwide stem from health impacts linked to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a new report published on Friday.…

COP29: Deadly weather events show cost of climate inaction

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home COP29: Deadly weather events show cost of climate inaction 08 November 2024 © UNICEF/Mark Naftalin A child navigates flood waters in Jonglei State in South Sudan. Record-breaking floods in Spain, violent storms in Florida and wildfires in South America – these are just a few examples of the extreme weather events accelerating and intensifying across the world. With the cost of inaction…