News in Brief 23 January 2024
- Gaza fighting spreads into hospitals where there’s ‘no way in and out’
- UNHCR raises alarm over dramatic rise in Rohingya deaths at sea
- Half of Yemen’s children are malnourished, warns UN health agency
No food, water, or health care facilities, no communication with the outside world, and the constant threat of bombardments.
Entire villages in the Republic of Congo have been affected by recent flooding, leaving more than 350,000 people in need of food, shelter, clothing and other basics.
Emirati Hospital in southern Gaza is one of last functioning maternity facilities in all of Gaza where “there aren’t enough staff and not enough medicine” for women about to give birth, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
Gaza aid obstacles continue to delay vital relief, warn UN aid teams
Nine months ago, UN teams in Sudan were forced to evacuate from their headquarters in Khartoum, as heavy fighting between government and rebel forces raged in the capital.