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Security situation in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray likely to cause human
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The security situation of civilians and internally displaced persons in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray regional state "risks becoming a humanitarian crisis," the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said late Monday in a report.
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Trump Administration plans to designate Houthis as terrorists, exacerbatin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 18 (ANI): In what could be the last act of President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on 10 January that the US Administration would designate Yemen's Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) as a terrorist organization.
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US Senators call for relief funds to address aftermath of Karabakh war
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): US Senators Bob Menendez and Rob Portman called for allocating budget funds to address a humanitarian crisis in South Caucasus caused by a military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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UN may close 26 aid programmes in Yemen by 2021 due to lack of funds: Spok
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations will be forced to reduce or shut down 26 humanitarian programs in Yemen by the end of this year unless additional funding is received to respond to the country's deteriorating humanitarian crisis, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric s
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Balochistan suffering a severe humanitarian crisis, activist told UN
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has told the United Nations that Balochistan is suffering a severe humanitarian crisis, having been in the throes of a ruthless genocidal conflict for the past two decades.
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Angelina Jolie helps British kids raising charity for Yemen crisis through
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): Actor Angelina Jolie is yet again winning hearts with her surprise donation to two British children running a lemonade stand to raise money for providing assistance to those suffering from the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
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COVID-19 has adversely impacted almost all initiatives which usually contr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Aug 12 (ANI): COVID-19 has impacted adversely almost all initiatives which usually go on to contribute to peacebuilding, India said on Wednesday and noted that the disease in some ways has served to exacerbate conflict situations to the extent that countries are required to ta
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Centre shows no intent at protecting lives: Punjab CM on economic package
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 13 (ANI): Expressing disappointment at the Centre's "failure" to address the humanitarian crisis resulting from the lockdown, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the first set of announcements from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
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Wipro, Azim Premji Foundation commit Rs 1,125 crore to tackle COVID-19 cri
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Apr 1 (ANI): Wipro Ltd, Wipro Enterprises Ltd and Azim Premji Foundation, have together committed Rs 1,125 crore towards tackling the unprecedented health and humanitarian crisis arising from the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
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Baloch activist urges UN Secy-Gen to take notice of humanitarian crisis in
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], Feb 16 (ANI): Khalil Baloch, chairman of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) on Sunday urged the visiting United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take immediate notice of the humanitarian crisis in Balochistan.
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Economic crisis in Venezuela worse than in Zimbabwe, Soviet Union: Economi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): From once being the richest country in Latin America -- owing to its large oil reserves -- to the ongoing humanitarian crisis unseen in the country's modern history, Venezuela's fall through the years is the single largest economic collapse outside of war
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Lavrov denounces US' allegations on Russian interference in Venezuela cris
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 2 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday rejected all allegations made by the United States that his country's interference in Venezuela's ongoing political and humanitarian crisis is destabilising the US-Russia bilateral relationship.
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