Drought and hunger in Somalia
Posted on 14 March 2022
The country is in the grips of its worst drought for decades. Around 650,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the last year as three years of…
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WASH for Yemen
Posted on 14 March 2022
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center on Sunday signed a deal with UNICEF to provide safe water supplies for drinking and human use in the Yemen. In line…
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Tonga recovery and resilience building plan requires T$565.8 million
Posted on 14 March 2022
Tonga Prime Minister, Honourable Hu’akavameiliku has confirmed to Tonga’s Development Partners that a total of T$565.8 million (USD$240 million) will be needed to fund the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai Recovery and Resilience Building…
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Forgotten crises, and the bias in conflict reporting
Posted on 14 March 2022
With the global focus on the Ukraine, there has been some media commentary about other long-term yet ‘forgotten’ crises elsewhere in the world. The New Humanitarian has listed eight conflicts…
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Rush to vaccinate Vanuatu
Posted on 14 March 2022
Up until last week it had managed to keep the virus out of the country with strict border controls over the past two years. The head of the Vanuatu Red…
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Fires continue to sweep through Rohingya refugee camp
Posted on 14 March 2022
Another fire swept through a refugee camp housing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh last week. A six-year-old boy was killed and approximately 2,000 people, including 1,000 children were left homeless, highlighting…
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The impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict on global food supplies
Posted on 14 March 2022
The war in Ukraine will continue to deliver several ‘shocks’ to the global supplies, and the cost of food, the Director of the world's biggest fertiliser companies, Yasa International has…
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Feedback for the UK-NZ Free Trade Agreement
Posted on 09 March 2022
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee is seeking public submissions about the international treaty examination of the UK-NZ Free Trade Agreement.
Securing an agreement with the UK has been a…
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Securing an agreement with the UK has been a…
Tracking internally displaced people in Tonga
Posted on 07 March 2022
The eruption of the Hunga Tonga- Hunga Ha'apai volcano and tsunamis in Tonga on Jan.15 displaced many families from their homes and has seriously impacted the lives of all Tongans…
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Save the Children provide largest humanitarian cash transfer in Fiji’s history
Posted on 07 March 2022
The largest humanitarian crash transfer in Fiji’s history has been labelled a huge success, allowing entire communities to maintain their dignity through the devastating impacts of COVID-19. Of the families…
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