Good morning, this is Paula. A network of organisations that help aid groups properly identify needs on the ground – and offer the best relief for the buck – is being seriously affected by US aid cuts, leaving humanitarians to operate in the dark, while vulnerable communities are at risk of being overlooked.
A UN-backed report accuses Israel of “a concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life”. And famine looms over parts of Sudan as funding cuts hamper aid. |
People load their belongings onto a boat as they leave the refugee camp in Bulengo, Democratic Republic of Congo, after being forced to vacate by the M23 armed group, 11 February 2025. (Keystone/EPA/Nadaa Kahashy)
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Here's what else is happening
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📚Israel commits ‘extermination’ in Gaza by killing in schools, UN experts say.
The scathing report is set to be presented before the Human Rights Council next week by the UN-backed commission of inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territories, led by Navi Pillay.
Reuters (EN)
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⚠️Some areas south of Sudan capital at risk of famine, says World Food Programme.
The WFP said that the situation south of Khartoum, which until recently was controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, had deteriorated after the UN agency was forced to cut rations due to the funding cuts.
Reuters (EN)
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🟰June 14 women’s strike: no equality without pay rises for women.
Ahead of the annual Swiss demonstration for women’s rights, trade union Unia underscored that despite advances, women still earn 17.5 per cent less than men in Switzerland. Swissinfo
Swissinfo (EN)
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🎧Inside Geneva: the failed militarisation of humanitarian relief in Gaza.
Humanitarian leaders from Médecins sans Frontières and the Norwegian Refugee Council weigh in on the Israeli-backed aid delivery system launched two weeks ago to bypass UN traditional channels.
Swissinfo (EN)
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💬Opinion – funding cuts force new thinking for world’s largest refugee camp.
Alexander Matheou, Asia Pacific director for the Red Cross and Red Crescent federation, describes the challenges faced by one million Rohingya living in Cox's Bazar as funding runs dry, and how the camp can adapt to evolving ground realities.
The New Humanitarian (EN)
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