The northeast African country is already in the grip of the world’s largest displacement crisis, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, noted. Fighting between the Sudanese Army and a rival group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has left thousands dead and eight million displaced. A staggering 14 million children are in desperate need…
“The official records yesterday or this morning said there was a tenth child officially registered in a hospital as having starved to death,” said UN health agency spokesperson Christian Lindmeier. “A very sad threshold…(but) the unofficial numbers can unfortunately be expected to be higher.” The development followed media reports overnight that four children had died…
Paulo Pinheiro spoke to UN News this week after presenting his latest report to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, which examines a range of social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues. The Syrian war, which began in March 2011, is at its “worst point” in four years, he said, while stressing that the escalating…
File photo. Bangladesh is facing its worst dengue epidemic, with official figures showing that the mosquito-borne disease has killed more than 1,000 people this year. According to the data released by the Ministry of Health of Bangladesh, more than 2 lakh cases of dengue have been confirmed this year, while the deaths due to this…
—File photo In the Indian state of Kerala, two people have mysteriously died due to a new wave of Nipah, a virus worse than Corona. According to the Indian website ‘India Today’, the Health Department of the Indian state of Kerala has issued a ‘NEPA Alert’ due to two unnatural deaths in Kozhikode district. According…
Citizens stormed a grocery store in Argentina, leaving food and drink strewn on the street. The worst economic crisis continues in the country of South America, Argentina, because of inflation, people started looting the shops. According to foreign media reports, looters escape by taking everything including cash from the shops. Looting incidents have been reported…
Across the country, there have been at least 31,342 suspected or confirmed cholera cases and 230 deaths in the first seven months of 2023 – many of them children. The worst affected province, North Kivu, has seen more than 21,400 confirmed or suspected cases, including more than 8,000 children under five, according to the Ministry…
File photo Heat is predicted to reach dangerous levels in many areas of the United States. From Florida to California to Washington, nearly a third of the US population has been issued a severe heat warning. Temperatures are expected to reach 54 degrees Celsius in California’s Death Valley, one of the hottest regions in the…
Israel must ensure the protection of the civilian population in the West Bank; United Nations (Photo: File) New York: UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned Israel that the use of force and increased violence against Palestinians will not reduce its problems. According to the World News Agency, the Israeli army expressed concern over the martyrdom…
Bangladesh faces worst heat wave since 1971; Photo: File Dhaka: Bangladesh is currently facing its worst heatwave in decades, during which prolonged power load-shedding has made life miserable for citizens. According to the World News Agency, the temperature in Bangladesh reached 40 degrees Celsius. Citizens trying to avoid the scorching sun have no shelter while…
