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– Just after the young couple arrived at Al-Sayyed Shabistan, a quaint guesthouse in Taobat, on April 30, soldiers showed up, urging them to leave—war, they warned, could break out any moment.
08/05/2025
Haiti: “We have people waiting who will not get food today… yet that is what we’re supposed to be doing”
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Haiti hunger crisis: How WFP delivers food amid violence and insecurity
— “You can’t imagine how frustrated I am,” says Janvier Muhima. It’s early morning, and a mission to assist 30,000 people in La Saline, one of the most vulnerable areas of Port-au-Prince, is postponed “simply because the roads are blocked due to violence in the area.”
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07/05/2025
Somalia: Number of People Facing High Levels of ‘Acute Food Insecurity’ Projected to Rise to 4.4 Millions
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By World Food Programme*
- A million more Somalis could be pushed into severe hunger as recurrent droughts and floods, conflict and high food prices threaten to displace families, disrupt farming, restrict market access and increase humanitarian needs.
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WFP/Petroc Wilton
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07/05/2025
Somaliland: British Colony, Palestinian Concentration Camp?
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By Kit Klarenberg | Popular Resistance – TRANSCEND Media Service*
In recent months, Somaliland has become a subject of intense, unprecedented interest for the Western media.
Somaliland National Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
As Israeli and US officials scramble to find a destination to forcibly relocate Gaza’s population from their shattered homeland, the little-acknowledged, unrecognised breakaway statelet is increasingly viewed as an attractive option.
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07/05/2025
Gaza: UN Humanitarian Teams Reject Israel’s ‘Deliberate Attempt to Weaponize Aid’
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(UN News)* — The reported Israeli proposal to deliver humanitarian supplies through hubs controlled by the military would be a breach of the core principles of neutral, impartial and independent aid delivery, the UN said on Tuesday .
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07/05/2025
Europe Is the Fastest-Warming Continent
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By the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)*
Europe is the fastest-warming continent, and the impacts of climate change are clear. 2024 was the warmest year on record for Europe.
Storms were often severe and flooding widespread, claiming at least 335 lives and affecting an estimated 413 000 people.
During the year, there was a striking east-west contrast in climate conditions, with extremely dry and often record-warm conditions in the east, and warm but wet conditions in the west.
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06/05/2025
Europe Is Facing Its Worst Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Since the Start of the Century – FAO
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By the Food and Agriculture Organization*
Enhanced awareness and action needed amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Europe and the Near East
FMD is a highly contagious viral disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals, including cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and various wild species. ©FAO
Rome, 5 May 2025 — The recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Europe and the introduction of an exotic virus strain into the Near East underscore the urgent need for early detection and enhanced biosecurity measures to minimize the impacts of the disease, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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06/05/2025
Health Inequities Are Shortening Lives by Decades
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By the World Health Organization*
GENEVA, — A global report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that the underlying causes of ill health often stem from factors beyond the health sector, such as lack of quality housing, education and job opportunities.
Credits: iStock / JP Tinoco | Impoverished neighborhood “favela” clinging to a steep hillside in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The new World report on social determinants of health equity shows that such determinants can be responsible for a dramatic reduction of healthy life expectancy – sometimes by decades – in high- and low-income countries alike.
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06/05/2025
United Nations Chief ‘Alarmed’ by Israeli Plans to Expand Gaza Ground Offensive
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(UN News)* — The UN Secretary-General is alarmed by reports of Israeli plans to expand ground operations and prolong its military presence in Gaza, a spokesperson for António Guterres said on Monday .
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