Seven feared dead on migrant boat off Spain’s Canary Islands
Arguineguin, Spain Reuters Two people died and five are feared dead after they attempted to reach Spain’s Canary Islands on a boat with migrants on board, authorities said on Tuesday. The pirogue – a type of dugout canoe – was sighted on Monday evening at around 8pm by a merchant vessel which alerted authorities on […]
Thailand confident aid effort will lead to Myanmar crisis dialogue
Bangkok, Thailand Reuters A new Thailand-led humanitarian initiative aims to pave the way for talks between warring camps in military-ruled Myanmar, a senior Thai official said, three years after a coup triggered instability and a wave of violence across the country. Thailand plans to establish a humanitarian safe zone later this month at its border […]
Over one thousand migrants reach Spain’s Canary Islands in single day
Arguineguin, Gran Canaria Reuters More than 1,000 migrants arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands in a single day on Saturday after making the dangerous journey from Africa, including on a boat carrying 320 people that rescuers said was the most packed vessel they had ever seen. The Red Cross, which was helping to treat the migrants, […]
Spain rescues boat with 86 migrants, hundreds likely still missing
Madrid, SpainReuters Spanish maritime rescue that dispatched a plane and a ship to search for a fishing vessel from Senegal with about 200 migrants on board and missing for nearly two weeks, on Monday discovered what appears to be a different migrant boat. The reconnaissance plane spotted a boat 114 kilometres to the south of […]
Mines uprooted in Ukraine dam disaster could pose danger for years to come – Red Cross
Moscow, RussiaReuters Mines uprooted and dispersed by floodwaters surging downstream from the breached Kakhovka dam across swathes of southern Ukraine could pose a grave danger to civilians for decades to come, the Red Cross said. The vast Soviet-era Kakhovka dam, under Russian control, was breached in the early hours of Tuesday, unleashing floodwaters across a […]
Sudan ceasefire brings some respite after weeks of heavy battles
KhartoumReuters Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead on Tuesday, residents said, though an internationally monitored ceasefire appeared to have brought some respite from heavy fighting in the Sudanese capital. Night-time airstrikes were reported in at least one area after the ceasefire started late on Monday, but residents otherwise […]
Red Cross: Hospitals in Ethiopia’s Tigray region struggle to deliver care
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Improved security in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since a November ceasefire has allowed aid to reach some previously inaccessible areas, but humanitarian needs remain urgent, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. A two-year war that broke out in November, 2020, between the Federal Government and forces led by the Tigray People’s […]
Escalation of violence in Ukraine disrupts aid work
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United Nations and other aid organisations in Ukraine said on Monday that Russia firing missiles at cities across the country had disrupted their humanitarian work on the ground. Russia hit sites across Ukraine, striking Kyiv with an intensity not seen since Russian forces sought to capture the capital early in the more […]
Lebanon in crisis: Emergency numbers and suicide hotlines falter
TALA RAMADAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the impacts of Lebanon’s ongoing economic crisis with people there now at risk losing access to two more essentials – their mobile phones and the internet…
US accuses Russia of war crime by forcibly deporting Ukrainians
United NationsReuters The United States accused Moscow of committing a war crime on Wednesday by forcibly deporting Ukrainians to Russia and said it has information that Russian officials are overseeing so-called filtration operations. “These operations aim to identify individuals Russia deems insufficiently compliant or compatible to its control,” US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda […]