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No aid supplies left, staff starves in Gaza, Norwegian Refugee Council says, World News
No aid supplies left, staff starves in Gaza, Norwegian Refugee Council says, World News

AsiaOne

time7 days ago

  • General
  • AsiaOne

No aid supplies left, staff starves in Gaza, Norwegian Refugee Council says, World News

GENEVA — The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), one of the largest independent aid organisations in Gaza, told Reuters on Tuesday (July 22) its supplies were exhausted and some of its staff starving, and the group accused Israel of paralysing its work. "Our last tent, our last food parcel, our last relief items have been distributed. There is nothing left," Jan Egeland, the secretary general of the council, told Reuters in an interview via video link from Oslo. The council, which has 64 Palestinian and two international staff on the ground in Gaza, echoed comments on Tuesday by the head of the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA who said its staff were fainting on the job from hunger and exhaustion. The NRC said that for the last 145 days, it has not been able to get tents, water, sanitation supplies, food and education materials into Gaza, where Israel has been at war against Palestinian group Hamas since October 2023 and the United Nations has warned of a worsening hunger crisis. "Hundreds of truckloads have been sitting in warehouses or in Egypt or elsewhere, and costing our Western European donors a lot of money, but they are blocked from coming in… That's why we are so angry. Because our job is to help," Egeland said. "Israel is not yielding. They just want to paralyse our work," he added. Cogat, the Israeli military aid coordination agency, said in a statement that Israel does not restrict aid trucks entering Gaza, but international organisations face challenges in collecting the trucks on the Gaza side of border crossings. Israel is working with the groups to improve the system, Cogat said, adding that more than 4,500 aid trucks carrying food for the UN and international organisations have entered the enclave in the last two months. Many truckloads were still waiting to be picked up. Cogat said 950 shipments were on the Gaza sides of "the Kerem Shalom Crossing in the southern side of the Strip, and the Zikim Crossing in the northern part, pending collection and distribution". Cogat has accused Hamas of stealing food, which Hamas denies. The NRC said its supplies of safe drinking water were running out due to dwindling fuel to run desalination plants. The water has reached 100,000 people in central and northern parts of Gaza in recent weeks An Israeli official told Reuters that the UN has been given approval to bring in half a million liters of fuel. "They're bringing in fuel and collecting, but they can bring in and they can collect more, and we are having discussions with them," the official said. [[nid:719739]]

No aid supplies left and staff starving in Gaza, says Norwegian Refugee Council
No aid supplies left and staff starving in Gaza, says Norwegian Refugee Council

TimesLIVE

time22-07-2025

  • Politics
  • TimesLIVE

No aid supplies left and staff starving in Gaza, says Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council told Reuters on Tuesday its aid stocks are completely depleted in Gaza, with some of its staff now starving, and the organisation accused Israel of paralysing its work. 'Our last tent, our last food parcel, our last relief items have been distributed. There is nothing left,' Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the council told Reuters in an interview via video link from Oslo. The council's comments echo those made earlier on Tuesday by the head of the Palestinian refugee agency, who said UNRWA's staff were fainting on the job from hunger and exhaustion. The NRC says that for the past 145 days, it has not been able to get hundreds of truckloads of tents, water, sanitation, food and education materials into Gaza. COGAT, the Israeli military aid co-ordination agency, and Israeli authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It has denied accusations that it is preventing aid from reaching Gaza, and has accused Palestinian militant group Hamas of stealing food, which Hamas denies. 'Hundreds of truckloads have been sitting in warehouses or in Egypt or elsewhere, and costing our West European donors a lot of money, but they are blocked from coming in ... That's why we are so angry. Because our job is to help,' Egeland said. 'Israel is not yielding. They just want to paralyse our work,' he added. The NRC has 64 Palestinian and two international staff on the ground in Gaza. On Sunday the NRC had to move 33 of its staff out of Deir al Balah after Israeli evacuation warnings. The NRC said its supplies of safe drinking water are also running out, due to dwindling supplies of fuel to run desalination plants. The water has reached 100,000 people in central and northern parts of Gaza in recent weeks An Israeli official told Reuters there is about a half a million litres of fuel that the UN has been given approval to bring in. 'They're bringing in fuel and collecting, but they can bring in and they can collect more, and we are having discussions with them,' the official said. The official also said that there are about 700 trucks of unpacked aid on the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom crossing which have not been distributed.

