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UN warns of humanitarian crisis on Ethiopia-Sudan border

The United Nations yesterday warned of an "imminent" humanitarian crisis as a result of a conflict in Ethiopia's northern border region of Tigray. "A full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding as thousands of refugees flee ongoing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region each day to seek safety in eastern Sudan," the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said in a statement. The agency's spokesperson, Babar Baloch, reported that "4,000 [refugees] per day, including women, […]

today19 November 2020

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UN: Millions of Yemeni children on the ‘brink of starvation’

Millions of children in Yemen are at risk of starvation amid the coronavirus pandemic, which is tipping the war-torn nation into further devastation, the United Nations warned, appealing for nearly $500m in urgent humanitarian assistance. In a new report on Friday, UNICEF, the UN children's fund, said the number of malnourished children in the country could reach 2.4 million - a 20 percent increase - by the end of the […]

today26 June 2020

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Sending cash is the only way to help Eastern Ghouta: GOTG

The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Eastern Ghouta has reached epic proportions, with 400,000 civilians living in the enclave continuing to suffer under daily aerial bombardment. On Sunday, February 19, Syrian forces backed by Russian warplanes escalated the offensive on the rebel held enclave with a relentless bombing that killed hundreds of people within days. Government forces have allegedly used mortar shells, barrel bombs, cluster bombs, and bunker-busting munitions. […]

today28 February 2018

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AMA opens mobile clinics opened in Syria

By Wardah Wilkinson The Syrian conflict has been named the worst humanitarian crises of our time, with over a million people in need emergency medical treatment and basic food, hygiene packets, blankets and other daily necessities. The African Muslim Agency who has partnered with, the Saed Charity Association has sent a medical team to set up a mobile clinic in Hatay which is on the Syrian and Turkish Border. The […]

today22 November 2017

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Ulema join call to support East Africa crisis

By Abubaker Abrahams The humanitarian conditions in the barren East Africa belt have deteriorated so badly yet the global response to the crisis remains inadequate. Over 20 million people across South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are in urgent need of food, following months of drought, which have caused a spike in malnutrition and diseases. According to a report from Islamic Relief South Africa, millions of people-- the majority of […]

today2 August 2017

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Over R10-million pledged in Syria telethon

In a record feat, a pledge line by the five-day old NGO #OperationSA to assist with humanitarian efforts in Syria raised over R10 million within five hours. The #SAveSyria campaign was launched at the weekend following calls to assist victims in Aleppo and other parts of war-torn Syria. Social activists Yusuf Abramjee, Yaseen Theba and Catherine Constantinides are among those behind #OperationSA.  The pledge line on ITV channel (DSTV 347) […]

today21 December 2016

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