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In the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin, overlapping crises like conflict, floods, and food insecurity are causing immense suffering. In response, USAID announced $572 million in additional humanitarian assistance so partners can provide food, health care, shelter, and safe water for the most vulnerable people in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. This new funding brings total U.S. humanitarian assistance to more than $1.2 billion in the region during Fiscal Year 2024. This aid has the potential to save lives. But, it will not fulfill that potential if it cannot safely reach the people who need it most. Safe, sustained, and unhindered humanitarian access is needed to reach those in greatest need and save lives. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/ejZ_aZS7

On 09 August 2024, World Health Organization DG and WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) RD held talks with Lt. Gen. Abdul Fatah Al-Burhan, President of #Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council, on the health impacts of the conflict raging throughout the country. 3 main points were discussed: */ Ensuring sustained access across borders and within the country, by road, air and sea, for urgently needed medicines and other humanitarian supplies. World Health Organization DG thanked the President for the opening of #Adre border crossing, from Chad into Darfur, and the importance of facilitating the crossborder procedures as a vital avenue for supplying humanitarian relief to areas of Sudan in great need. */ Importance of coordination between United Nations agencies and relevant departments to ensure timely delivery of humanitarian aid. */ DG reiterated World Health Organization’s steadfast commitment to supporting the provision of health services to communities impacted by the war, and calling for increased resources to scale up life-saving interventions to meet health and all other humanitarian needs. https://lnkd.in/ep95zAVv

1.2 million people have been displaced in Lebanon due to the recent escalation of conflict. Every day, we hear about the numbers—the number of displaced, the number of injured, the number of lives lost. But we must remember: these are not just numbers. These are people—people with faces, names, families, and friends. People whose lives have been upended, whose homes are no longer safe, and whose futures are filled with uncertainty. Every statistic hides a story of unimaginable loss, fear, and survival. Let’s not reduce this humanitarian crisis to numbers. Behind every figure is a person who is struggling to endure unimaginable hardship. Statistics will never reflect the depth of human suffering. At International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC we are mobilizing all possible resources to respond to provide critical healthcare to the wounded and sick, to advocate for the protection of civilians and to address th essential needs of those affected by the conflict https://lnkd.in/dwyf2C2W

I am pleased to share with you my paper titled "A Future Vision: Israeli-African Relations between Attempts at Return and the Aftermath of the Flood" In this paper, I review the strategic shifts in relations between Israel and Africa, with a focus on isracli attempts to return to the African continent and the repercussions of the war on Gaza. #israel #Africa #BenjaminNetanyahu #GazaWar #Palestine #Somaliland #AfricanUnion The full paper can be read through the following link

Translation: The airdrop, is it a show on the pain of the Palestinians? We were happy in the first moments of the airdrop, and we heard cheers and whistles from all the citizens, considering that it was urgent aid and would break the deadlock in the issue of bringing aid into the northern Gaza Strip, and this might alleviate the state of famine. In the evening hours, the platforms were crowded with dozens of videos of the landing operations, but they were for the purpose of showing off, and that it was a heroic act, to break the slope of peoples’ sympathy for the issue of starvation and to alleviate the state of anger against the regimes and governments. The painful thing is that this aid is not enough for one shelter school, so how can you end the famine of 700,000 people?! The planes dropped aid approximately ten times each time, 16 parachute “boxes” in each box, 10 packages. Thus, all that fell on northern Gaza was 1,600 boxes, each box not enough for a family for more than 3 days. In an interview with some specialists, the landing operations that took place on 1 March is only a truck and a half, and I realize that these are difficult calculations and are subject to mathematical estimates, but these percentages are at best. The important thing is to see the display of infliction of humiliation and silence on these massacres and wounds, while no party intervened to stop these massacres and stop the ongoing systematic starvation war on Gaza City and North Gaza. Everyone hoped that there would be an effective global and international intervention and role to put pressure on the occupation to stop the ongoing massacres of killing, destruction, and starvation, and later bring in thousands of trucks for food aid, baby formula, and health aid. In any case, those who act, support, and try are much better than those who remain silent.

Insights from My Interview with Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General. As part of AlMamlaka TV - قناة المملكة special coverage from New York for the UN general assembly meetings, we covered in Mr Haq's interview some of the most pressing issues facing the UN today, particularly regarding the situation in Gaza and Lebanon. Key points from our discussion included: -The critical need to protect civilians in Gaza, focusing on safeguarding schools, hospitals, and shelters. -Growing concerns about the deteriorating situation in Lebanon, calling for an immediate halt to escalation. -The importance of a unified global voice to stop the violence in Gaza and Lebanon. -The responsibility of all parties to respect humanitarian principles and avoid targeting civilian areas. Watch the full interview to learn more about the UN's role in addressing these urgent conflicts. https://lnkd.in/ddD3esrz #UN #HumanRights #GazaCrisis #Lebanon #GlobalSecurity

