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 […]
“Safe haven” for fleeing families hit by attacks in Burkina Faso
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Deadly attacks on Christians in a “safe haven” for thousands fleeing violence in Burkina Faso mark a new phase of crisis, the United Nations said on Thursday, as jihadis expand their reach. About 16 people died in three attacks on churches and a religious procession in the last two weeks, threatening […]
Aid groups accuse UN of manipulating data ahead of Congo polls
Thomson Reuters Foundation Aid agencies working in the Democratic Republic of Congo have accused the United Nations of manipulating data ahead of elections to give an overly positive impression of the situation in a country beset by conflict and disease. They say new figures from the UN humanitarian agency that show a large drop in […]
First food aid to reach Cameroon’s Anglophones after months
Thomson Reuters Foundation Tens of thousands of people who fled Cameroon’s separatist conflict will receive food aid next week after months of hiding in the forest with nothing to eat, the United Nations said. About 437,000 people have fled their homes in Cameroon’s western English-speaking regions since late last year, when insurgents started fighting to […]
Bullet wounds and little aid for Cameroonians fleeing Anglophone conflict
Thomson Reuters Foundation Cameroonians fleeing an increasingly bloody separatist conflict have received little aid as humanitarian agencies struggle to access the area, the United Nations said this week. More than 200,000 people have fled their homes in the volatile western regions since late last year, in addition to at least 21,000 who have fled into […]
Half of drought-hit Somalia needs aid in 2018, says UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation About 6.2 million people in Somalia – half the population – need emergency aid, such as food, water and shelter, due to unprecedented drought and ongoing conflict, the United Nations said on Wednesday, appealing for $1.6 billion. The drought – spanning four consecutive poor rainy seasons – has forced millions from their […]
Growing conflict in Afghanistan key driver of significant rise in humanitarian aid needs, says UN report
Growing numbers of people in Afghanistan will be in need of humanitarian aid this year as the conflict there “deepens and spreads”, according to a UN assessment. Released early this week, the assessment by representatives of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs shows that 9.3 million of the country’s 29 million population […]