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 […]
UNICEF says weather-related disasters have displaced millions of children
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters UNICEF on Friday said floods, storms, and other weather-related disasters have driven millions of children from their homes, with the situation set to deteriorate if action is not taken. There have been 43.1 million internal displacements of children across 44 countries between 2016 and 2021, due to events such as droughts and wildfires, […]
In Burkina Faso, a million children out of school due to insecurity – UNICEF
Dakar, SenegalReuters More than one million children and 31,000 teachers have been unable to return to their classrooms in Burkina Faso due to violence and insecurity as the West African nation starts another academic year on Monday, UNICEF said. Schoolchildren who fled from attacks of armed militants in Sahel region attend a class in Dori, […]
Essay: Climate change threatens the rights of children. The UN just outlined the obligations states have to protect them
In an article first published on The Conversation, NOAM PELEG, an associate at the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW Sydney, looks at what the UN is saying are the responsibilities of governments – in particularly Australian governments – when it comes to protecting children from climate change…
Schools shut, exams cancelled: War shatters Sudan’s education sector
Cairo, EgyptReuters When war in Sudan’s capital forced Sarah al-Sharif and her family to flee, the 19-year-old information technology student left her books and computer behind. Now in Sennar, 30 kilometres south-east of Khartoum, she lacks a stable internet connection or passport to travel abroad and like many others sees no way of continuing her […]
Forty-one feared dead in migrant shipwreck in central Mediterranean
Rome, ItalyReuters Forty-one migrants are thought to have died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, Italian authorities and United Nations agencies said on Wednesday, citing survivors who have been taken to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Local public prosecutor Salvatore Vella and three UN agencies confirmed media reports that four people who […]
US nurse, child safely released in Haiti two weeks after kidnapping
Reuters A US nurse and her child have been safely released after their kidnapping in Haiti two weeks ago, a faith-based humanitarian aid organisation where the nurse works said on Wednesday. View shows the “El Roi”, a Christian community site where the American nurse Alix Dorsainvil used to work before being kidnapped with her child, […]
Work ban: Shut out of jobs, Afghan women retrain as nurses
With Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers banning women from most jobs, BAHAAR JOYA and EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report that some are turning to nursing and midwifery as a way to keep working…