Haiti healthcare near collapse, says UN, as state of emergency extended
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haiti’s government on Thursday said it would extend a state of emergency around Port-au-Prince for another month following a wave of gang violence that has threatened to bring down the government and led thousands to flee their homes. The UN humanitarian affairs agency on Thursday warned that the country’s health system was […]
Israeli drones attack hospital in southern Gaza, Palestinian Red Crescent says
Gaza/Doha, Qatar/Tel Aviv, Israel Reuters The Palestinian Red Crescent accused Israel of firing on Friday at a hospital in Khan Younis, as a major advance in the main city in the southern Gaza Strip threatened the few healthcare facilities still open. The Red Crescent said displaced people were injured “due to intense gunfire from the […]
Israeli forces pound Khan Younis near major Gaza hospital
Gaza/Doha, Qatar/Jerusalem Reuters Israeli forces advanced into the southern Gaza Strip’s main city on Thursday, pounding areas near the enclave’s biggest functioning hospital, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau vowed “many more months” of fighting until total victory is achieved. The heaviest battle of the year was under way in Khan Younis, sheltering hundreds of thousands […]
Death toll from flooding in Somalia climbs to nearly 100
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters The number of people killed by floods from heavy rains in Somalia has climbed to 96, state news agency SONNA said on Saturday. “Somalia’s flood death toll climbs to 96,” SONNA said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, adding the figure had been confirmed by Mahamuud Moallim, the head of the country’s […]
Sudan conflict: Dozens of babies die in orphanage as Sudan war takes grim toll on Khartoum
In a special report, MAGGIE MICHAEL, of Reuters, speaks with those fighting to keep the infants living in Sudan’s largest orphanage alive in the midst of conflict…
After fleeing conflict, displaced women face rape in east Congo
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Four men with machetes were hard on their heels as a group of women raced through the dense forest surrounding east Congo’s city of Goma, desperate to reach a displacement camp they had left to collect firewood. One tripped on a stone and fell. She had no time to […]
Medical charity MSF appeals to Russia for access to occupied Ukraine
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Médecins Sans Frontières held talks last month with Russian diplomats in Geneva on providing aid to areas of Ukraine under Russian military control but has yet to be granted access, the medical charity said on Thursday. International aid organisations have been unable to reach large swathes of Ukraine controlled by Russian forces […]
Medecins Sans Frontieres shuts Haiti hospital amid gang violence
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has temporarily closed its hospital in Cite Soleil, in Haiti’s capital, after gang violence threatened the safety of patients and staff, a spokesperson for the group told Reuters Wednesday. This comes amid escalating violence from heavily armed gangs who last week expanded their territory to cover new […]
Fresh quake hits Turkey-Syria border area two weeks after disaster
Antakya, Turkey Reuters Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake which killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. Monday’s quake, this time with a magnitude of 6.4, was centred near the […]
Medecins Sans Frontieres gains access to quake zone in Syria
Antakya/Kahramanmaras, Turkey Reuters Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said a convoy of 14 of its trucks had entered northwestern Syria on Sunday to assist in earthquake rescue operations, as concerns grow over lack of access to the war-ravaged area. The World Food Programme has been pressuring authorities in that region of Syria to stop blocking […]