‘A mountain of hardship’, as Afghanistan suffers yet another earthquake — Global Issues

‘A mountain of hardship’, as Afghanistan suffers yet another earthquake — Global Issues

The latest, 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck areas northeast of Herat city Sunday morning local time. According to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as of Monday evening local time, two people were reported to have been killed and over 150 injured in the latest quake. In total,…

What’s inside aid convoy at Gaza crossing — Global Issues

What’s inside aid convoy at Gaza crossing — Global Issues

As humanitarians continued to echo the UN Secretary-General’s urgent calls on Israel to open a safe aid delivery corridor, Gaza will soon run out of basic supplies, according to UN agencies on the ground, who raised alarms about a looming unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. Shortly after the outbreak of violence on…

What’s inside aid convoy at Gaza crossing — Global Issues

Mission chief updates Security Council on flood disaster ‘beyond imagination’ — Global Issues

Briefing the Security Council, Abdoulaye Bathily noted the thousands of lives lost by the dam bursts which destroyed whole neighbourhoods after Storm Daniel slammed the region on 10 September. The Special Representative told ambassadors that despite the sense of national unity and compassion shown by ordinary Libyans, the disaster had…

Global leaders call for action to meet ambitious development boost — Global Issues

Global leaders call for action to meet ambitious development boost — Global Issues

The weeklong forum, organized by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), focuses on the challenges faced by developing countries amid today’s overlapping global crises. The Secretary-General urged participants – including national and business leaders, sustainable stock exchanges, sovereign wealth funds and finance experts – to put the Sustainable…

UN ‘committed’ to aid Ukraine, blue helmets exit northern Mali, Chad update — Global Issues

UN ‘committed’ to aid Ukraine, blue helmets exit northern Mali, Chad update — Global Issues

That’s according to Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown, who led a convoy at the weekend carrying aid for around 1,000 civilians to Chasiv Yar, just six kilometres from the frontline in the Donetsk region. The UN aid coordination office OCHA warned on Monday that civilians are facing “daily attacks” along frontline…

What’s inside aid convoy at Gaza crossing — Global Issues

UN relief chiefs urges end to ‘humanitarian nightmare’ in Sudan — Global Issues

Up to 9,000 people have been reportedly killed, more than 5.6 million driven from their homes and 25 million people need aid, because of the conflict that erupted in mid-April between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and other armed groups. In a statement marking…

What’s inside aid convoy at Gaza crossing — Global Issues

Middle East on ‘verge of the abyss’ UN warns, as Israel-Hamas conflict deepens Gaza crisis — Global Issues

The UN chief’s appeal comes as clean water and other vital supplies are dwindling inside Gaza in the wake of Israel’s blockade. UN and other humanitarian agencies have worked round the clock to preposition aid since the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out following the militant group’s 7…

UN voices concern over obstacles to Mali mission’s orderly withdrawal — Global Issues

UN voices concern over obstacles to Mali mission’s orderly withdrawal — Global Issues

The peacekeeping mission which for many years has been the deadliest place to serve as a UN ‘blue helmet’, is due to draw down fully by 31 December, in accordance with its Security Council mandate. At that point, MINUSMA’s 12 camps and one temporary operating base will be closed and…

What’s inside aid convoy at Gaza crossing — Global Issues

Forcing patients to flee hospitals a ‘death sentence’ warns WHO — Global Issues

The statement came as the Israeli-imposed deadline for some 1.1 million civilians to leave the northern part of the enclave, ahead of what is expected to be a major advance into Gaza by Israeli ground forces, expired. “UNRWA shelters in Gaza and northern Gaza are no longer safe. This is…

‘A handful of soil’ – refugee stories from Armenia — Global Issues

‘A handful of soil’ – refugee stories from Armenia — Global Issues

Some 100,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia since the end of September and many have received support from the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM). Here are some of their stories. © IOM/Joe Lowry Ophelia Aghajanyan Ophelia Aghajanyan: We are pensioners. My husband, who used to be a soldier, is…