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"We need to find innovative and efficient tools and solutions to avert a catastrophe but also to unlock the country’s untapped potential for significant agricultural productivity and profitability."

A new appeal targets 930,000 people with urgent needs across seven provinces and 17 municipalities, after two hurricanes and two earthquakes hit Cuba in the span of only 20 days.

Extreme climate conditions have led to three concurrent disease outbreaks — malaria in Baringo and Turkana counties, which have experienced heavy rains, and measles in Marsabit county.

Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2023. Africa recorded the highest rates of intimate partner and family-related femicide, followed by the Americas and then by Oceania.

Children living in North Gaza and Gaza governates have been almost completely cut off from supplies of food, water and medicine since 6 October. Famine is either imminent or likely already occurring.

WFP’s Global Outlook 2025 shows that 343 million people across 74 countries are acutely food insecure, a 10 per cent increase from last year, nearing levels that were last seen during the pandemic.

More than 700 trucks carrying food aid are on route to communities across Sudan, including 14 locations that WFP categorizes as “hotspots” due to the severity of food insecurity and famine risk.

While today marks Lebanon’s Independence Day, it is overshadowed by sadness and growing anxiety. The situation remains highly unpredictable, leaving Lebanese and refugees uncertain and fearful.

The year 2024 has become the deadliest on record for humanitarian personnel, UN OCHA said, citing data from the Aid Worker Security Database, with the recorded deaths of 281 aid workers globally.

The year 2024 has become the deadliest on record for humanitarian personnel, UN OCHA said, citing data from the Aid Worker Security Database, with the recorded deaths of 281 aid workers globally.

While more than 130,000 people were forced to flee in Colombia in 2016, the number of people newly displaced will exceed 260,000 in 2024, eight years after the agreement was signed.

According to the report, people who had been recently displaced within Ukraine were more likely to be unemployed (24%), compared to those who had been displaced for one year or more (13%).

While overall food insecurity in the DRC remains stagnant, in the east it has deteriorated. Driven by conflict and displacement, 6.2 million people likely face crisis or emergency levels of hunger.

"Escalating conflict and climate shocks are putting children and families at unprecedented risk. Over 3.4 million people have been displaced across the country, nearly 40% of whom are children."

“Children are experiencing a myriad crises, from climate shocks to online dangers, and these are set to intensify in the years to come,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.

“Children are experiencing a myriad crises, from climate shocks to online dangers, and these are set to intensify in the years to come,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.

Data released on World Children’s Day shows more than 516,000 babies born in Ukraine between February 2022 and August 2024, removed of any rights to safety and healthcare, many living on frontlines.