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SYR
Cerca de 55 millones de personas necesitan ayuda humanitaria hoy en día, las catástrofes naturales como el reciente terremoto de Ecuador o las consecuencias de El Niño en Etiopía o Guatemala, los conflictos abiertos en Siria, Yemen, Irak o Sudán del Sur y el flujo de refugiados son algunas de las cuestiones pendientes de gestión y solución. Muchos son los retos en esta materia que necesita mayor compromiso, financiación y voluntad política para hacer avanzar la agenda internacional. He aquí un especial que analiza las mayores crisis actuales y apunta las claves que marcan el debate.
SYR
Women in the besieged city are playing a crucial role by supplying opposition fighters, medical staff and others with provisions
SYR
La intensificación del conflicto y el rechazo del acceso de la ayuda humanitaria a las ciudades sitiadas podrían provocar próximas evacuaciones de decenas de miles de personas, según el enviado especial de la ONU para Siria
"En Alepo este quedan 4.000 raciones de comida, que dan para 20.000 personas. Y la población es de 250.000", afirma un responsable humanitario de la ONU
Durante todo agosto, la ayuda de Naciones Unidas solo alcanzó tres de las 18 zonas sitiadas: menos de un tercio de la población de esos lugares
PAL
On the day marking two years since the 26 August 2014 ceasefire which ended the most devastating round of hostilities in Gaza since the occupation began in 1967, 16 heads of United Nations agencies in Palestine call for the uninterrupted and predictable flow of material and increased funding to address humanitarian needs and boost economic prospects for Gaza’s 1.9 million residents.
SYR
Plight of tens of thousands of Syrians could undermine Jordan’s role as co-host of major summit on refugees, activists warn
AFG
Civilians cannot access medical care in Lashkar Gah and aid agencies are preparing for a possible Taliban takeover as militants lay siege to the city, which is the capital of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province.
AFG
Pakistan's request for all three million Afghan refugees within its borders to leave is causing chaos on its borders and plunging families into uncertainty. Many Afghans have spent all their lives in Pakistan. The BBC's M Ilyas Khan reports from Peshawar.
AFG
Aid workers have warned of deadly consequences for tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who have been forced to leave Pakistan for their war-torn country.
Very few of the returnees have received any form of support from local, state or international organisations, Kate O'Rourke, of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), said in a statement on Sunday.
AFG
As hunger and malnutrition threaten millions of Afghans, UN in Kabul says US aid to the country is ‘small change’ compared with its military spending