Mozambique: IS-linked group behind mass child kidnappings – DW – 06/24/2025
Mozambique: IS-linked group behind mass child kidnappings – DW – 06/24/2025

DW

time24-06-2025

  • Politics
  • DW

Mozambique: IS-linked group behind mass child kidnappings – DW – 06/24/2025

The group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has claimed that the Islamist group al-Shabab has abducted hundreds of children this year. The children are forced into fighting, labor or even marriage. The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday released a report claiming that Islamic State-linked militants from the regional Islamist terror group al-Shabab have kidnapped at least 120 children in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province since the start of the year. HRW says al-Shabab, which is not tied to the Somali terror outfit of the same name, "has ramped up abductions of children" with most "being used for transporting looted goods, forced labor, forced marriages, and taking part in the fighting." "Al-Shabab needs to spare children from the conflict," said HRW's deputy director for Africa, adding, "Recruiting or using children under the age of 15 to participate actively in hostilities is a war crime." Since 2017, the oil-rich Cabo Delgado region has been plagued by jihadist violence that has killed at least 6,000 people, displaced some 1.4 million more and forced the suspension of a giant gas exploration project by TotalEnergies. Mozambique government forces have struggled to contain the violence, relying instead on support from troops from Rwanda, South Africa, and other regional partners. Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), visited the region this month, exclaiming, "Climate shocks, increasing violence and spiraling hunger are having a terrible impact on the population." Egeland called the situation in northern Mozambique one of the world's neglected crises. The NRC says more than 5 million people in the region now face critical levels of hunger and more than 900,000 face emergency hunger conditions. Problems in Cabo Delgado have been overshadowed by protests following last year's presidential elections. The situation has further deteriorated after numerous tornadoes battered the area and US President Donald Trump cut off foreign aid. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video

Mozambique: Spiralling hunger crisis and violence amid collapsing aid budgets
Mozambique: Spiralling hunger crisis and violence amid collapsing aid budgets

Zawya

time11-06-2025

  • Politics
  • Zawya

Mozambique: Spiralling hunger crisis and violence amid collapsing aid budgets

In a visit to the neglected crisis raging in the north of Mozambique, Egeland described it as at a 'critical tipping point,' sounding the alarm over skyrocketing violence, the devastation from multiple cyclones, and the near collapse of aid lifelines due to global funding cuts. 'In a region suffering from daily atrocities and monthly disasters, I have seen the human toll caused by the global retreat of solidarity and funding. Climate shocks, increasing violence, and spiralling hunger are having a terrible impact on the population. They now stand at the edge of an abyss, with immense suffering ahead unless the world ends its neglect,' said Egeland. Armed attacks in Cabo Delgado surged by 155 per cent in March alone, with 52 atrocities resulting in 153 abductions and 39 killings. The violence has displaced over 1.4 million people to date, while more than 600,000 others who have returned home now face renewed insecurity and little to no assistance. Simultaneously, three consecutive cyclones—Chido, Dikeledi, and Jude—have battered Mozambique in just three months, affecting more than 1.4 million people, and destroying homes, schools, health centres and farmland across several provinces. The compounded crises have pushed nearly five million Mozambicans into critical levels of hunger, with over 900,000 facing emergency conditions—just one step below famine. 'Hunger took hold in Mozambique the moment conflict did,' Egeland said. 'Where bullets fly, crops wither, supply chains collapse, and families are left hungry.' In conflict-hit Cabo Delgado, farming and markets have collapsed; in Nampula and Zambezia, cyclone-damaged crops have left families struggling to survive. Fuel shortages, infrastructure damage, and insecurity are now paralysing aid operations across the country. Humanitarian agencies, including NRC, have been forced to reduce life-saving activities due to lack of funds and growing access challenges, including administrative and bureaucratic restrictions, attacks and ambushes on aid convoys. 'In 2024, we reached over 125,000 people, but the scale of this crisis far outstrips our current capacity,' Egeland said. 'We have been forced to drastically reduce our first line response—such as survival kits and shelters to people left homeless by the latest cyclone—because of the US funding cuts.' The World Food Programme has already halved its assistance, reaching only 520,000 people of the one million targeted in 2024. This year, the number of people receiving food aid is expected to plummet even further to just 250,000, despite the growing number of people in need. 'Mothers I met told me they don't know who they would turn to if we had to stop helping them,' Egeland said. 'They've already had to cut down on their food, and their children are sleeping hungry. I want to be clear that, whatever happens, we are here to stay and deliver, and we must find a way to keep delivering in a world of chaos. 'I call on governments and the private sector to urgently mobilise funding, guarantee safe access for aid workers, and commit to long-term support for the rights and dignity of displaced Mozambicans. Several governments and multinational corporations are in Mozambique for its natural resources, with little returns to the impoverished population.' NRC stresses the need for immediate and sustained international action to avert a full-scale famine, restore food security, and support the country's fragile recovery. This includes urgent investment in agricultural recovery and fisheries support for coastal areas, nutrition for children, and protection for people forced to flee violence. 'Turning our backs now is not an option—for the sake of millions facing starvation, and for our shared humanity,' Egeland said. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

