UN warns of 'looming humanitarian catastrophe' in DR Congo's strife-torn Kasai region
Oct 31, 2017, at 09:48 am
New York, Oct 31(Just Earth News): Some 3.2 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) conflict-ravaged south-central Greater Kasai region are severely food insecure, struggling to feed themselves and in urgent need of assistance, the head of the United Nations food relief agency warned Monday.
UN-led conference to mobilize global action to avert 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Yemen
Apr 25, 2017, at 01:00 pm
New York, Apr 25(Just Earth News): The United Nations together with the governments of Sweden and Switzerland will convene a one-day conference in Geneva, tomorrow, to draw global attention to the deepening humanitarian crisis in war-torn Yemen where millions are “close to a breaking point.â€
UN seeks effort to prevent catastrophe in South Sudan
Apr 04, 2014, at 05:33 pm
New York, Apr 4 (IBNS): With no political solution to the conflict that has torn South Sudan apart in sight, senior United Nations officials working in the country stressed on Thursday that they are in a "race against time" ahead of the rainy season to help prevent a health and hunger catastrophe.