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Feb 09

WATCH: Senate holds hearing on the U.S. response to Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis

By Associated Press

The Senate foreign relations committee held a hearing on the U.S. response to Afghanistan's ongoing humanitarian crisis on Wednesday.

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Nov 16

Watch 8:16
Aid groups struggle to continue humanitarian aid for starving, injured Afghans

By Jane Ferguson

Winter has come to Afghanistan, and brought with it a skyrocketing need for aid to millions of desperate Afghans. International humanitarian groups are working to stave off widespread hunger, while providing other services under a Taliban regime widely considered a…

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Nov 08

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14 million Afghans need food assistance to survive, but most foreign aid remains frozen

By Jane Ferguson

Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August, the country's economy and infrastructure is collapsing. Hundreds of thousands are hungry; millions more are jobless and impoverished; and the hard afghan winter is bearing down. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson reports from…

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Nov 08

U.N. humanitarian chief says over 3 million in Myanmar need ‘life-saving’ aid

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

Martin Griffiths also urged donors on Monday to respond to the U.N. appeal, saying less than half of the $385 million required has been raised since the military ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Oct 29

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What we know about Taliban rule in Afghanistan, classified documents about the U.S. war

By Jane Ferguson, Layla Quran

It's been two-and-a-half months since the Afghan government's collapse and the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. Since the U.S. withdrawal, the country's economy has cratered, and a major humanitarian crisis is underway. The threat of famine looms and the hard afghan…

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Oct 14

Yemen economy is collapsing, humanitarian crisis rising

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

The U.N.'s deputy humanitarian chief says Yemen’s economy is collapsing, its humanitarian crisis is worsening, and the conflict in the Arab world’s poorest nation is growing more violent.

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Oct 12

EU pledges 1 billion euros for Afghan people at virtual G-20

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

The European Union warned that humanitarian aid for Afghans won't suffice in itself to keep hunger at bay as winter approaches after the bloc announced a support package worth 1 billion euros ($1.15 billion).

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Sep 20

Reports say people are dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray

By Cara Anna, Associated Press

For months, the U.N. and aid groups have warned of famine. Now accounts reveal the first starvation deaths since Ethiopia's government imposed what the U.N. calls "a de facto humanitarian aid blockade."…

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Aug 26

U.S. pledges more aid to earthquake victims in Haiti

By Christopher Sherman, Evens Sanon, Associated Press

The United States pledged another $32 million in aid to the victims of Haiti's 7.2-magnitude earthquake Thursday, as the country's interim prime minister defended his government's response.

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Mar 01

U.N. chief says appeal for Yemen raises ‘disappointing’ $1.7 billion

By Samy Magdy, Associated Press

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Monday for countries to "consider again what they can do to help stave off the worst famine the world has seen in decades."…

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