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UN officials: Afghan quake adds to emergencies in country

Senior UN officials say the earthquake in Afghanistan has added another emergency facing the country, which is also confronting its worst drought in 30 years and massive poverty

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

U.N. says Taliban interfering with aid, resisting cash plan

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban are resisting efforts by the United Nations to help get humanitarian funding into the country and are interfering in the delivery of aid, U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Thursday.

Reuters · Jun 23, 2022

Afghanistan's earthquake has left this girl with nothing. Can the West help her without funding the Taliban?

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake in remote Afghanistan exacerbates a tricky ethical dilemma for Australia and other like-minded nations: How can they help Afghan people dealing with yet another unimaginable situation without supporting the Taliban directly?

ABC News · Jun 23, 2022

Canada to provide C$250 million to U.N. to address global food crisis, says Trudeau

Canada will provide C$250 million ($193 million) to the United Nations to address a food crisis exacerbated by supply chain constraints and high inflation after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.

Reuters · Jun 23, 2022

Malian army strikes jihadists after civilian massacre

Mali's army on Thursday said it had carried out air strikes against al-Qaeda-affiliated Macina Katiba jihadists in the country's centre following the massacre of at least 132 civilians last weekend.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 23, 2022

Taliban's isolation makes Afghan earthquake response harder

A devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which killed at least 1,000 people and flattened homes in remote villages close to the Pakistani border, poses the biggest challenge yet for the Taliban since they seized power nearly a year ago.

Reuters · Jun 23, 2022

Rising prices: why the global drive to keep food cheap is unsustainable

As prices rise, everywhere, for pretty much everything, the prospect of the human suffering this will cause is deeply worrying. There are predictions that the number of people in the world experiencing acute hunger – currently 276 million – could soon rise by as many as 47 million.

The Conversation · Jun 23, 2022

Darfur attacks displace 84,000 in June alone: UN

Last year, at least 440,500 were displaced, five times more than in 2020, according to the UN.

Al Jazeera · Jun 23, 2022

Murder claims grip world-famous gorilla park in the DRC

Allegations of atrocities against Indigenous inhabitants spark a German government-funded inquiry.

Al Jazeera · Jun 23, 2022

Attacks in Sudan's Darfur bring new surge in people fleeing their homes

Violence in western Sudan this month alone has displaced more than 84,000 people, doubling the number of those driven from their homes so far this year, according to UN reports.

Reuters · Jun 23, 2022