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Growing food insecurity in West Africa, Sahel must not be ignored: UN huma
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], December 8 (ANI): Growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and the Sahel, must not be ignored by the international community, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
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Humanitarians distribute aid in Afghanistan, one of world's greatest emerg
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], December 3 (ANI): The United Nations and its partners are conducting needs assessments while distributing aid across Afghanistan, one of the world's greatest emergencies, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
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UN responds to increased humanitarian needs in Yemen following shift in fr
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], November 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations and partners are responding to increased humanitarian needs in Yemen following a shift in front lines in Hodeidah governorate over the past 10 days, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday.
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Catastrophic and famine-like conditions hang over Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 21 (ANI): The UN humanitarians have warned that "Catastrophic and famine-like conditions" hang over Afghanistan's farmers and herders whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter.
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'Afghanistan's farmers, herders desperate for seed, food and cash'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 20 (ANI): "Catastrophic and famine-like conditions" hang over Afghanistan's farmers and herders, whose needs continue to rise with the onset of winter, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
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Tens of thousands of needy Afghans receive relief aid: UN humanitarian off
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 9 (ANI): Tens of thousands of Afghans have received relief assistance as the aid agencies scaled-up effort to provide assistance to more people before the winter in the Asian country, a UN humanitarian agency said Tuesday.
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UN voices grave concern over escalation of hostilities in northern Ethiopi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], October 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations remains extremely concerned about the continued escalation of hostilities in northern Ethiopia, including new airstrikes over the weekend in Tigray, said UN humanitarians on Monday.
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Uzbek logistics center receives nearly 100 tonnes of UN humanitarian aid f
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The Termez Cargo Center in Uzbekistan received from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) a total of 96 tonnes of humanitarian aid destined for Afghanistan, the director of the cargo center Nodirbek Jalilov told Sputnik.
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UN calls for unimpeded humanitarian access to volatile N. Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Describing the situation in northern Ethiopia as unpredictable and volatile, the United Nations on Wednesday urgently called on all parties to allow unimpeded and sustained access for humanitarian aid.
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Afghanistan: UN humanitarian agencies call for greater support as winter a
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], October 7 (ANI): UN humanitarian agencies and their partners on Wednesday urged countries to honour their pledges to Afghanistan, as they rush to scale-up delivery of lifesaving aid ahead of the coming winter season there.
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Ethiopia expels seven top UN officials for 'meddling'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], September 30 (ANI): Ethiopia asked seven senior United Nations staff members to leave the country within 72 hours for allegedly meddling in the Horn of Africa nation's internal affairs, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
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635,000 people displaced in Afghanistan this year, says UN
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 21 (ANI): UN humanitarians said on Monday that 635,000 people in Afghanistan were routed from their homes this year because of violence, with more than 12,000 recently displaced to Kabul, mainly from Panjshir Province.
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