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UN warns of rising hunger in Somalia amid severe drought
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], July 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations humanitarian agency has warned about the rising hunger in Somalia following a historical fourth consecutive failed rainy season since 2020.
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Hamas welcomes UN report that calls for lifting Israeli siege on Gaza
Updated : 3 years, 8 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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'India stands by Afghanistan': PM Modi expresses grief over tragic earthqu
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India stands by the Afghan people in the wake of the devastating earthquake that claimed more than 1000 lives and injured hundreds of people.
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Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquake hits Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 22 (ANI): Thousands of children are at risk after a devastating earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.
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Afghan envoy appreciates India's support in wake of tragic earthquake
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Afghanistan ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay on Wednesday appreciated the support extended by India in the wake of the tragic earthquake that has so far claimed more than 1,000 lives.
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India expresses grief over tragic Afghanistan earthquake deaths
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): India on Wednesday expressed condolences to the victims and their families impacted by the tragic earthquake in Afghanistan, which resulted in the death of over a thousand people.
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UN condemns attack on hospital in Cameroon
Updated : 3 years, 9 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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Humanitarian situation in Ukraine is deteriorating at an alarming pace: UN
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 12 (ANI): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday informed that the humanitarian situation in Ukraine is deteriorating at an alarming pace.
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4 million children to face malnutrition in 2022: UN Delegation
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 27 (ANI): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that at least four million Afghan children are expected to be affected with malnutrition, of whom 137,000 will lose their life in 2022.
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Half of Afghanistan's population is facing 'tsunami of hunger': Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 4 (ANI): Afghanistan is under deep humanitarian crisis and over 50 per cent of Afghan's are facing a "tsunami of hunger," the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported, citing numbers from UN World Food Programme.
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UN provided food assistance to more than 9 million Afghans since Taliban t
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 18 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) had scaled up food assistance in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in mid-August.
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Rights of Afghan women, girls 'under attack', says UN
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 13 (ANI): The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has raised concerns over the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, stating that "Afghan women are deprived of basic rights."
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