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humanitarian crisis

People are seen at a shelter in a makeshift tent camp near a railway track, following a strong earthquake in Amarapura township, Myanmar, 4 April 2025. Photo: Reuters

Myanmar goes to the polls amid civil war and humanitarian crisis

Myanmar's humanitarian crisis is one of the most severe in Asia, driven by the intensifying civil war and repeated natural disasters, including a massive earthquake in March.

Tom Fletcher, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA) attends a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, December 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

UN relief chief urges action 'to prevent genocide' in Gaza

Smoke rises above buildings after an aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

Sudan war enters 100th day as mediation attempts fail

Protesters hold up a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi and raise three-finger salutes, during a demonstration to mark the second anniversary of Myanmar's 2021 military coup, outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Bangkok, Thailand, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

UN sheds light on humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photo: Reuters

World 'failing' to protect civilians in combat zones, UN chief says

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Air strikes hammer Khartoum as army chief drops RSF foe from Sudan's ruling council

Sudanese refugees who fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region and newly arrived ride their donkeys looking for space to temporarily settle, near the border between Sudan and Chad in Goungour, Chad May 8, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

More than $3 bn needed for aid in Sudan, Sudanese refugees: UN

Smoke rises over buildings during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce pushed by US

A man looks for food through piles of trash on the side of a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 16, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

What's driving Haiti's humanitarian crisis?

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PM Hasina urges global solidarity to face looming humanitarian crisis caused by war

People react as an evacuation train with their relatives leaves from Kyiv to Lviv, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at Kyiv central train station, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 6, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukraine accuses Russia of trying to manipulate world leaders on humanitarian corridors

A view shows the area near the regional administration building, which city officials said was hit by a missile attack, in central Kharkiv, Ukraine, 1 March, 2022. Photo: Reuters

‘Russia in contact with UN on humanitarian issues in Ukraine’

A girl looks on among Afghan women lining up to receive relief assistance. Photo: Reuters

Afghan Women Aren’t Liberated by Humanitarian Catastrophe