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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Global NGOs working in Gaza defy Israel’s threats after MSF ban

As Israel cracks down on international aid groups supporting Palestinians after decimating Gaza’s healthcare system, eight NGOs say they will defy an order to provide information about their colleagues working in occupied Palestine. “It’s an absolute red line,” a Premiere Urgence Internationale spokesperson stated adding that Sending lists about employees to Israel “would potentially endanger the lives of our staff”. Medecins du Monde said: “Humanitarian access is not optional, conditional, or political. Israel is unconditionally obliged to facilitate relief schemes under international humanitarian law.” Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Aid groups refuse to be complicit in 'dangerous' plan for Gaza

An expanded Israeli offensive in Gaza which could see humanitarian "hubs" for aid distribution is being boycotted by the UN and other international NGOs who say they will not be complicit in military action. The UN said the plan "contravenes fundamental humanitarian principles", puts people's lives at risk, gives Israel total control of aid entry and distribution and leads to forced displacement as people attempt to live close to aid outposts. "These segregated zones wound undermine the architecture and mechanisms we have in place," media and communications adviser for the… Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Israel making it ‘deliberately impossible' for aid groups in Gaza

Israeli restrictions have created a “deliberately impossible” environment for aid organisations to address Gaza’s humanitarian needs, the head of a group working in the Palestinian enclave said on Thursday. Speaking on her third visit to Gaza since the war began last October, Arwa Damon, founder of non-governmental organisation the International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance said aid has become “even more limited than it already was”. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

UN peacekeepers, Wagner accused of rapes in Central African Republic

Gender-based violence is rising in Central African Republic amid violence, weak legal and care systems and the stigma of speaking up, locals and aid groups say. Since 2020, incidents have jumped from about 9,200 reported cases to 25,500, according to cases tracked by the United Nations and partners. The AP spoke with three women who said they had been sexually assaulted. One blamed Wagner. One blamed an armed bandit. One, a security guard, blamed a UN peacekeeper. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Yemen aid groups voice ‘grave concern’ over Red Sea escalation

More than 20 humanitarian groups have expressed serious concern about the military escalation in Yemen, warning it will delay shipments and push up prices in the heavily aid-dependent country. After weeks of Houthi rebel attacks on Israel-linked shipping disrupted traffic in the Red Sea, US and British forces struck a series of targets in Yemen, prompting further exchanges this week. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Aid groups demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza

International organisations and aid agencies have called on for an immediate ceasefire to end a "haemorrhage of human lives" in Gaza, warning that the situation could quickly spiral out of control. They made their appeals at a conference in Paris on Thursday intended to coordinate aid and assess how to help people wounded in Gaza since Israel launched its brutal ground and air offensive in response to an attack by Hamas fighters on southern Israel on Oct. 7. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Foreign aid groups halt work after Taliban ban on female staff

Five top non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have halted work in Afghanistan after women were banned from working for them by the Taliban government. Care International, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Save the Children said they could not continue their work "without our female staff". The International Rescue Committee also suspended services while Islamic Relief said it was stopping most of its work. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in Weather

Aid groups warn of growing plight in flood-hit Pakistan

Islamabad: On September 2, record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains killed at least 1,208 people, including 416 children, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) proclaimed. The head of the Edhi Foundation charity, Faisal Edhi, stated, "Ninety percent of people are still awaiting any kind of assistance; the situation is serious, people are starving," Edhi described the situation as grim and called on the government to lift a years-old ban on some international NGOs it had accused of "anti-state activities". Read More…

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