Archive for July 4th, 2024

04/07/2024

Sudan’s Cocktail of War and Flooding Leaves People Trapped, Unable to Flee

Human Wrongs Watch

Only 19 per cent of the required funds for UNHCR’s refugee response have been received thus far, meaning that food rations have had to be “drastically cut”

Sudanese women find shelter at the Aboutengue refugee camp in eastern Chad.
© UNHCR/Levon Sevunts | Sudanese women find shelter at the Aboutengue refugee camp in eastern Chad.

04/07/2024

United Nations Urges International Solidarity as Hurricane Beryl Devastates Caribbean Islands

Human Wrongs Watch

3 July 2024 (UN News)* —  The United Nations has called for international solidarity with Grenada, the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and other Caribbean islands hit hard by Hurricane Beryl.

Satellite image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean, a category 5 storm with 165-mph winds as of  8:00 AM on July 2, 2024.
© NOAA | Satellite image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean, a category 5 storm with 165-mph winds as of 8:00 AM on July 2, 2024.
04/07/2024

Gaza ‘Split in Two’: Blockades Restrict Movement of Displaced People Seeking Shelter and Aid Workers Trying to Assist Civilians in Desperate Needs

Human Wrongs Watch

()* — The Gaza Strip is virtually “split in two”, with blockades not only restricting the movement of displaced people seeking shelter, but also aid workers trying to assist civilians in desperate need, a UN relief official said on Wednesday [3 July 2024].

Much of Gaza has been destroyed in the conflict.
© UNRWA | Much of Gaza has been destroyed in the conflict.

Speaking via video link from Jerusalem, Andrea De Domenico, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT), said people have been forced to “completely reset their lives over and over again.”

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