#humanitarian affairs

Collection of humanitarian affairs news, found 52 news.

Scale, cost of world humanitarian needs continue to escalate: UN Official

The number of people in need of humanitarian help continues to escalate and this year alone, over 100 million people ...

PMI to deliver donations to Palestine through Red Crescent

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) will deliver the donations that have been collected from the Indonesian public to ...

Syrian troops repel rebels` attack on Aleppo`s central prison

The Syrian troops repelled Thursday rebels attack against the central prison of the country s northern province of ...

UN reinforcements start arriving in S. Sudan

The first United Nations (UN) peacekeeping reinforcements arrived Friday in South Sudan, where the government is said ...

South Sudan fighting spreads to half country`s states: UN

At least 45,000 South Sudanese civilians have sought protection at badly overstretched UN bases amid brutal fighting ...

UN Chief urges OIC to help mend rifts between Muslim communities

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to try its best to mend rifts ...

Envoy guarantees peaceful Sudan

Sudanese Ambassador to Indonesia Abd Al Rahim Al Siddig has said that the security in his country is guaranteed and ...

UN evacuates some staff from Syrian capital

The United Nations is temporarily evacuating half of its international staff from Syria due to worsening security ...

1-1.5 mln Syrians need humanitarian help-U.N.

The number of people needing humanitarian assistance in Syria has risen to 1.5 million from the previous ...

RI important to disaster management efforts in region

Indonesia plays an important role in disaster management affairs in Southeast Asia, visiting UN ...

Palestinians hurt by lack of access to water springs: UN report

Palestinians living in the West Bank have been losing access to water springs due to the actions of Israeli settlers ...

Kidnapped aid workers released in Yemen, 5 militants dead

Six kidnapped foreign aid workers have been released in Yemen, the defence ministry said on Thursday, and a military ...

UN expresses concern about settlement violence, Gaza border crossing

Valerie Amos, UN under- secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said here ...

Somalia famine set to spread to two new areas: UN

Famine is set to spread to two new southern Somali regions with millions of people reeling from extreme drought, the ...

Measles kill over 1,000 Dr Congo children since January: UN

A measles epidemic has killed 1,145 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January, the UN`s Humanitarian ...