Tag: Humanitarian assistance
UN chief: World faces a `hurricane of humanitarian crises’
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief warned Friday that a “hurricane of humanitarian crises” around the world has left civilians in conflict areas...
Ethiopia accuses aid groups of ‘arming’ Tigray fighters
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government has accused humanitarian aid groups working in its war-hit Tigray region of “arming” Tigray fighters and threatened to halt...
Ethiopia says all aid flights to Tigray must be searched
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government on Friday said all flights carrying aid to its embattled Tigray region must go through its capital for inspection...
Ethiopia denies it’s trying to ‘suffocate’ Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government on Friday rejected accusations that it’s trying to “suffocate the Tigray people” by denying them urgently needed food and...
Ethiopia denies it’s trying to ‘suffocate’ Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government on Friday rejected accusations that it’s trying to “suffocate the Tigray people” by denying them urgently needed food and...
Russia rejects renewing aid from Iraq to Syria’s northeast
UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s U.N. ambassador on Wednesday called a proposal to reopen a border crossing from Iraq to Syria’s northeast for delivering humanitarian...
Bridge key to delivering aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray destroyed
NAIROBI, Kenya — A bridge that’s crucial to delivering desperately needed food to much of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has been destroyed, an aid group...
Trapped in Ethiopia’s Tigray, people ‘falling like leaves’
NAIROBI, Kenya — The plea arrived from a remote area that had so far produced only rumors and residents fleeing for their lives. Help...
Russia in showdown with UN and West over aid to Syria
UNITED NATIONS — Russia previewed a showdown with the United Nations, United States and Western nations Wednesday over the delivery of humanitarian aid to...
EU chief suggests shift in migration aid for Turkey
BERLIN — The head of the European Union's executive Commission said Tuesday she will propose shifting the bloc's financial aid for migrants in Turkey...