World News in Brief: Somalia floods, Sudan cholera update, genocide prevention

Flooding in Somalia has uprooted more than one million people and killed 110, UN humanitarians in the country said in their latest situation report on Monday.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/12/1144357
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World News in Brief: Somalia floods, Sudan cholera update, genocide prevention

Pakistan: WFP working to expand food aid as deadly flooding continues

29 Aug 2022

The World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting Pakistan as the country takes stock of floods which have reportedly killed more than 1,000 people and displaced some 33 million, the UN agency said on Monday.

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Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia

Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia

30 Nov 2023

Deadly torrential rains and floods have affected more than two million people in several areas of Somalia, with over 100 killed and 750,000 displaced from their homes, the authorities and humanitarian partners said on Thursday in the capital, Mogadishu.  

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Lebanon crisis: over one million people flee strikes amid invasion fears

Lebanon crisis: over one million people flee strikes amid invasion fears

30 Sep 2024

More than one million people across Lebanon have been uprooted by ongoing and deadly Israeli airstrikes across the country, including one reported early Monday morning in a residential area of central Beirut, adding to fears of a full-scale invasion.