The “high-risk mission”, carried out the previous day, was marked by delays at the checkpoint and severely damaged roads. Thousands of hungry civilians also surrounded the UN vehicles and fuel truck in a desperate search for food and water, further delaying the journey. The team reported that functionality at the hospital has improved since the…
Gaza has a population of over two million, with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugee, UNRWA, hosting more than a million displaced people in 156 of its installations across the enclave. The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday that 200 trucks were dispatched from Nitzana, a town in Israel, to the Rafah…
One in every 33 people (that’s 242 million people) on the planet needed humanitarian assistance in 2022, and most of that aid was coordinated through the UN. Here’s how the UN does it: Coordination: Crisis HQ This week, as the Israel-Palestine crisis erupted on 7 October, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)…
Courtesy International Media Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that nuclear weapons have been delivered to Belarus, saying the West cannot deliver a strategic defeat to Russia. Speaking at the Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, the Russian president said that the weapons delivery phase would be completed by the summer, and that he did not…
Humanitarians reached 5.4 million people in Ukraine with desperately needed aid by April this year, including cash assistance, food, health services, and medicines, the UN said on Friday.
The US ambassador to South Africa has alleged that the South Korean government provided arms and weapons to the Russian ship. Ambassador Robin Brighty said that between December 6 and 8 last year, a ship docked at the Simon Town Naval Base in Cape Town. He said that we can say with certainty that arms…
MIT experts have developed a skin-adhesive patch that can be injected into the body using ultrasound waves. Photo: Courtesy of New Atlas Boston: Administering medication by injection needle is still a painful and undesirable practice worldwide. In this context, American experts have created a patch that can inject medicine into the body painlessly through ultrasound…
“Somalia faces many challenges, but in the spirit of Ramadan, I also bring a message of hope and renewal – the United Nations stands in solidarity with the Somali people. “Let us come together to advance peace and security, sustainable development and human rights – and build a better future for all Somalis,” the UN…
