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Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 25 (ANI): Emergency lifesaving aid relief continued to flow into quake-hit eastern Afghanistan on Friday, as UN humanitarians and partners rushed to help the most vulnerable communities.
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After 100 days of war, UN issues fresh alert amid alarming food insecurity
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 3 (ANI): One hundred days since the 24 February Russian invasion of Ukraine, UN humanitarians on Friday issued a fresh alert amid rising and alarming levels of food insecurity there.
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Ukraine war creating a child refugee 'almost every second'
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 16 (ANI): Almost one child per second in Ukraine is becoming a refugee of the war, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as the total number of people who have now fled the eastern European country since the Russian invasion began, passed three million.
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Ukraine conflict: UN expresses 'horror' at Mariupol hospital attack
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 10 (ANI): The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Catherine Russell, expressed her horror over the reported destruction of a maternity hospital in the coastal city of Mariupol, which has been reportedly under heavy bombardment for days.
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Growing food insecurity in West Africa, Sahel must not be ignored: UN huma
Updated : 4 years, 3 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, 3 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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Catastrophic and famine-like conditions hang over Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 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, 3 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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UN voices grave concern over escalation of hostilities in northern Ethiopi
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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635,000 people displaced in Afghanistan this year, says UN
Updated : 4 years, 5 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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12.2 million people in Afghanistan acutely food insecure: UN
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 20 (ANI): UN humanitarians on Thursday said that the relief crisis in Afghanistan is deteriorating rapidly, with 12.2 million people acutely food insecure.
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Pakistan's Balochistan province faces food emergency for 500,000 people: U
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 28 (ANI): Pakistan's Balochistan province, battered by a harsh winter, a locust invasion, COVID-19, and drought-like conditions, faces a food emergency for about 500,000 people, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
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