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‘Massacre’: Israel forces attack crowds waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 21

Palestinian officials call latest assault ‘premeditated’ as people seeking humanitarian supplies increasingly targeted. At least 21 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces opened fire on thousands of people waiting for aid in Gaza City in the same area that was targeted hours earlier, government officials said. The Ministry of Health in Gaza described the late Thursday attack as a “new, premeditated massacre” and said more than 150 people were […]

15 March 2024

International

Iran sends 60 tons of humanitarian aid for Gaza

Iran sent 60 tons of humanitarian aid to Egypt to be transferred to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing, Anadolu Agency reports. The aid consignment included food, medical supplies and medicines, according to the Iranian state television on Friday. The aid was sent from Tehran Airport to Egypt in coordination with the Iranian Red Crescent Society. Earlier today, a humanitarian convoy, which comprises 20 trucks, began to enter the Gaza […]

22 October 2023

International

UN asks Syria to extend deadline for post-quake aid access

The United Nations has asked Syria's government to extend its approval for two additional crossings to deliver post-earthquake aid into opposition-held zones, a spokesperson said on Friday, but two informed sources said an extension was unlikely, Reuters reports. Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad agreed to open the crossings of Bab Al-Salam and Al Ra'ee for three months starting on 13 February, a week after the earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkiye and […]

13 May 2023

International

Syria earthquake: Saudi plane carrying aid lands in Assad-controlled Aleppo

A Saudi Arabian plane carrying aid to quake-hit Syria landed in Aleppo on Tuesday, the first such shipment by the kingdom to Bashar al-Assad-controlled territory since the Syrian war erupted over a decade ago. Planeloads of foreign aid have landed in Syria since two quakes struck the war-torn country and neighbouring Turkey, which have killed more than 35,000 people, with the numbers increasing daily. The Saudi plane landed at Aleppo International Airport carrying 35 tonnes of food aid, Syrian […]

15 February 2023

International

Leading NGO condemns UN failure to renew Syria cross border resolution

INTERNATIONAL Syria Relief, the UK's leading Syria-focused NGO and its parent charity Action For Humanity, on Saturday condemned the UN failure to renew the Syria cross border resolution. It called for global powers to put politics second and people first. The resolution gives a UN mandate for the only remaining aid border crossing into Syria, via Turkey. Failure to renew it will mean there is no UN-approved route to providing […]

11 July 2022

News

Turkey sends aid to SA in time of need

Turkey, at the personal behest of their president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has sent a container load of medical supplies to counter the current Covid-19 pandemic as local fatalities edge past 100. Earlier this week, the Turkish Co-operation and Co-ordination Agency (TIKA) distributed 10,000 N95 medical masks to the Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. Included in the recent aid package are PPE suits and vital equipment, as well as a disinfectant […]

30 April 2020

International News

EU president says Europe is at risk if it fails to step up aid to Africa

The European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has called on the European Union member states to contribute to Africa or face risks of migrant influx. Juncker said on Wednesday during the EU’s State of the Union Address that Europe could face a repeat of the 2015 high influx of migrants when the UN’s World Food Programme ran out of funds. “Our €2.7 billion EU-Africa Trust Fund is creating employment opportunities across […]

14 September 2017

VOC News

GOTG ready to send aid for Aleppo residents

The tragedy in Eastern Aleppo has necessitated an increase in emergency humanitarian assistance for the expected outpouring of refugees from that totally devastated region. The deliberate targeting of hospitals and civilians with a virtual total blockade on the delivery of food, medicines, water, baby food and medical equipment has added to an already catastrophic situation in the entire country. South African humanitarian agency Gift of the Givers is preparing supplies […]

14 December 2016

News

Al Imdaad to deliver aid for Indonesian earthquake victims

By Ra-ees Moerat South African humanitarian agency Al Imdaad Foundation is responding to the urgent needs of Indonesians affected by the Aceh earthquake, which has killed at least 102 people. A strong earthquake, 6.5 on the Richter scale, struck off the coast of Aceh on the Indonesian Island, Sumatra on Tuesday. International Project Coordinator and Trustee of Al-Imdaad Foundation, Qari Ziyaad Patel, says that the nature of the geographical location […]

9 December 2016

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