GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) warns the widespread disruption of health services during the COVID-19 pandemic has led rich countries to increase their recruitment of health professionals from poor countries, resulting in some African nations are losing skilled workers.
Children are subjected to an average of 71 grave violations every day in over 30 crisis situations across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, according to a new report by the U.N. children’s fund.
The UN refugee agency is appealing for $47.8 million to respond to the critical needs of more than 35,000 people
Nearly two-thirds of South Sudan’s population, close to 8 million people, likely will face hunger between May and July
More than a decade after splitting from Sudan, country remains riven in conflict, crushed by multiple natural and man-made disasters, and unable to feed its population
Last year, the country suffered the worst flooding in its history
Report says government must implement constitutional provisions to solidify peace agreement before elections
Refugee agency says weeks of unrelenting rain and heavy flooding have washed away whole communities and wiped out the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people
More than 800,000 people are affected in both countries, according to UN humanitarian officials
South Sudan has been independent for just 10 years, which is not a very long time for a country to get its act together
On 10th anniversary of country's independence, UN officials say an estimated 8.3 million people, including a record 4.5 million children are in desperate need of humanitarian support
Aid agencies race to aid Tigray refugees after heavy winds, rain, and hail demolish nearly 4,000 out of 10,000 individual family tents
UN agency points to factors including hyperinflation, floods, a locust infestation, and COVID-19 restrictions
Recent deadly ethnic and tribal clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur region have forced nearly 2,000 people to flee into neighboring Chad
The latest resurgence of violence between Masalit farmers and Arab herders has left over 130 dead
Children comprise more than 65 percent of the refugee population, including 66,000 children who have been separated from their parents
South Sudan's people are experiencing the worst violence since civil war broke out in December 2013
UN investigators report more than 75% of the country currently is engulfed in brutal violence at the local level
The World Food Program’s emergency food distribution program, so far has managed to reach 40,000 of an estimated 100,000 hungry people
Due to lack accountability, a single incident can easily spark inter-communal conflict and lead to many people being killed and displaced, UN says
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