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Sudan Fighting Prompts $3 Billion UN Aid Appeal
The United Nations appealed Wednesday for $3 billion to help those affected by the conflict that erupted last month in Sudan.
The U.N. humanitarian agency said it needs $2.6 billion to help those still within Sudan, saying 25 million people in the country are in need of humanitarian aid and protection.
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Washington Condemns Arrest of Russian Who Worked at US Diplomatic Mission
Russia has charged one of its citizens, a former employee of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Vladivostok for 25 years, with collaborating with the United States, an arrest the U.S. State Department condemned on Tuesday and said was "wholly without merit."
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Sudan violence forces at least 450,000 children to flee their homes
UNICEF is stepping up humanitarian support for children on the move affected by the ongoing conflict in Sudan. As violence continues, an estimated 82,000 children have fled to neighbouring countries and approximately 368,000 more are newly displaced inside the country.
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Armed violence plunging children into severe acute malnutrition in Haiti
Armed violence has intensified the number of children in Haiti suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), also known as severe wasting, which has skyrocketed in the country by 30 percent compared to 2022, UNICEF has warned, on May 11.
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Guterres welcomes ceasefire in Israel and Gaza
These buildings were destroyed during an Israeli air strike, amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence in Gaza City.
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Best reasons to stand up for mothers this Mother’s Day
A pregnant woman and her daughter wait outside a UNICEF-supported maternity ward in South Sudan.
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Midwives scramble to ensure safe deliveries amid violence in Sudan
For the estimated 219,000 who are currently pregnant in Khartoum alone, access to midwives is the single most important factor in stopping preventable maternal and newborn deaths.
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Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage
Despite a steady decline in child marriage in the last decade, multiple crises including conflict, climate shocks, and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19 are threatening to reverse hard-earned gains, according to a new analysis issued by UNICEF on May 2.
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Palestinian Militant Dies in Israeli Custody after Long Hunger Strike
A Palestinian militant detained in an Israel prison has died after a three-month hunger strike.
Israel’s prison service says 45-year-old Khader Adnan was found unconscious in his cell Tuesday morning at Ramla prison in central Israel and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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