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☆ At a time of despair in Gaza, a newborn brings hope
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Ala'A Ibrahim | Ala'A Ibrahim Is An Emmy-Nominated Film Producer At Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“Oh, Abdel Hadi, you came in a time of destruction and war,” she said. Abdel Hadi Al-Qanou lies in a makeshift crib made from a plastic crate, hanging on string. Delivered by cesarean section at Nasser Hospital a few days earlier on Aug. 15, Abdel Hadi Al-Qanou was almost 7lbs when he was born. Others were not so lucky, according to Dr. Shereen Allwai who worked for 10 years in Nasser Hospital as an OB-GYN. Islam Al-Qanou, 43, leaves the maternity ward at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza after giving birth to baby Abdel.

Persons: Islam Al, Qanou, Khan Younis, “, Abdel Hadi, ”, Abdel Hadi’s, Abdel Hadi Al, Mahmood Al, Shereen Allwai, Abdel, Iyad, Dagga Organizations: United Nations Children’s Fund, NBC, Nasser Hospital Locations: Gaza’s, Khan, Gaza, Israel

☆ Ms Rachel, the YouTuber, launched a campaign to help kids in Gaza and other conflict zones. Then came the angry comments
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Hiiii, heeeello,” she chirps while waving cheerfully in social media clips that feature upbeat nursery rhymes, dances and language lessons for preschool children. Instead of her usual smiling, clapping and cheering, the popular social media creator, whose full name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, was in tears. But I can handle this,” she said in a video posted to her accounts last Thursday. In the caption on her tearful May 16 video, Accurso reiterated her concern for all the world’s children. “Palestinian children, Israeli children, children in the US – Muslim, Jewish, Christian children – all children, in every country,” she wrote.

Persons: “, TikTok, Rachel Griffin Accurso, ”, Accurso, wasn’t, –, Rachel, she’d, she’s, Rogers, James Elder, —, Giselle Ugarte, ” Ugarte, influencers Organizations: CNN, YouTube, Democratic, New York Times, United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF Locations: Instagram, Gaza, Israel, gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, Democratic Republic of the Congo, New York, Rafah, Palestinian, “

☆ Thousands of Ukrainians have been sent to Russian prisons. Ukraine says they’re being held as bargaining chips
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

The Ukrainian government says there are thousands of people like Dima, civilians arrested by Russia who have been held in arbitrary detention for years. In the early weeks of the war, Russian troops took over their home, parking their tank in the garden and stealing anything of value. Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia opened a second pre-trial detention facility in Simferopol, SIZO No. Detained civilians, however, are stuck in limbo. Mariana Checheliuk's photos were among those displayed by relatives of detained civilians at a recent protest in Kyiv.

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☆ A Woman Who Shows Age Is No Barrier to Talk Show Stardom
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Motoko Rich | More About Motoko Rich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

She has championed the deaf and is a good-will ambassador for UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund. Yet critics say that despite her pioneering career, she has done little to advance women’s causes. In the interview, Ms. Kuroyanagi did not dwell on the indignities of being the sole woman in many rooms. In a society that she said retained “feudalist” elements in gender relations, she advised women to bootstrap their way through their careers. “Don’t ever say you can’t do anything because you are a woman,” she said.

Persons: Kaori Hayashi, Kuroyanagi, “, “ Don’t, ”, it’s Organizations: UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund, University of Tokyo Locations: Japan

☆ Proceeds of Chelsea Sale Have Yet to Reach Any Ukraine War Victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was the biggest price paid for a soccer team, and for a while the biggest price paid for a sports team anywhere in the world. And the enormous proceeds were to create what would be one of the biggest humanitarian charities ever established. But 13 months after the forced sale of Chelsea F.C. after the British government sanctioned its Russian oligarch owner, Roman Abramovich, the charity has yet to be established and not a cent of the $3.1 billion (2.5 billion pounds) has gone toward its intended purpose: providing aid to victims of the war in Ukraine. The government’s permission is required before any transfer of the money from a frozen bank account to the charity, to ensure that none of the money is funneled to Russia, or to Abramovich.

Persons: Roman Abramovich, Mike Penrose, Abramovich Organizations: Chelsea F.C, Russian, United Nations Children’s Fund Locations: Ukraine, Russia

☆ Somalia Drought Killed 43,000 People Last Year, Study Finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Gabriele Steinhauser | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

In Somalia, nearly half of the 17-million-strong population depend on humanitarian aid. An estimated 43,000 Somalis—around half of them children under the age of 5—died from the effects of a devastating regional drought last year and thousands more are expected to die in the first half of 2023, according to a study published Monday by Somalia’s health ministry, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund. The Horn of Africa region has experienced five consecutive below-average rainy seasons since 2020, leaving some 22 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia without sufficient food and water to meet their daily needs, according to the World Food Programme. No country has been hit harder than Somalia, where the drought has coincided with a government campaign against al Qaeda-linked militants and nearly half of the 17-million-strong population depend on humanitarian aid.

☆ Former U.N. employee sentenced to 15 years for multiple rapes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The first charge to which Elkorany pleaded guilty pertained to his denial to the FBI that he raped Victim 1 after she reported it to the United Nations. When Victim 2 spoke, she said Elkorany posed as a feminist who cared about issues facing women as he preyed upon friends and acquaintances. Prosecutors said Victim 2 met Elkorany when she worked for a U.N. organization, and she was drugged and sexually assaulted on multiple occasions between 2014 and 2019 in the United States and Iraq. From October 2013 to April 2016, he worked for the United Nations Children’s Fund in Iraq, and from July 2016 to April 2018 as a U.N. communications specialist in Iraq. “The United Nations welcomes the efforts of the United States authorities in ensuring that Mr. Karim Elkorany is held to account for his criminal conduct,” he said.

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