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IMF Spring Meetings fall short amid push for more "heartless" public budget cuts
The 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have yielded outcomes that offer little hope of addressing the unsustainable debt burden fueling economic crises in low
Gaza: Flour prices soar to $300 a bag after more than 50 days without new aid deliveries
Food prices are skyrocketing in Gaza, ActionAid’s staff and partners reported today, as Israel's total ban on aid entering the territory continues into its eighth week, causing major shortages and
ActionAid statement on attacks against humanitarian organisations in Ukraine
Following Sunday’s attacks in Kherson and the death of one member of an NGO team and two more people of the team injured, ActionAid has released the following statement:
Doctors in Gaza report sharp rise in severe malnutrition among pregnant women and young children
Doctors at hospitals run by ActionAid’s partner in Gaza, Al-Awda, have reported a sharp rise in cases of severe malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding women and young children, as the total ban
Myanmar Earthquake: Heavy rains force people back into damaged buildings
Untimely heavy rains have deepened the misery for families left homeless by the earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28, increasing the risk of disease and forcing people to risk their lives
Myanmar Earthquake: Thousands forced to live on small boats after homes collapse into Inle Lake
Thousands of people in Myanmar’s Inle Lake region have been left homeless and stranded on small boats after the powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck on Friday, submerging entire floating
A month of no aid in Gaza: ActionAid demands that Israeli authorities lift blockade as “new cycle of starvation and thirst” looms
After a month of no humanitarian supplies entering Gaza, ActionAid is calling on states around the world to take immediate action to pressure the Israeli authorities to lift the appalling ban on aid
Earthquake deepens Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis
Jagat Patnaik, Head of Asia and Country Engagement at ActionAid International, said: “Thousands of lives have been lost, homes destroyed, and many communities remain cut off. People fled with nothing
Myanmar earthquake: ActionAid launches Emergency Appeal
ActionAid has launched an emergency appeal following a devastating earthquake that struck central Myanmar, leaving over 1,000 people dead and thousands without homes and in urgent need of food, water
“We cannot cook without fuel”: Community kitchen run by ActionAid partner forced to close as total blockade on aid entering Gaza continues
A community kitchen run by ActionAid’s partner in Gaza has been forced to stop its operations due to a shortage of cooking fuel, as the total blockade on aid entering Gaza persists into a fourth week