As Gaza’s hunger crisis worsens, emaciated children seen at hospitals
Rafah, Gaza Strip Reuters Two Palestinian toddlers with sunken eyes and emaciated faces, one in a yellow cardigan and the other in a stripy top, were lying side by side on a bed in a Gaza clinic, their thin, bony legs protruding from diapers that looked too big for them. This was the scene on […]
Tens of thousands flee in new wave of brutal Mozambique attacks
Maputo, Mozambique Reuters Tens of thousands of Mozambicans are fleeing their homes in the restive Cabo Delgado province amid a surge in deadly insurgent attacks since January. The attacks, despite a massive security clampdown, are continuing as French oil company TotalEnergies aims to restart a $US20 billion liquefied natural gas terminal in Cabo Delgado in […]
The cost of conflict: How life in Ukraine has been shattered by two years of war
CHARLOTTE BRUNEAU, of Reuters, reports ahead of the second anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine…
Children traumatised by Nepal quake need aid to rebuild lives – UNICEF
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters About 68,000 children and their families who survived Nepal’s deadliest quake in eight years need further humanitarian aid to rebuild their lives, UNICEF said on Sunday, 100 days after the tremors that devastated parts of west Nepal. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck two districts of Jajarkot and Rukum West in the remote […]
Soaring pollution in Pakistan’s Lahore fills wards with sick children
Lahore, PakistanReuters In the packed paediatric emergency room of a Lahore public hospital, parents holding sick children lined up for treatment this week, part of a surge of young patients caused by the air pollution crisis in Pakistan’s second most populous city. “We are disturbed and tense,” said Mohamad Qadeer, holding a nebulizing device […]
Child poverty levels in the UK worst among world’s richest nations, UNICEF report finds
London, UKReuters Child income poverty rates in the United Kingdom were the highest among the world’s richest countries, a report by UN children’s agency UNICEF said, ranking bottom of the table for changes in those rates in the past decade. The UNICEF report, published on Wednesday, looked at relatively well-off countries to assess the rate of child income poverty […]
Gaza “most dangerous place in the world to be a child” – UNICEF
Reuters The Gaza Strip is the “most dangerous place in the world to be a child,” the head of the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Wednesday. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told the UN Security Council that more than 5,300 Palestinian children had reportedly been killed since 7th October – when Palestinian militants […]
Gaza aid distribution struggles amid overcrowding, debris, lack of fuel
Reuters Distribution of food and medical supplies is faltering in Gaza due to a chronic lack of fuel, looting of stores, the choking of streets with rubble from Israeli shelling and overcrowding caused by displacement of civilians. And despite an uptick in the trickle of supplies, the number of aid trucks entering Gaza remains tiny […]
Aid agencies call for urgent funds in aftermath of deadly Afghan earthquakes; US announces it will provide $US12 million
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters Aid agencies launched fresh appeals for funds to deal with the fallout of deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan as local authorities called on Thursday for urgent help for thousands of people left homeless in the aftermath of the tremors. Multiple earthquakes struck in the western province of Herat on Saturday and Wednesday, destroying […]
Multiple quakes kill at least 16 in western Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters Multiple earthquakes struck western Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and injuring scores, a health department official said. The quakes hit 35 kilometres north-west of the city of Herat, with one measuring 6.3 magnitude, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The tremors caused panic in Herat, said resident Naseema. “People […]