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Humanitarian funding to Jordan will fall

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JORDAN

While donors increasingly favour development assistance, Jordan still requires emergency humanitarian aid for the near-3 million resident refugees and migrants. Amman worries that…

Trump-Guterres alliance may deliver UN reform

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INT

The meeting comes shortly after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres published an ambitious blueprint for reform of the UN development system -- the product of months of internal…

UN Palestinian agency will turn page on ethics scandal

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PALESTINIANS

Fallout from UNRWA ethics scandal

More Syrians will go hungry, at home and abroad

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SYRIA

Donors have over the past year sharply cut humanitarian assistance to Syrians both inside and outside the country, citing funding shortfalls and record levels of global need. Food…

UNRWA row fallout could devastate Gaza Palestinians

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PALESTINIANS

Also yesterday, the head of the Saudi humanitarian agency emphasised that some countries’ decisions to halt UNRWA funding risked “aiding” the deaths of Gaza civilians. Some 1.9…

Palestinian refugee violence will be hard to control

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PALESTINIANS

The tensions have been exacerbated by increasing high levels of poverty, triggered by the collapse of the Lebanese economy and a UN funding gap, weak Palestinian leadership, the…

World Bank may shift global financing model for LICs

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INTERNATIONAL

The comments come as the World Bank is pressing donors to provide at least 65 billion dollars for the International Development Association (IDA), the Bank's financing arm for…

East Africa's humanitarian needs may increase

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EAST AFRICA

While South Sudan is one of the world's most alarming humanitarian crises, East Africa has a history of protracted and severe emergencies. Beyond the human and societal costs…

Africa will offer major tests for refugee compact

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AFRICA

Global Compact on Refugees.

Ukraine's humanitarian crisis may escalate this winter

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UKRAINE

While the risk is high throughout most of Ukraine, in war-ravaged Donbas the risk will be even greater. A new ceasefire started on September 1, in an attempt to bolster the Minsk…