Fuel restrictions curtail Gaza aid efforts amid attacks on UN schools and evacuation plans for Al-Shifa Hospital — Global Issues

Fuel restrictions curtail Gaza aid efforts amid attacks on UN schools and evacuation plans for Al-Shifa Hospital — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Fuel deliveries for aid operations in the enclave, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, have been largely prohibited since Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 October left at least 1,200 dead and 240 taken hostage. This has severely hampered aid efforts and services to provide water and electricity, UN agencies said….

World Toilet Day, flush with innovations for safer sanitation — Global Issues

World Toilet Day, flush with innovations for safer sanitation — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

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 billion people living without safe toilets. From a Nepalese woman who prompted her village to improve hygiene to a fresh game plan launched in…

Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa — Global Issues

Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The floods were caused by ongoing heavy rains and come in the wake of the longest and most severe drought on record, the impacts of which are still being felt by millions across the region. Among the greatest needs are food, emergency shelter, kitchen sets, blankets, clean water and hygiene…

Humanitarian crisis in Gaza could get far worse, warns UN relief chief — Global Issues

Humanitarian crisis in Gaza could get far worse, warns UN relief chief — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

More than 1.5 million Gazans are displaced, 18 hospitals have shut down, and hundreds of thousands are living in fear and under continuing Israeli bombardment. “Casualties continue to mount, with the dead reportedly exceeding 11,000 people – the majority of them children and women,” said Emergency Relief Coordinator and Humanitarian…

‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns — Global Issues

‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“What we do know is that the health system is on its knees,” said Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, World Health Organization Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in the wake of Hamas militants’ terror attack on Israel on 7 October that left 1,200 dead and the heavy bombardment of the enclave…

Intense fighting spreads to cities, as civilians seek shelter — Global Issues

Intense fighting spreads to cities, as civilians seek shelter — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

In the fighting so far, about 70 civilians – and combatants who are out of action – have reportedly been killed and over 90 wounded, according to the UN human rights office (OHCHR). The fighting has also fuelled a fresh wave of displacement, driving over 200,000 people from their homes…

UN’s Türk calls for political path out of ‘horror’ — Global Issues

UN’s Türk calls for political path out of ‘horror’ — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Speaking in Geneva, the High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the parties to the conflict to “create the political space for a path out of this horror”. Mr. Türk condemned the widespread targeting of civilians in the past five weeks of hostilities and urged accountability for gross rights violations. He…

Ethiopia food aid resumes, ‘Stop the Lies’ campaign against big tobacco, Syria ruling, climate action – key to peace — Global Issues

Ethiopia food aid resumes, ‘Stop the Lies’ campaign against big tobacco, Syria ruling, climate action – key to peace — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

WFP food aid in the country, which was suspended in June, will aim to reach 3.2 million people after the relaunch. ‘Working around the clock’ WFP chief Cindy McCain said that the agency’s teams and partners “have been working around the clock to get to this point.” The UN agency’s…