Aid group NRC resumes work with female staff in Taliban heartland
United NationsReuters An international aid agency in Afghanistan has resumed operations in the southern province of Kandahar – the birthplace of the Taliban and home to its supreme spiritual leader – after its Afghan female staff were allowed to return to work. The move comes after Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary General Jan Egeland told Reuters […]
Aid group says 4,000 to 5,000 Afghans crossing into Iran daily
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters As many as 4,000 to 5,000 Afghans have been crossing into Iran daily since the Taliban seized Kabul in August and hundreds of thousands more are expected to arrive in the coming winter, the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Wednesday. The aid group said as many as 300,000 Afghans have crossed the border […]
Children seen at risk of recruitment in Central African Republic fighting
Thomson Reuters Foundation Armed groups have recruited nearly 3,000 children in Central African Republic since violence flared over a 27th December election result and more are at risk as aid fails to reach many people driven from their homes, aid workers said. More than 210,000 people have been uprooted by the fighting, with children increasingly […]
Pandemic, funding gaps seen fueling gender-based violence in Yemen
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Gender-based violence has surged by 63 per cent since conflict erupted in Yemen in 2015, aid groups said on Monday, warning that the pandemic was exposing inadequate funding for protection services in war zones around the world. Globally, at least 40 million people affected by war are at risk of sexual […]
Almost 80 per cent of displaced people have lost job, income due to virus – survey
Updated: 7.20am (AEST), 22nd September, 2020Oslo, NorwayReuters Some 77 per cent of people displaced by conflicts have lost a job or revenue since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, a survey by the Norwegian Refugee Council showed on Monday. A record 79.5 million people worldwide, or one per cent of humanity, were displaced at the […]
Cameroon tops list of world’s most neglected displacement crises
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A conflict that has forced half a million people from their homes in Cameroon was on Wednesday named the world’s most neglected displacement crisis by aid workers who said the country was edging towards full-blown war. Hundreds of villages have been burned, hospitals have been attacked and nearly 800,000 children have seen […]
Act now or face disaster in Cameroon, aid chief warns
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A separatist conflict in Cameroon that has forced half a million people from their homes is in danger of worsening, the head of a major aid agency has warned, condemning what he called the “international silence” over the crisis. Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said the world had […]
More food aid could boost fight against Ebola in Congo, agencies say
Dakar, SenagalThomson Reuters Foundation Giving more food aid in Ebola-struck parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo could help stop the spread of the second-biggest outbreak in history, aid agencies said on Wednesday. Food shortages are a long-standing problem in the central African country, where about 13 million people, or 15 per cent of the […]
Yemen’s “descent into hell” in numbers
Thomson Reuters Foundation Peace talks between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and Houthi backed rebels in Sweden this week offer a critical opportunity end civilian deaths, aid groups said on Wednesday. Nearly four years of civil war have spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, killed tens of thousands of people and left more than 8 million facing famine. […]
Tens of thousands “left to starve” as Mali conflict escalates
Thomson Reuters Foundation Tens of thousands of people who have fled fighting in Mali since September are going hungry because funding has run out as the conflict has escalated, aid agencies said on Wednesday. The West African country has been a battleground of Islamist militants, ethnic militias and international troops since a rebel uprising was […]