Archive for August 11th, 2025

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11/08/2025

Haiti Faces a ‘Critical Turning Point’ Amid Escalated Violence and Funding Cuts

Human Wrongs Watch

By Oritro Karim

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 2025 (IPS)* –– The humanitarian situation in Haiti has deteriorated significantly in the past few weeks, with the United Nations (UN) underscoring a growing list of abuses committed by armed groups, including killings, kidnappings, and sexual violence.
 

Christiana, a mother of six, fled repeated waves of armed violence, first from her home in Morne Blanc, where her husband was killed in 2024, then from Mirebalais in March 2025, seeking safety in Boucan Carré. Credit: UNICEF/Herold Joseph

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11/08/2025

Erasure or Empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, Women Confront a Stark Choice

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — In Africa’s Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty – driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism – are stripping women and girls of their right to safety, education and a viable future.

Women across the Sahel region are facing a steady erosion of their human rights and fundamental freedoms. (file photo)
© UNICEF/Frank Dejongh | Women across the Sahel region are facing a steady erosion of their human rights and fundamental freedoms. (file photo)
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Risks to women and girls across this vast region are severe and systemic, as political instability, environmental collapse and a declining international presence take their toll.
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From abductions and child marriage to exclusion from schools and public life, their lives and opportunities are being steadily stripped away, Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, told ambassadors in the Security Council on Thursday [].

“In the Sahel, where the world’s gravest concerns converge, women and girls bear the brunt,” she said.

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11/08/2025

From Sea to Soil

Human Wrongs Watch

By the UN Food and Agriculture Organization*

A journey of reinvention amidst crises in northern Mozambique

When conflict uprooted his life, Paulo Benedito turned to the land. He now cultivates maize and leafy crops outside of the Meculane Centre for Internally Displaced Persons in northern Mozambique. ©FAO/María Legaristi Royo

Paulo Benedito built his life around the sea. Born and raised in Quissanga, a small coastal town in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, Paulo came from a long line of fishermen.

The ocean was more than a livelihood—it was a way of life passed down through generations.

Each morning, he would set out before sunrise in his wooden boat, returning hours later with enough fish to feed his family—and, if the catch was good, to sell at the market.

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11/08/2025

As Hunger Soars in Northeastern Nigeria, World Food Programme’s Funds Dry Up

Human Wrongs Watch

Without urgent donations, 1.3 million people risk losing food assistance.
Woman in red gown wears a sorrowful expression as she sits next to a thatched wall in northeastern Nigeria. Photo: WFP/Arete/Nommiyid Chantu
Displaced by conflict in northeastern Nigeria, Iya and her large family barely survive with  WFP support. Now, that assistance may dry up altogether. Photo: WFP/Arete/Nommiyid Chantu

On the good days, Iya and her husband are barely able to feed their large family.  On the bad ones, their seven children go to bed hungry in the small mud-brick hut they call home.

In northeastern Nigeria’s Mafa displacement camp, where the family lives, August is shaping into a month of many bad days.

“The support we get isn’t enough,” says 45-year-old Iya of the World Food Programme (WFP) food assistance. As a conflict-displaced person, her last name is being withheld for her protection. “As a parent, it’s never enough.”

Soon, Iya’s family risks getting nothing at all.

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