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OCHA appeals urgent funds for drought hit Ethiopia
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd Feb. UN humanitarian aid office and the Government of Ethiopia on Friday have appealed for urgent funding to respond the rising hunger and drought in the northern Ethiopia.
OCHA reported that…
OHCHR cites rising violence in Haiti
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 2nd Feb. UN Human rights report released on Thursday cited that the last quarter of 2023 saw rise in violence across Haiti, with reports of 2,327 victims of murder, wounding and kidnapping,…
Blue helmets provide new humanitarian corridor in DR Congo
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 2nd Feb. According to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Thursday in New York told correspondents that peacekeepers are “continuing to do their utmost to protect civilians” in the North Kivu…
UN reports deaths, injuries, destruction continues in Ukraine-Russia war
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 2nd Feb. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Thursday told reporters in a regular press briefing in New York that new attacks in eastern Ukraine have led to injuries and damage to civilian…
OHCHR head voices deep shock at 25 people executed in Mali
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 2nd Feb. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday voiced shock at credible reports alleged that Malian armed forces and foreign military personnel executed at least 25 people last week, in a…
UNRWA warns aid operations in peril after funds cut
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 2nd Feb. The Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza and UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory Thomas White warned on Thursday that lifesaving aid operations in Gaza…
WHO expects cancer rates to grow 77% by 2050
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 2nd Feb. World health agency on Thursday said that the global cancer cases are expected to rise to 77 per cent by 2050 as it highlighted the growing burden of the disease.
According to latest…
UN rights experts condemn ‘killing, silencing’ of journalists in Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 2nd Feb. UN human rights experts warned on Thursday that ongoing military operations by Israel in Gaza have made it the deadliest and most dangerous war for journalists covering it “in recent…
UNICEF warns child displacement in Haiti
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 1st Feb. UNICEF has warned on Wednesday that the escalating armed violence in Haiti has triggered a profound humanitarian crisis.
The agency noted that some 170,000 children are now displaced -…
UNHCR head calls to help 8M fleeing Sudan
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 1st Feb. UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi on Wednesday has ended a three-day visit to Ethiopia, where he called for more support for 8 million people fleeing the war in Sudan.…