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ActionAid is utterly horrified and appalled by the devastating attack on the Al-Mawasi area, Gaza

ActionAid said: “We are utterly horrified and appalled by the devastating attack on the al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis.

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"We are peaceful...we provide a purely medical service”: ActionAid condemns attacks after partner hospital in northern Gaza is hit by bombing 

We are horrified to learn that Al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza, run by ActionAid’s partner Al-Awda, has been hit by bombing at least three times in the last three days.

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ActionAid responds to the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in the Virunga Mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Cecile Kasoki, Programme Manager for ActionAid International DRC responds to the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in the Virunga Mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Gaza’s children facing unimaginable trauma on World Children’s Day

Today as the global community marks World Children’s Day, children in Gaza are struggling to survive amid inhumane conditions, while being killed at a horrifying rate. Over the last six weeks, one

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“People have begun to wish for death”: Gazans starve as food aid blocked from entering Rafah, with UN officials warning famine is imminent 

Desperation is increasing by the day among the hunger-stricken population of northern Gaza, which has been almost entirely cut off from aid in the 100+ days since the war began.

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“It is a major crisis...our most basic need is water”: Desperation as lack of clean water in Gaza sees disease and illness spread 

Today on World Water Day (March 22), as around the globe access to safe water is upheld as a fundamental human right, people in Gaza are experiencing dehydration and falling ill amid unsanitary

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ActionAid condemns Israel’s decision to label six Palestinian human rights groups ‘terrorist organisations’

On October 19, 2021, the Israeli Defense Ministry issued a military order declaring six Palestinian civil society organisations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory(oPt) to be labelled as “terrorist

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Climate-induced migration may result from disasters like Cyclone Fani

Cyclone Fani made landfall near Puri, India, early this morning (Friday 3 May 2019), sparking an evacuation of nearly a million people from coastal regions. Heavy rains and high winds continue to

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ActionAid partners forced to suspend operations in Lebanon following Israeli attacks

ActionAid partners forced to suspend operations in Lebanon following Israeli attacks

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Communities facing double catastrophe as another earthquake hits the Turkey-Syria border, reports ActionAid 

ActionAid is devastated to hear the news of a second powerful earthquake hitting the Turkey-Syria border. The earthquake measured 6.4 on the Richter scale and is likely to cause further untold damage

Destruction caused by the earthquake in Northwest Syria