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Protests erupt in Lebanon after displaced Shia community refuses to leave private school grounds

Parents at the school claimed the displaced individuals forced their way into the school, some hinting that Hezbollah arranged to take the educational institute by force.

Lebanese displaced by nearly two months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia continue to live in makeshift tents and shelters in the Biel open space near the shore, on April 27, 2026, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Junior Kondwani is tested for nutrition status at Chipili Community Center in Lilongwe, Malawi in this undated handout photo.

UN warns child mortality reduction is stalling with 4.9M deaths in 2024

A woman carrying a child boards a bus as Palestinians, including war-wounded and patients, accompanied by relatives, get ready to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt , in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026.

Five Gazan patients evacuated via newly-opened Rafah crossing in first since 2025

 Palestinians view the damage inside a school sheltering displaced people after it was hit by an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Beach refugee camp in Gaza City, September 22, 2024.

School kits to be delivered in Gaza after more than two years of war


Poorer nations dump millions of close-to-expiry COVID-19 vaccines - UNICEF

Poorer nations have also been forced to delay supplies because they have insufficient storage facilities, including a lack of fridges for vaccines.

A police officer stands next to boxes of expired AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines at the Gosa dump site in Abuja, Nigeria, December 22, 2021.

UNICEF: 71% of Lebanon's population risks losing access to safe water

UNICEF said that should the public water supply system collapse, water costs could jump by 200% a month as water would be secured from private water suppliers.

A man walks near a burning fire blocking a road, during a protest against mounting economic hardships, in Beirut, Lebanon June 28, 2021.

IDF concerned crisis in Lebanon could have repercussions along the border

411th Battalion Commander Lt.-Col. Raz Haimlich said that it "can go either way."

IDF along the northern border between Israel and Lebanon.

Around 400,000 people need help after fleeing Congo volcano, UN says

At least 31 people died when Mount Nyiragongo sent a wall of lava spreading towards the city of Goma on Saturday, destroying 3,000 homes along the way.

A woman prepares to evacuate from recurrent earth tremors as aftershocks after homes were covered with lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near Goma

Coronavirus: WHO, UNICEF urge equitable vaccine distribution worldwide

130 different countries, totaling a population of 2.5 billion, have yet to administer the vaccine at all.

A health care worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine

ALFI Foundation acts as a crisis responder,having a history of supporting aid initiatives worldwide


UNICEF ignores PA recruitment of kids to violence

PMW gave evidence, but group looked only at Hamas, PIJ

A Palestinian boy wearing a Hamas headband.

Israeli NGO asked by UNICEF to help children with disabilities in Georgia

UNICEF Georgia and MAC Georgia turned to Beit Issie Shapiro for expertise, to improve and upgrade the teleservices provided to children with disabilities in Georgia.

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Displaced Yemenis suffer as aid shortfall closes clinics

Across Yemen health, sanitation and nutrition services that keep millions from starvation and disease are gradually closing amid an acute funding shortage for the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

Afaf Hussein (C), 10, who is malnourished, plays with other girls near her family's house in the village of al-Jaraib, in the northwestern province of Hajjah, Yemen, February 20, 2019. Afaf, who now weighs around 11 kg and is described by her doctor as "skin and bones", has been left acutely malnour

One in three children have dangerous levels of lead in bloodstream -study

The World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the high levels of lead in children were a "cause for action," according to the report.

FILE PHOTO: Children are seen washing their hands at Heath Mount School as some schools reopen, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Watton-at-Stone, Britain, June 2, 2020.