UNHCR Cuts Over 25% of Workforce Amid Aid Funding Decline
The UN's refugee agency UNHCR has been forced to dismiss nearly 5,000 employees since the turn of the year. This is due to sharply decreased contributions to international aid efforts.
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UN Warns Refugee Numbers Remain Unsustainably High at 122 Million
The number of people who have been forced to flee their homes has decreased slightly, but continues to be "unacceptably high" in the world, according to the UN.
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UN Security Council Faces Dysfunction Amid Global Conflicts
Raging wars and blatant war crimes are shaking the UN to its foundations. Something is being torn apart when principles are politicized and no one is able to put their foot down, says the UN's outgoing refugee chief Filippo Grandi to TT: If we do not demand accountability for crimes, we are in a dangerous situation.
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Deadly Israeli Air Raid on Southern Beirut
Israeli fighter jets attack southern Beirut in raids targeting Islamist Hezbollah's strongholds. A border crossing between Lebanon and Syria was also attacked.
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Sudan: One of the World's Worst Humanitarian Crises
The ongoing war in Sudan has caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world in decades, according to the organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Warnings are also coming from the UN's refugee agency UNHCR, which states that the risk of famine has risen in the country.
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