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Shut Down Plants And Workplaces Amidst Spreading Toxic Air!

The International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC) demands the immediate shutdown of all non-essential plants and workplaces across areas engulfed in toxic wildfire smoke, with full pay for every worker affected

2026-07-18 10:54:21 0 Comment 3987 view

Hurricane Melissa Poised To Slam Caribbean; 1.6 million Children At Risk

With Hurricane Melissa threatening to unleash torrential rains and hurricane-force winds across the Caribbean, at least 1.6 million children are at risk as families in Jamaica, Haiti and surrounding islands brace for flooding, landslides and widespread disruption

2025-10-28 01:39:43 0 Comment 41939 view

Nepal Appoints First Woman Prime Minister, As UN Expresses Solidarity Amid Crisis

UN agencies in Nepal welcomed the appointment of Sushila Karki as interim prime minister on Friday, as the country reels from a deadly crackdown on youth-led protests that left more than 50 dead, widespread destruction and forced the resignation of her predecessor

2025-09-14 05:50:26 0 Comment 66364 view

Cholera Spreads In North Darfur, 640,000 Children Under Threat, UNICEF Warns

Cholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of children already weakened by hunger and displacement, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Sunday, as aid convoys struggle to reach cut-off communities amid escalating conflict

2025-08-04 08:26:10 1 Comment 67218 view

Syria: Ongoing Violence Fuelling Mass Displacement In Sweida

Ongoing sectarian violence in Sweida, Syria has triggered mass displacement in the area as humanitarians attempt to deliver aid

2025-07-24 03:12:02 0 Comment 52544 view

Gaddafi Warned Them, Now The EU Is Living Out His Grim Prophecy

The migration crisis on Europe’s southern borders has been brewing for decades

2025-05-14 06:52:18 0 Comment 279380 view

Left Behind, Afghanistan Is Now An Environmental Hellhole

For over four decades, Afghanistan has been trapped in a relentless cycle of war and destruction.

2025-04-22 05:28:52 0 Comment 76268 view

Myanmar Earthquake Latest: Entire Communities Flattened, Aid Teams Say

As the death toll continues to rise in Myanmar after last Friday's earthquake tragedy, UN humanitarians have been rushing to support severely deprived and traumatized victims

2025-04-04 06:20:49 0 Comment 57783 view

Yemen: One In Two Children Severely Malnourished After 10 years Of War

In Yemen, a decade of conflict has proved catastrophic for the country’s children living under the threat of airstrikes and staggeringly high malnutrition rates

2025-03-27 02:04:29 0 Comment 52767 view

Europe Grapples With Highest Number Of Measles Cases In More Than 25 Years

Measles cases in Europe have doubled in just a year, with the highest number reported since 1997, UN agencies announced on Thursday

2025-03-15 13:05:32 0 Comment 59369 view

Education Above All: Transforming Education In The Lake Chad Region

Education Above All Foundation (EAA), based in Doha, Qatar, was officially established on October 17, 2012. Its mission is to foster human, social, and economic development through quality education and diverse welfare programs

2024-07-19 16:19:24 0 Comment 197335 view

Childhood Immunization Levels Stalled In 2023

NEW YORK, US: New data published by UN agencies shows that immunization coverage for children worldwide stalled during 2023, leaving around 2.7 million lacking the protection they need compared to the pre-COVID-19 levels of 2019.

2024-07-16 10:09:30 0 Comment 98423 view

New UNICEF Report Reveals Severe Child Food Poverty Amid World Crises

NEW YORK, US: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a new report that highlights alarming levels of child food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises. 

2024-06-16 15:38:07 0 Comment 139346 view

Haiti’s Health System Pushed To Breaking Point: UNICEF

NEW YORK, US: Haiti’s health system is now “on the verge of collapse” UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Haiti Bruno Maes warned on Wednesday, amidst an alarming decrease in the number of hospitals still functioning in the violence-wracked Caribbean nation.

2024-05-31 15:36:54 0 Comment 116909 view

Madagascar: Coordination, Convergence And Change From The Grass Roots Up

NEW YORK, US: How can people be best supported during humanitarian crises with limited aid budgets and what can be done to help those same people break out of the cycle of dependency caused by multiple crises and move towards more sustainable development?

2024-05-14 16:55:28 0 Comment 122788 view

Bold Action Needed Now To Address ‘Cataclysmic’ Situation In Haiti

NEW YORK, US: Immediate and bold action is required to tackle the “cataclysmic” situation in Haiti, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report issued on Thursday. 

 

2024-03-30 14:52:03 0 Comment 128003 view

Water Key To Cultivating Financial Independence In Southern Madagascar

NEW YORK, US: Women in one of the poorest parts of rural Madagascar are growing their financial independence from men by cultivating village land and selling their produce.

 

2024-03-27 02:33:27 0 Comment 119465 view

War And Health Crisis In Gaza A ‘Recipe For Epidemics’ Warns WHO

NEW YORK, US: The thousands of injuries sustained by civilians across Gaza combined with a burgeoning public health crisis is a ‘recipe for epidemics’, the World Health Organization’s emergency response director said on Monday.

2023-11-23 12:19:26 0 Comment 132918 view

African Children Bearing The Brunt Of Climate Change Impacts

NEW YORK, US: Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being woefully deprived of the financing necessary to help them adapt, survive and respond to the crisis, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report on Friday.

2023-09-03 15:14:22 0 Comment 131716 view

Governments Urged To Strengthen Child Social Protection

NEW YORK, U.S.-The number of children worldwide without access to social protection continues to rise, putting them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report published on Wednesday.

2023-03-04 03:11:41 0 Comment 108404 view