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Looting, forced removals plague Ethiopia's Tigray despite truce - witnesses

Ethiopia's allies are looting towns, arresting and killing civilians and relocating thousands of people from a disputed part of Tigray despite a truce between the government and local forces, witnesses and aid workers in the northern region say.

Reuters · Dec 2, 2022

UN seeks $1.72 billion next year to aid Venezuelan migrants, refugees

The United Nations will seek $1.72 billion for 2023 to aid Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean, member agencies said on Thursday.

Reuters · Dec 1, 2022

Ethiopia says new talks begin inside Tigray on disarmament

Ethiopia says a joint committee from the federal government and Tigray forces has convened inside the Tigray region to outline disarmament plans as part of a peace deal signed last month in the two-year conflict

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022

Russia condemns German parliament for declaring Ukraine Soviet-era famine a genocide

Russia said on Thursday the German parliament's move to recognise the 1932-33 famine in Ukraine as a Soviet-imposed genocide was an anti-Russian provocation and an attempt by Germany to whitewash its Nazi past.

Reuters · Dec 1, 2022

UN Launches Record $51.5 Bn Emergency Funding Appeal

The UN and partners have appealed for record funds for aid next year, as the Ukraine war and other conflicts and climate emergencies push more people into crisis, and some towards famine. The United Nations' annual Global Humanitarian Overview estimated that 339 million people in 68 countries will need some…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 1, 2022

European Union members near deal on Russian oil price cap

EU member states are close to agreement on a $60 dollar per barrel Russian oil price cap. Meanwhile, air raid alerts were issued across all of Ukraine on Thursday, as officials warned that Russia was preparing a new wave of missile and drone strikes. Read our live blog to see…

France 24 · Dec 1, 2022

UN seeks record $51.5bn aid 'lifeline'

GENEVA: The United Nations and partners on Thursday launched an appeal for a record US$51.5 billion in aid money for 2023, with tens of millions of additional people expected to need humanitarian assistance.

Bangkok Post · Dec 1, 2022

From Ukraine to Yemen, UN seeks record $51.5 billion for 'shockingly high' aid needs

The United Nations and partners on Thursday appealed for a record $51.5 billion in aid money for 2023, with tens of millions of additional people expected to need assistance, testing the humanitarian response system "to its limits".

Reuters · Dec 1, 2022

Zelenskiy praises German parliament for declaring Ukraine famine a genocide

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday praised the German Parliament for passing a resolution that declared the death by starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33 to be a genocide.

Reuters · Nov 30, 2022

U.N. aid chief wants 25% more money in 2023, no famine in Somalia yet

The United Nations will ask for 25% more money in 2023 to fund humanitarian aid operations globally, the U.N. aid chief told a Reuters NEXT event on Wednesday, where he also warned that while famine would not yet be declared in Somalia, people were already dying there of hunger.

Reuters · Nov 30, 2022