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ROHINGYA REFUGEES SELL AID TO FUND BASIC DIET


A Rohingya refugee who goes by Satara says she's sold WFP food aid five times since coming to Bangladesh... READ MORE

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NO ONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR II


The world is caught up in the Trump saga and ignoring a famine that could affect 20 million people in four countries... READ MORE

26th June, 2017 77274

110 DEAD FROM HUNGER IN PAST 48 HOURS OF DROUGHT


The drought is the first crisis for Somalias newly elected Somali-American leader, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed... READ MORE

5th March, 2017 34790

HUGE RISE IN HOSPITAL BEDS IN ENGLAND TAKEN UP BY PEOPLE WITH MALNUTRITION


Official figures reveal that people with malnutrition accounted for 184,528 hospital bed days last year, a huge rise on 65,048 in 2006-07... READ MORE

26th November, 2016 22290

AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST


The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE

29th August, 2015 10992

YEMEN FOOD CRISIS LEAVES MILLIONS AT RISK OF STARVING


Yemen had one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world before the current conflict, according to the WFP... READ MORE

27th October, 2016 6628

TRUMP'S PLAN TO SLASH FOREIGN AID COMES AS FAMINE THREAT IS SURGING


Last year, the United States contributed 6.4 billion in humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations, more than a quarter of global funding... READ MORE

1st March, 2017 5640

AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY


MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE

23rd June, 2015 4415

THE U.N. ASKED FOR BILLIONS TO AVERT FOUR HUNGER CRISES. THE MONEY DIDN'T ARRIVE.


In South Sudan, the United Nations says that 2,800 people are fleeing worsening violence and looming famine every day... READ MORE

3rd June, 2017 4024

AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE


Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE

25th September, 2015 3852

MILLIONS 'COULD STARVE IN CONGO PROVINCE'


The head of the UN food agency has appealed for aid to avert a humanitarian crisis in the conflict-wracked DR Congo province of Kasai... READ MORE

29th October, 2017 3188

RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'


An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 3169

EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES


In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE

15th June, 2015 2502

READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH


Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE

28th September, 2015 1698

GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS


In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE

6th July, 2015 1445

AS DOORS CLOSE SYRIAN REFUGEES DESPAIR


In October, the European Union bolstered its support for the food distribution program... READ MORE

4th November, 2015 1339

UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS


We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE

7th September, 2015 1176

PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS


We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE

26th September, 2015 1139

U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX


As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE

12th January, 2016 1105

REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA


To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE

1st October, 2015 979

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FACE ACUTE HUNGER IN DRC


One in 10 people living in rural areas suffers from acute hunger, while chronic malnutrition affects 43 per cent of children under five years, the FAO report said... READ MORE

15th August, 2017 974

UN ACCUSED OF FAILING AS NORTH-EAST NIGERIA AT RISK OF FAMINE


But Maj Gen Leo Irabor, who leads the military operation against Boko Haram in the region, said hunger in the Bama camp was relative ... READ MORE

15th July, 2016 833

UN ADOPTS AMBITIOUS GLOBAL GOALS AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS


The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE

26th September, 2015 774

70 ACHIEVEMENTS, 70 YEARS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO WHAT THE UN HAS DONE


70 achievements, 70 years a visual guide to what the UN has done... READ MORE

21st September, 2015 770

SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS


In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict... READ MORE

26th August, 2015 710

UN APP TO FEED SYRIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN IN RAMADAN


There are some one million registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon, but the real number is far higher... READ MORE

6th June, 2016 634

UN OFFICIAL RESIGNS AMID ACCUSATIONS OF SEX ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS


For years, the issue of how to stanch sexual abuse in its ranks has bedeviled the United Nations... READ MORE

12th August, 2015 612

MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WAR IN 2015


The United Nations asks the world to turn its attention Saturday to people displaced by war conflict and other crises... READ MORE

10th July, 2015 593

WHAT'S THE BEST BIT OF THE UN? NO 3


The world's largest humanitarian agency delivers food and other relief supplies to about 80 million people in more than 80 countries every year... READ MORE

8th September, 2015 584

SOUTHERN AFRICA'S DROUGHT LEAVES MILLIONS HUNGRY


UN says 14 million people face starvation because of reduced food production, blamed on El Nino weather pattern... READ MORE

18th January, 2016 574

'DYING OF HUNGER': FAMINE DECLARED IN SOUTH SUDAN


Aid agencies said 100,000 people were affected by the famine, which threaten to affect a further one million people in the coming months... READ MORE

20th February, 2017 556


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