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“A Death Sentence” – Aid Agencies Warn of Israel's Assault on Gaza City
45 Humanitarian and civil society organizations warn that Israel’s assault on Gaza City amounts to a death sentence.
ActionAid welcomes Africa Climate Summit’s Declaration but warns about carbon markets and debt swaps
ActionAid welcomes the second Africa Climate Summit declaration's collective calls for debt cancellation, on rich countries to meet their climate commitments through adequate, predictable, and
ActionAid welcomes President von der Leyen’s address to the European Parliament, but stresses words will not end a genocide; only actions can.
ActionAid welcomes President von der Leyen’s address to the European Parliament, but stresses words will not end a genocide; only actions can.
Gaza City reoccupation threatens 50% of ActionAid local partners and puts starving pregnant women at extreme risk.
ActionAid is gravely alarmed by the planned reoccupation of Gaza City, which threatens to devastate communities, silence local civil society organisations, and endanger the lives of countless
The Africa Climate Summit must reject false solutions that worsen the climate crisis, says ActionAid
ActionAid believes that the Africa Climate summit presents an opportunity to centre the rights of frontline communities and to reject false solutions that do more harm than good, such as carbon
ActionAid condemns sanctioning of Palestinian human rights organizations trying to stop a genocide
The Trump administration’s singling out of three leading Palestinian human rights organizations is yet another abuse of power to persecute political opponents.
“Racing against time”: ActionAid scales up aid after 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan
ActionAid responds to the Afghanistan earthquake and says “we are racing against time” to provide urgent humanitarian aid
7 out of 10 pregnant and breastfeeding women in Gaza are malnourished
According to Al Awda hospital, an alarming 70 to 75% of the 300 daily pregnant and breastfeeding women who visit ActionAid’s partner, Al Awda hospital, are reported to be suffering from malnutrition.
ActionAid Condemns Deliberate Starvation in Gaza as IPC Formally Declares Famine
Today, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has formally declared famine in Gaza after months of deliberate starvation imposed through the Israeli government’s blockade of
Gaza: Israel threatens to ban major aid organizations as starvation deepens
Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since 2