Stevenson defender Annie Egeland is ‘difficult to beat.' It becomes hard to overlook the Michigan recruit too.
Stevenson defender Annie Egeland is ‘difficult to beat.' It becomes hard to overlook the Michigan recruit too.

Chicago Tribune

time19-05-2025

  • Sport
  • Chicago Tribune

Stevenson defender Annie Egeland is ‘difficult to beat.' It becomes hard to overlook the Michigan recruit too.

Lack of name recognition hasn't been a problem for Stevenson's Annie Egeland. Her older sister Ellie Egeland, a freshman midfielder at Maryland, scored 28 goals during her Stevenson career and was an all-state selection last year. 'Sometimes, definitely as a freshman, all I was known as was 'Ellie's little sister,'' Annie Egeland said. 'When I started to play, people started giving me respect. She definitely put my name out there. 'But I had to earn my own position and my own part of the spotlight instead of being in her shadow, so I had to keep working to get to her level.' Egeland is definitely earning her share of the spotlight. The Michigan recruit has become one of the best defenders in the state and has also racked up four goals and two assists in her junior season to lead the Patriots (9-4-3, 5-1-1) to a second-place tie in the North Suburban Conference and a No. 4 seed in the Class 3A Fremd Sectional. Stevenson will play 13th-seeded Waukegan in the Glenbrook South Regional semifinals at 5 p.m. Tuesday. 'Annie tackles the ball really well and has really good patience and balance,' Stevenson coach Jay Bulev said. 'She doesn't dive in and covers well and recovers well. She is difficult to beat 1v1, and she wins headers and balls out of the air.' The 5-foot-8 Egeland is also making an impression on opponents, including Saint Louis recruit Addison Stanciak, who is the career leader in goals and points scored for conference rival Warren. 'Annie's tackling and understanding of the game are elite,' Stanciak said. 'She is always anticipating the offense.' Egeland, a third-year varsity starter who was named all-conference last season, hasn't always been a defender. She used to be a forward. 'A coach moved me to outside back,' she said. 'I liked defending. I never looked back. 'Obviously, what people always see on the score sheet is the goals and assists, but they never see how many tackles you make or how you save goals.' Ellie Egeland said Annie made herself into an elite defender. 'Annie puts more time and effort into setting herself up for success from the moment she wakes up,' Ellie Egeland said. 'She is able to understand the game at such a deep and complex level, where she can spot the right pass from a mile away and know exactly the right moment to enter a tackle. 'As an attacker, I have always been scared to go against her, knowing that she is likely going to win the ball. Her ability to win balls in the air and even score as a center back is something not many can do.' Annie Egeland said the turning point in her career came in eighth grade, when she was moved to the B team in the Eclipse Select club program after playing for the A team the previous year. She said she worked tirelessly over the next several months to regain her former position. 'Sometimes that can bring you down, and a lot of people quit, but it pushed me harder, and I worked all of my eighth grade year,' Egeland said. 'I didn't rest because I didn't want to let anybody outwork me. 'Without that experience, I would not be the player I am now.'

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