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The search for survivors continues in Samada, Syria following the February 6 earthquake .

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7 February 2023

The deadly earthquakes that have killed thousands across Türkiye and Syria come on the back of an already desperate situation facing Syria’s northwest, the UN Resident Coordinator for the Arab nation, El-Mostafa Benlemlih, told UN News in an exclusive interview on Tuesday. Abdelmonem Makki of our UN News Arabic team asked him to describe the latest situation on the ground.

A child in a camp for displaced people in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Fishing kits and seeds part of aid relief in South Sudan

5 October 2015

General News

Nearly three million people in South Sudan this year have received some form of livelihood assistance from aid agencies operating in the country, the UN Humanitarian Affairs office (OCHA) reports.

The support has included food vouchers but also fishing kits and even locally-grown seeds, all with the goal of helping people to produce and procure their own food.

Sue Lautze is the UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan.

She talks to Ivana Mousa about the work of aid agencies in the country.