Archive for April 2nd, 2024

02/04/2024

Explainer: Feeding Haiti in Times of Crisis

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)*   — Almost five million Haitians are going hungry and need food assistance, according to recent UN figures, but the violence and related insecurity created by heavily armed rival gangs operating mainly in the capital are posing more questions about how to make sure those beleaguered people get enough to eat, now and in the future.

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Farmers in the south of Haiti are struggling to get their goods to markets

WFP Haiti/Theresa Piorr | Farmers in the south of Haiti are struggling to get their goods to markets

02/04/2024

Israeli Forces Are Blocking Aid Deliveries into Famine-Stricken Northern Gaza

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)*   — Israeli forces are blocking aid deliveries into famine-stricken northern Gaza as the five-month-long war grinds on despite recent strong demands from the top UN court and the Security Council for open aid access into the enclave and for a temporary ceasefire and the return of all hostages taken in October, as the UN plans an assessment mission into Al-Shifa Hospital, which had been occupied by Israeli troops for two weeks.

Children walk through the streets of Rafah in southern Gaza.
© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba | Children walk through the streets of Rafah in southern Gaza.