Archive for August 24th, 2024

24/08/2024

Haiti: Millions of Lives on the Brink amid Multiple Crises

Human Wrongs Watch

()* — Years of underfunding of humanitarian aid and increasing needs have put millions of Haitians at risk of chronic vulnerability, according to a newly released UN report.

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A UN staff member provides medical care to a displaced woman and children.
© UNOCHA/Giles Clarke | A UN staff member provides medical care to a displaced woman and children.
24/08/2024

Gaza: Vital Aid Supplies Running Low as Schools Hit in Further Strikes

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By Daniel Johnson

(UN News)* — UN aid teams have warned that vital chorine supplies that are essential for purifying water are running out and deteriorating in Gaza, while humanitarians condemned new strikes on schools sheltering people displaced by the war.

Families continue to shelter in school buildings in the Gaza Strip.
© UNRWA | Families continue to shelter in school buildings in the Gaza Strip.
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There are enough chlorine reserves to last just one month, said the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, while double the amount of purifying solution needs to be used to be effective now.
24/08/2024

Gaza: Latest Evacuation Orders Leave Civilians Dangerously Close to Frontline

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By Daniel Johnson in Geneva and Ziad Taleb in Gaza

“Continuous” Israeli military evacuation orders in Gaza threaten already extremely vulnerable people in the enclave with further forced displacement, raising concerns that vital services could soon be cut off, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday [].

Ten months into the war, many Gazans continue to face the daily challenge of fetching clean water, amid repeated evacuation orders.
© WHO/Ahmed Zakot | Ten months into the war, many Gazans continue to face the daily challenge of fetching clean water, amid repeated evacuation orders.
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More than 10 months into the war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel that left some 1,250 dead and more than 250 taken hostage, nearly all Gazans have been displaced at least once – and often multiple times – by repeated orders to evacuate and intense Israeli bombardment.
24/08/2024

Empowering Africa’s Informal Market Traders To Deliver Safe Food

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BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 13 2024 (IPS)* Local informal food markets feed millions of urbanites in bustling African cities, but the consequences of tainted food could be illness and death for unsuspecting consumers.
 
Fisherman Godknows Skota holds gutted and cleaned fish. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS

Fisherman Godknows Skota holds gutted and cleaned fish. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS

Over 130,000 people across Africa fall ill and die from consuming unsafe food, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)

An estimated 70 percent of Africa’s urban households buy food from informal markets, such as street vendors, kiosks, and traditional market sellers.

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24/08/2024

Hundreds of Modern Slavery Victims Locked Up in England’s Prisons

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By Sian Norris

Exclusive: New immigration laws create ‘hierarchy of victims’ that means many are imprisoned and denied help on release.

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Hundreds of modern slavery victims are in prison | Credit: Pexels/Composition by James Battershill

(OpenDemocracy)* 21 August 2024 — Hundreds of modern slavery victims may be being locked up in prisons across England and Wales, an exclusive investigation by openDemocracy can reveal.

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