On International Literacy Day, I held an interview with #Belqees_Channel to discuss the widening literacy gap in Yemen due to ongoing conflicts and political instability, among other points. I reiterate the importance of finding innovative solutions to combat the spread of illiteracy among the youth and young adults in Yemen, whether at the social, governmental, or international level. #InternationalLiteracyDay #EducationInYemen

Sudan has now reached the one year mark with the war between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RAF), a powerful rival rebel group, competing for power! Both sides are receiving substantial weaponry and assistance from outside countries! The Sudanese people are suffering mightily, with cities, including the capital of Khartoum, being heavily bombed! Hospitals, schools and food markets have been destroyed! Thousands of civilians have already died, diseases are running rampant, and millions of Sudanese refugees are on the move seeking safe havens in neighboring countries! I was interviewed on Alsharq Cable News Network yesterday, on what it will take to end the war in Sudan, and what role can the Biden Administration play in ending the war? The U.S. is one of the largest donors of relief aid in Sudan, and the Biden Administration has actively engaged the African Union and countries across the region, to bring an end to this horrific situation, and to bring the warring parties together, to stop the fighting! However, with the war raging nearby between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and with high tension now between Israel and Iran, which could easily spread region wide — coupled with this being a contentious presidential election year here in the U.S., for sure it is going to be very difficult to get the U.S. to increase its focus on Sudan now! Alsharq is a 24-hours cable news network based in Saudi Arabia. I am often called on to provide analysis on issues in Sudan and North Africa, and to bring a voice from Washington!

My latest Arabic interview with Yemen Daily News focused on factors contributing to the success and failure of the Yemeni political parties and component alliances. We have many experiences in Yemen regarding political alliances, especially since the establishment of these political parties. However, these political alliances failed for an important reason: they were not built on national foundations. I have referred to previous alliance experiences that failed to achieve their goals, including "the Joint Meeting Alliance and the National Alliance parties with the General People's Congress, which Ali Abdullah Saleh led." The Joint Meeting Alliance comprised contradictory, ideologically, politically, and intellectually conflicting parties. In contrast, the National Alliance parties were a reaction to confront the Joint Meeting, and because of that, they did not achieve their goals.  Since the launch of Operation Decisive Storm in 2015, attempts have been made to rally the Republican ranks and establish political alliances. However, these clashed with regional trends and were not intended to succeed if they were not by the desires of the countries involved in the Yemeni conflict. Therefore, they failed. Recently, the American ambassador and the American mission in Yemen assisted in establishing this alliance. The goal of this alliance is to put political pressure on the Houthi group. Like its predecessors, the factors that may lead to the alliance's failure include small groups lacking power and supporters. When these alliances increase this way, each party will have its agenda and extraordinary political endeavors. Therefore, we will enter the arena of calculations and interests because the alliance is composed of forces that are not homogeneous in reality; even if the goal of the major political parties is to restore the state, they will be lost among these small entities. In the future, the major political parties must accept small entities as part of the political process and thus involve them in any future settlement, which may be greater than the size of these entities, and this will create another kind of local conflict for power. Also, the Southern Transitional Council ( STC) is an armed military entity supported by the UAE; therefore, the entities with armed arms did not participate in this alliance. Therefore, the dispute will remain between the alliance's leadership and the forces that refused to join. Regarding the factors that contributed to the success of the National Alliance of Yemeni Parties and other components, If there is a genuine desire to make this alliance successful, state institutions must return, and parliament must convene, which has just been allowed to convene.

IOM Kuwait #interview with #Good_morning_Kuwait program during the holy month of #Ramadan to highlight #humanitarian needs, #IOM #Global #appeal for 2024 and IOM #donation campaign. #Facts and #Figures: * As per OCHA, "In 2024, nearly #300_million_people around the world will need humanitarian assistance and protection, due to conflicts, climate emergencies and other drivers". * In 2024, #IOM launched its first ever #Global_Annual_Appeal calling for USD #7.9 billion to support its operations to #1) save lives and protect people on the move, #2) drive solutions to displacement, and #3) facilitate safe pathways for regular migration IOM - UN Migration *Ukraine, Columbia, Syria, Yemen , Congo  are among countries with highest number of displaced due #Conflict_and_violence *Nigeria, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Afghanistan are among countries with highest number of displaced due to #disasters *There is an ongoing #IOM_donation_campaign launched to support humanitarian operations in #8 countries and is continuing for the month of #Ramadan : #Gaza (hunger in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels ),#Yemen (around 21.6 million people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance and protection services), #Afghanistan (With over 2.6 million Afghans driven into displacement since mid-August 2021), #Sudan (With almost 25 million people - half the population - in need of some form of aid, Sudan is now facing the world’s largest internal displacement crisis), #Somalia (Communities face extreme levels of food insecurity, starvation, and disease.; the risk of famine is more real every day), #Libya , #Ukraine... Stephanie Dei #humanitarianaid #humanitarianresponse #ramadan2024 #donation #campaigns #Advocacy #media https://lnkd.in/dj6dEGS2