“Don’t forget Ukraine”, UN urges in aid funding appeal
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The United Nations appealed for $US4.2 billion from donors on Monday to support war-ravaged communities in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees in 2024, as war rages nearly two years on from Russia’s invasion. “Please do not forget Ukraine while there are many other places in the world that grab our attention,” UN aid […]
At least three killed as powerful storm batters Myanmar
Reuters At least three people were killed, 13 injured and more than 1,000 buildings were damaged when Cyclone Mocha pummelled western Myanmar, state-run media said on Monday. But refugee camps in south-east Bangladesh for Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar escaped the worst of the storm, although many bamboo huts were damaged, residents of the region said. […]
Freezing temperatures kill 78 people in Afghanistan
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters At least 78 people have died of cold in Afghanistan during the country’s worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday. Deaths from the cold have been recorded in eight of the country’s 34 provinces, officials said. An Afghan man walks on a snow-covered cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 11th […]
Children dying in Somalia as food catastrophe worsens
Mogadishu, MozambiqueReuters More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of UN agencies and aid groups. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which sets the global standard for determining […]
Two thirds of South Sudan population risk severe hunger in 2023 – UN
Juba, South SudanReuters Up to 7.8 million people in South Sudan, two thirds of the population, may face severe food shortages during next year’s April-to-July lean season due to floods, drought and conflict, United Nations agencies said on Thursday. An aerial view from a from a United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) Mi-8MTV-1 helicopter shows […]
“I’m looking for God to help”: Somalia’s most powerful storm leaves traders, herders devastated
Garowe, Somalia Thomson Reuters Foundation Electronics shop owner Mohamed Nor had a thriving business selling televisions and phones in Somalia’s coastal town of Bosaso until three days ago, when the most powerful storm to hit the country hammered his business and left him with nothing. “I had a booming shop in downtown Bosaso. It has […]
Two years after siege, no return to normal for Philippine city
BangkokThomson Reuters Foundation Two years after pro-Islamic State militants laid siege to the Philippine city of Marawi, tens of thousands of people remain uprooted and rebuilding is slow, aid agencies said last week. The siege forced more than 100,000 residents from their homes in the predominantly Muslim city. Some went into transitional housing, built by […]
“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 […]
Storm-struck Mozambique must revamp climate preparations – former first lady
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation After Cyclone Idai blasted through the Mozambican port of Beira in March, former first lady Graca Machel took a helicopter ride over the city – and was astonished at the devastation. “Beira was left literally with no one single roof that was not affected,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “I was […]
1.85 million people affected in Mozambique alone in aftermath of Idai, says UN
Some 1.85 million people have been affected by the destructive power of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique alone, according to the latest UN assessment which comes as a new appeal is launched to fund relief efforts. The cyclone, which made landfall near the Mozambique port of Beira on 14th March, smashed buildings, destroyed crops and caused […]