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Medics report a chlorine gas attack in Eastern Ghouta, just hours after an aid convoy left the area.

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Desperate for food and basic medicines, many of the besieged and bombarded Syrian civilians in Damascus' eastern suburbs of Ghouta waited on Monday as a 46-truck convoy organised by the United Nations and key aid agencies began entering the rebel-held enclave.

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The Red Cross says at least 67 people died and another 160,000 are affected.

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No deal yet on evacuation of wounded or more aid convoys, but UNICEF says Damascus may allow a convoy with aid for 180,000 of the 400,000 civilians trapped in the region.

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Civilians too frightened to use five-hour daily ceasefires to flee, and window too short to allow aid to get through says UN.

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Euronews spoke to a local doctor and aid worker about the plight of civilians, and about their faith in prospects for desperately-needed relief.

26/02/2018

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The country's minister of planning and external cooperation said Oxfam made a "serious error" by not informing Haitian authorities of the allegations.

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22/02/2018

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Seven out of 13 aid agencies contacted by Euronews provided 2017 data on sexual harassment or abuse cases by their staff.

18/02/2018

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Tonga survives Cyclone Gita without fatalities

Australian and New Zealand dispatch aid supplies after power and water supplies hit.

13/02/2018

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Campaign reaches millions on social media as French stars bid to mobilise the public.

28/11/2017

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27/11/2017

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First food and aid arrives in Yemen after almost three-week-long blockage

A ship carrying some 5,500 tonnes of flour has docked in Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah. It's the first commercial ship to enter the port since a Saudi-led coaltion imposed an air, land and sea blockade in a bid to halt the flow of weapons into Yemen.

26/11/2017

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IRC Director Paolo Cernuschi says a huge humanitarian crisis looms 'of proportions [...] we've not seen in our lifetimes'.

24/11/2017

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24/11/2017

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NGOs scale up humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees

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In this edition of Global Japan, we travel to the Syrian refugee camp of Zaatari in Jordan, the 5th largest in the world.

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