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Afghanistan: Malnourishment rising in Badghis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the cases of malnourishment among children rose by a staggering 50 per cent in the Badghis province of the country.
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UN ramps up humanitarian assistance to avoid famine in Somalia
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], April 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations relief agency said it is scaling up humanitarian interventions to help 4.9 million of the most vulnerable people in Somalia.
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Ellen DeGeneres, Billy Porter and Bruce Springsteen join social media rall
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): Global Citizen, a group focusing on international advocacy, is organizing the "Stand Up for Ukraine" social media rally taking place this Friday to support refugees and mobilize humanitarian efforts in a process to aid Ukrainians.
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UN expresses concern over economic situation of Afghan people
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 6 (ANI): Expressing concern over the abject economic situation of the Afghan people post-Taliban came to power, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said that millions of people in the country are facing economic challenges.
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ICRC ramps up humanitarian operations in Africa amid food security crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Tuesday it is ramping up humanitarian operations in ten African countries to support an additional 2.8 million people facing a food security crisis.
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NGO HWARF empowers 200 students in Maharashtra through skill development t
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 5 (ANI/TPT): Humanitarian Welfare and Research Foundation (HWARF), a non-profit NGO founded for serving the underprivileged, facilitated the skill development of 200 students in various healthcare courses under the Chief Minister Maha Aarogya Kaushalaya Vi
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New Zealand to support rural Afghans with agricultural inputs, cash aid
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 4 (ANI): New Zealand is funding with USD 2 million a new project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to provide agricultural inputs and cash aid to 94,500 people from farming communities in the provinces of Kunduz, Nangarhar, Parwan
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West Bengal: Two Bangladeshi nationals handed over to BGB in flag meeting
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
West Bengal [India], April 2 (ANI): The North Bengal Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday handed over two Bangladeshi nationals to the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) during a flag meeting at the International borders (IB) on humanitarian grounds.
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UN urges Lebanese govt to rebuild education system
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], April 2 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon Najat Rochdi on Saturday urged the Lebanese government to work to rebuild the country's education system.
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Yemen's Houthis welcome two-month truce proposed by UN
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Sanna [Yemen], April 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, welcomes the two-month truce proposed by the United Nations to the sides to the Yemeni conflict, the movement's chief negotiator at talks with the government, Mohammed Abdulsalam, said on Fri
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UN Under-Secretary-General to visit Moscow, Kyiv to discuss Ukraine situat
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 2 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths will visit Moscow on April 3 and then will visit Kyiv to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine and a potential for a ceasefire, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday.
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60,000 illegal immigrants voluntarily deported from Libya since 2015: IOM
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 1 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 60,000 illegal immigrants have been voluntarily deported from Libya to their countries of origin since 2015, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Friday.
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