Thursday, March 16, 2017

worst humanitarian crisis since WWII

  1. I have written about this before because I expected it about now. So, there are about 10 to 20 million refugees out of Syria and Iraq in various parts of the world right now. And Now there are 20 million expected to die in Africa (especially Somalia) because of a bad drought with Al Shabaab (muslim terrorist group) stealing their food so they will die. This is what we likely will see more and more of as Global Warming and droughts take the lives of those without water or shelter when the temperature moves above 100 sometimes with 100% humidity which then kills the vulnerable worldwide. In Africa there is the worst drought anyone can remember causing a lot of this too likely also caused by Global Climate change that Trump doesn't believe in because it doesn't financially suit him too.

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    More than 20 MILLION face starvation in worst humanitarian crisis...

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    More than 20 MILLION face starvation in worst humanitarian crisis since WWII, UN boss warns

    UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien begs for cash to help people in Yemen, Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan
    MORE than 20million are set to starve to death amid the biggest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945, the organisation’s humanitarian has warned.
    Stephen O’Brien told the UN Security Council that “without collective and coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death” and “many more will suffer and die from disease”.
    South Sudanese child refugees eat porridge given out by the World Food Programme in Imvepi, Uganda
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    South Sudanese child refugees eat porridge given out by the World Food Programme in Imvepi, Uganda
    O’Brien begged for cash to help people in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and North-east Nigeria “to avert a catastrophe.”
    He said: “To be precise, we need $4.4billion (£3.6billion) by July.”
    Without a major injection of funds, he said “livelihoods, futures and hope will be lost”.
    O’Brien said: “Already at the beginning of the year we are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations.
    “Now, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine.”
    O’Brien said the largest humanitarian crisis is in Yemen where two-thirds of the 18.8million people need aid.
    The Arab world’s poorest nation is bogged down in a brutal conflict and O’Brien said more than 48,000 people fled fighting just in the past two months.
    World facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the UN was founded in 1945
    Stephen O'Brien begged the UN Security Council for cash to help
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    Stephen O'Brien begged the UN Security Council for cash to help
    After visiting South Sudan, the UN humanitarian chief said "the situation is worse than it has ever been" after a three-year civil war.
    He said: "The famine in South Sudan is man-made. Parties to the conflict are parties to the famine as are those not intervening to make the violence stop."
    O'Brien said more than 7.5million people need aid –1.4million more than last year – with around 3.4million South Sudanese displaced by the fighting.
    Malnourished Saida Ahmad Baghili, 18, lies on a bed at the al-Thawra hospital in Yemen
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    Malnourished Saida Ahmad Baghili, 18, lies on a bed at the al-Thawra hospital in Yemen
    A malnourished boy lies on a scale at a malnutrition intensive care unit in Yemen
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    A malnourished boy lies on a scale at a malnutrition intensive care unit in Yemen
    In Somalia, which O'Brien also visited, more than half the 6.2million population need humanitarian assistance and protection – including 2.9million who are at risk of famine and require immediate help "to save or sustain their lives".
    He warned that almost a million children under the age of five will be "acutely malnourished" this year.
    O’Brien said situation mirrors "the tragic picture of 2011 when Somalia last suffered a famine."
    A malnourished child is given a high-calorie peanut paste in Somalia
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    A malnourished child is given a high-calorie peanut paste in Somalia
    But he added that the UN's humanitarian partners have a larger footprint, better controls on resources, and a stronger partnership with the new government.
    The humanitarian boss said: "To be clear, we can avert a famine.
    "We're ready despite incredible risk and danger ... but we need those huge funds now."


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