Jens Laerke
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‘Full-scale’ humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ethiopia – UN
- Africa
- November 17, 2020
A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Ethiopia, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday, with more than 27,000 people now having fled (...)

Rescue workers plucked more survivors from trees and roofs to safety on Thursday, a week after a cyclone ripped through southern Africa and triggered(...)

Indonesia is in a race against time to save victims of the earthquake and tsunami on Sulawesi island, the government said on Tuesday, as the official(...)

Fighting resumes in eastern Ghouta despite ‘humanitarian pause’
- Middle East
- February 27, 2018
Air strikes and rocket fire continued into the night on Tuesday, after a five-hour lull ordered by Vladimir Putin failed to provide aid to the rebel-h(...)

Syrian government forces set to regain control of Aleppo
- Middle East
- December 13, 2016, 20:06
Syrian government forces were poised to retake control of Aleppo on Tuesday night after years of bombardment and a four-month siege in the rebel(...)

Isis ‘using human shields’ as coalition advances on Mosul
- Middle East
- October 18, 2016, 08:30
Residents of Mosul said Islamic State was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on (...)

Dozens killed in overnight strikes on rebel-held Aleppo
- Middle East
- September 22, 2016, 13:38
Warplanes mounted the heaviest air strikes in months against rebel-held districts of the city of Aleppo overnight, as Russia and the Syrian government(...)