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Catastrophic floods affect 30 out of 34 provinces of Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 2 (ANI): Flash floods in Afghanistan have affected more than 100,000 people this year, devastating 30 of the country's 34 provinces, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' (OCHA) report.
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UN launches USD 160mn response plan as floods wreak havoc in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): The "2022 Pakistan Floods Response Plan (FRP)" was jointly launched on Tuesday by the Government of Pakistan and the United Nations, simultaneously in Islamabad and Geneva, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said
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UN Official describes situation of Afghan women and girls as regressing
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths called out the Taliban for reopening girls' schools in a statement on Tuesday and said that the situation of Afghan women and girls is very regressing.
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Needs in Afghanistan far outstrip humanitarian response: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): The Afghan people continue to stand in dire need of international assistance despite an ongoing humanitarian response of unprecedented scale and nature, said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Thursday.
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UN humanitarian agency appeals for urgent funds to avert food crisis in Ho
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], July 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations humanitarian agency on Monday appealed for urgent funding to help avert a humanitarian disaster that is looming in the Horn of Africa amid a severe drought.
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Humanitarian partners may stop aid to Somalia due to lack of funding
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], July 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Humanitarian partners will be forced to stop essential aid programs to Somalia due to a lack of funding, the United Nations relief agency warned on Sunday.
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Afghanistan: Thousands displaced in Sar-e-Pul province due to fighting ove
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 8 (ANI): Tens of thousands of people have been displaced following recent fighting between Taliban and locals in the district of Balkhab in the Sar-e-Pul province of Afghanistan for the control of the cash-rich coal mines.
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UN body says at least 7 mln livestock died across drought-affected HOA cou
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 6 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 7 million livestock have died across drought-affected Horn of Africa (HOA) countries, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has disclosed.
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Hamas welcomes UN report that calls for lifting Israeli siege on Gaza
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gaza [Palestine] July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Friday welcomed a UN report that called for the immediate ending of the siege that Israel has been imposing on the Gaza Strip since 2007.
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Tragic quake in south-east Afghanistan kills 155 children: UN Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): At least 155 children have died after a tragic earthquake hit south-east Afghanistan last week, stated a report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on June 26.
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UN body seeks USD 993 million to prevent famine, tackle drought in Somalia
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations humanitarian agency said on Friday that it's seeking 993.3 million US dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and respond to the drought in Somalia by December.
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UN condemns attack on hospital in Cameroon
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], June 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has strongly condemned an attack on a hospital in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region of Southwest.
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