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Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say

6:55pm October 15, 2024

Israel has allowed almost no food aid into north Gaza for two weeks. Humanitarian groups say it leaves 400,000 people with the choice of eventual starvation or fleeing their homes to the south.

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From Hurricane Milton to world hunger: How to make your donations count

2:51pm October 11, 2024

The world is facing a devastating array of disasters. If you want to donate to a charity to make a difference, how can you make sure your dollars will do the most good?

A man looks at the smoke rising next to the Army General Command in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 16, 2023.

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Photos: A year of war in Sudan

4:57pm April 15, 2024

A year of war has torn through Sudan, causing devastation and more than 8 million people to be displaced.

Sudanese refugees who have fled from the war in Sudan get off a truck loaded with families arriving at a transit center for refugees in Renk, South Sudan, on Feb. 13.

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Sudan's conflict hits the 1-year mark, sparking fears of repeated atrocities

3:44pm April 15, 2024

by Kate Bartlett

Since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and rebel paramilitaries a year ago, experts estimate over 14,000 people have been killed and millions displaced and facing starvation.

A young Palestinian walks through rubble in a heavily bombarded neighborhood following overnight Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City's Shati refugee camp early on Monday.

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'Is there any safe place?' Residents say Gaza is under attack like never before

5:44pm October 12, 2023

In response to Hamas' surprise attack, Israel has put Gaza under siege and unleashed heavy bombardments. Gaza residents tell NPR there is no is no place to seek shelter, unlike in previous conflicts.

A team from NPR's Morning Edition visited makeshift refugee homes in Camp Adré, Chad, near the border with Sudan.

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Sudanese refugees in Chad scramble to survive

2:14pm September 07, 2023

by H.J. Mai

As the refugee crisis in Chad continues to grow, international attention on the situation remains limited in the face of numerous other global humanitarian challenges.

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Iraqis displaced from the city of Fallujah collect aid distributed by the Norwegian Refugee Council, which has been awarded this year's $2.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize.

A $2.5 million prize gives this humanitarian group more power to halt human suffering

1:56pm October 20, 2022

by Andrew Connelly

Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which has been awarded the Hilton Humanitarian Prize for helping millions in crisis, talks about unprecedented challenges and dreams of a better future.

An injured Tigray People's Liberation Front fighter who was shot in the cheek recovers after surgery at the Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region. It's the only place in Tigray currently conducting surgery. Elsewhere, "they are stopped because there is no supply, there is no electricity, and there is no fuel," says one Tigray doctor.

'Where is humanity?' ask the helpless doctors of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region

10:26am October 14, 2022

by Ari Daniel

Civil war has blockaded the country's northern region and decimated a hospital system that serves nearly 7 million people. Without basic supplies, power and medicine, thousands are needlessly dying.

Many refugees, who have fled the fighting in Syria's Idlib province, are living in tents during a cold and snowy winter.

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U.N.: Humanitarian Crisis In Syria Reaches 'Horrifying New Level'

6:33pm February 25, 2020

by Fran Kritz

As fighting escalates in northwest Syria, the U.N. estimates that thousands of Syrians are being displaced every day.

Syrians fleeing the Turkish incursion in northeastern Syria receive bedding materials as they arrive at a camp in Dohuk, Iraq, on Thursday.

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'We Didn't Believe We Would See The Sun Rise': Refugees From Syria Arrive In Iraq

8:21pm October 18, 2019

by Jane Arraf

More than 2,000 refugees have crossed into Iraq since Turkey began its assault on northeastern Syria last week. Aid groups are bracing for as many as 50,000 refugee arrivals.

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