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Aid Group Issues Urgent Appeal for Quake-Hit Syria

The group Doctors Without Borders called Sunday for the "urgent scaling up" of earthquake aid to northwest Syria as it delivered a convoy laden with emergency assistance. Aid has been slow to reach Syria's rebel-held areas since the February 6 quake killed a combined total of more than 43,000 people…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Medical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended operations in Burkina Faso while it carries out a risk assessment following the killing of two staff members in the West African state on Feb. 8, it said on Friday.

Reuters

Quake-stricken refugees in Turkey lament delay in aid deliveries to Syria

Syrian refugees have been among those hardest hit by the devastating February 6 earthquakes. Among those sheltering in Kilis, a southeastern Turkish city a few kilometres from the border, the trauma of the quakes come on top of the ravages of the Syrian civil war and the hardships of exile.…

France 24

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Amid cholera outbreak, health fears grow in quake-hit Syria

With first cases detected in September, earthquake devastation risks new stresses, particularly in rebel-held areas.

Al Jazeera

Fundraisers for Syria, Turkey earthquake try to deliver aid

Humanitarian groups working in southern Turkey and northern Syria warn that Monday’s earthquake will have a “long tail.”

The Independent UK

Aid workers and civilians killed in twin Burkina Faso attacks

At least eight people, including aid workers, civilians and army auxiliaries, were killed in two attacks by suspected jihadists in central-eastern and northwestern Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to reports. Two of the victims worked for Doctors Without Borders, which has suspended its activities in the area over safety concerns.

Radio France Internationale

MSF suspends operations in northwest Burkina Faso after gunmen kill two staff

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended its operations in an area of northwest Burkina Faso where armed assailants killed two of its employees on Wednesday, the medical charity said in a statement.

Reuters

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Gunmen kill two MSF workers in west Burkina Faso

Armed assailants killed two Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) employees in west Burkina Faso on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the medical charity said, the latest reported attack in a country grappling with a violent jihadist insurgency.

Reuters

Mozambique's extremist rebels kill aid worker in north

Extremist rebels in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province have killed a worker for the international charity Doctors Without Borders, shortly after a former vice president of the organization was asked to produce a report into the humanitarian situation in the conflict-hit region

The Independent UK

Children go hungry at Kenya refugee camp as malnutrition numbers soar

MSF charity reports 33% rise in malnourished patients at giant Dadaab complex after influx from drought-stricken Somalia

The Guardian - UK

"Go further north!" Italy exasperates migrant rescue boats

Right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is forcing migrant rescue ships to dock further and further north along Italy's coastline, meaning long journeys that raise their operating costs and strain their ability to continue saving lives.

Reuters

More than 500 migrants arrive in Italy as rescue ships dock

Italy, which has vowed a tough line on immigration, took in more than 500 migrants on Sunday as two charity rescue ships were allowed to dock at ports in the south of the country after several days at sea in bad weather.

Reuters

Newborn baby airlifted from charity ship in Mediterranean

A baby was born on a charity rescue boat in the central Mediterranean and flown to Sicily while more than 500 other migrants remain at sea waiting to reach Europe, NGO groups said on Thursday.

Reuters

Federal review launched into visa program for Afghans who assisted ADF, amid Taliban threat

The federal government will review its program to prioritise visas for Afghans who worked for the Australian Defence Force in a bid to help those now threatened by the Taliban — but one former interpreter says those desperate for refuge can't afford to wait.

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Al Jazeera

Stranded migrants disembark in Italy as one ship heads to France

Nearly 250 people have been allowed to disembark after being shunned by Italy’s government as ‘residual cargo’.

Al Jazeera

‘Rampant violence’ in Syrian camp for ISIL-linked detainees: MSF

Al-Hol camp in northern Syria holds displaced refugees and families of ISIL (ISIS) fighters.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Group Warns of Rampant Violence in Syria Camp of ISIS Families

A sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the ISIS group is witnessing pervasive violence, exploitation and lawlessness, an international aids group said Monday. Doctors Without Borders also said that countries with citizens held in the detention center of al-Hol in Syria’s…

The Independent UK

Group warns of rampant violence in Syria camp of IS families

An international aid group is warning that a sprawling camp in northeastern Syria that houses tens of thousands of women and children linked to the extremist Islamic State group is witnessing pervasive violence, exploitation and lawless

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Al Jazeera

Nearly 1,000 migrants stranded on board NGO ships as storm hits

Three NGO ships are stranded in the Mediterranean as Italy and Malta fail to greenlight entrance into port.

Al Jazeera

Malnutrition woes overwhelm children in northeast Nigeria

Over 1.3 million children under 5 are likely suffering acute malnourishment in northeast Nigeria, according to the UN.

The Independent UK

Italy silent as ships with 1,000 rescued migrants seek help

Humanitarian groups caring for 1,000 rescued migrants aboard three ships in the central Mediterranean are sounding an alarm about deteriorating conditions on board and fragile survivors

Reuters

Nearly 1,000 migrants stranded in Med as NGOs urge Italy, Malta to help

Three charity boats carrying almost 1,000 rescued migrants on Wednesday urged Italian or Maltese authorities to welcome them into one of their ports, saying those onboard needed urgent assistance.

Radio France Internationale

How Western countries could stop Africa making vaccines of the future

While Western donors have stumped up significant funding for a programme to make Covid-19 vaccines in Africa, activists say more support is needed to help poor countries secure the intellectual property rights they need to produce mRNA vaccines beyond the pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Health workers among dead in Ugandan Ebola outbreak

MSF calls situation ‘very serious’ as east African country grapples with outbreak of Sudan strain of virus, for which no vaccine exists

Reuters

Nigeria's northwest faces worsening malnutrition - MSF

Nigeria faces worsening malnutrition in the northwest due to insecurity, high food prices and the impact of climate change, Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) said on Tuesday, calling for the region to be included in United Nations funding plans next year.

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