'Unseen' News and Views
Text: Kristine Grønhaug. Photo/video: Richard Ashton. Design: Tove Skjeflo
One day last year, when 12-year-old Salwa was at the market in her hometown in Sudan, the dark shadow of war came over her. And when, a few weeks later, her neighbours’ house was bombed and the children who lived there were killed, she fled.
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Now she is in a transit centre in South Sudan.
But her heart is still beating.
And beating.
()* — Spotlighting crises roiling parts of eastern Africa, the UN deputy chief concluded a regional visit in Adré, Chad, on Friday [], calling for global solidarity to tackle famine in Sudan, flooding and mass displacement while ensuring free-flowing aid for millions trapped in war zones and those fleeing for their lives.
Yemen: Needs grow for millions displaced amid catastrophic flooding and prolonged humanitarian emergency
Internally displaced people (IDPs) face dire conditions at an IDP site in Sa’ada city, Yemen, after heavy rains flooded their makeshift shelters. © UNHCR/YDF
30 August 2024 (UNHCR)* — UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that millions of displaced Yemenis face worsening conditions as Yemen’s prolonged crisis deepens. This is according to the findings of a latest UNHCR assessment.
UNICEF calls for US$ 35 million for life-saving supplies as thousands of people and children remain stranded without food or emergency relief supplies
DHAKA, 30 August 2024 (UNICEF)* -– Over two million children in eastern Bangladesh are at risk as floods sweep through homes, schools and villages, UNICEF has warned. In all, these floods, the worst in eastern Bangladesh in 34 years, have affected 5.6 million people.
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