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UN launches USD 160mn response plan as floods wreak havoc in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): The "2022 Pakistan Floods Response Plan (FRP)" was jointly launched on Tuesday by the Government of Pakistan and the United Nations, simultaneously in Islamabad and Geneva, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said
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Needs in Afghanistan far outstrip humanitarian response: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): The Afghan people continue to stand in dire need of international assistance despite an ongoing humanitarian response of unprecedented scale and nature, said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Thursday.
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UN body says at least 7 mln livestock died across drought-affected HOA cou
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 6 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 7 million livestock have died across drought-affected Horn of Africa (HOA) countries, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has disclosed.
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Tragic quake in south-east Afghanistan kills 155 children: UN Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): At least 155 children have died after a tragic earthquake hit south-east Afghanistan last week, stated a report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on June 26.
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Afghanistan earthquake death toll surpasses 1,000
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 22 (ANI): More than 1,000 people were killed in Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake hit the country on Wednesday, media reports said.
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UN: 18.4 million people experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 18.4 million people are already experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity and rising malnutrition across the three Horn of Africa (HOA) countries of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (
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UN calls for urgent seed, fertilizer aid for conflict-affected northern Et
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethipoia], May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Saturday called for the provision of seeds and fertilizers to farmers in conflict-affected northern Ethiopia ahead of the main rainy season.
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UN warns food insecurity to worsen in Somalia by May 2022
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Food insecurity is likely to worsen significantly through May 2022 in Somalia, with many households experiencing widening food consumption gaps and erosion of their coping capacity, the United Nations relief agency warned on Sunday.
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Tens of thousands of needy Afghans receive relief aid: UN humanitarian off
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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India at UNSC: Ethiopia needs all support from international community
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [UN], August 27 (ANI): India on Thursday (local time) said that Ethiopia needs all the support it can get from the international community amid the Tigray crisis.
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