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'They have nothing': Aid workers struggle to save lives at edge of war-torn Sudan
News correspondent Niall O’Connor travelled to South Sudan and the border region with Sudan. This is his fourth and final dispatch that examines the situation across the disaster zone.
Niall O'Connor
Reports from South Sudan
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deadly disease
Fears cholera will 'explode' in South Sudan as cases take hold among refugees fleeing war
Last week Niall O’Connor travelled to South Sudan and the Sudan border to report on the forgotten African crisis. This is his first dispatch from the region.
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Reports from South Sudan
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Humanitarian Crisis
Gaza: 150,000 people have fled Rafah city as more evacuation orders issued by Israel
UN chief Antonio Guterres said that Gaza risks an “epic humanitarian disaster” if Israel launches a full-scale ground operation in Rafah.
Updated
11 May 2024
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Shati refugee camp
Hamas chief says three of his sons and several grandchildren killed by Israeli strike in Gaza
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10 Apr 2024
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The Morning Lead
'It's like The Purge': Irish aid agency worker on being trapped in Haiti amid worsening gun battles
Matt Knight of GOAL leads a team of more than 70 aid workers in Haiti.
Niall O'Connor
13 Mar 2024
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Humanitarian Crisis
Yemenis face uncertain future as US-UK airstrikes prompt fears of escalating violence
17 Jan 2024
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Dublin
United Nations humanitarian official: Situation in Gaza 'worst we've ever seen'
14 Nov 2023
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Morocco
Ireland to provide €2 million of Irish Aid to support Morocco following devastating earthquake
11 Sep 2023
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Sudan
UN countries pledge $1.5 billion to save Sudan from humanitarian crisis
19 Jun 2023
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Humanitarian Crisis
Malnutrition and disease after Pakistan flood will get worse says UN
6 Sep 2022
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Medyka
'Money, money, money - that is what is required' - Irish politicians visit Polish/Ukraine border
13 Mar 2022
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Humanitarian Crisis
At the border: 'People should stop sending us summer clothes. We need food and things for babies'
12 Mar 2022
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Yemen
More than 100 believed killed in airstrike on Yemen detention centre
1 Sep 2019
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Humanitarian Crisis
Death toll now over 400 after Indonesian tsunami as clean water and medicine supplies dwindle
25 Dec 2018
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Humanitarian Crisis
Breakthrough in Yemen conflict as ceasefire to take place at key port
13 Dec 2018
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Humanitarian Crisis
The 'forgotten' conflict of South Sudan: 'People often walk two days to get to the hospital'
10 Nov 2018
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crisis
Ireland is giving another €5 million in aid to the severe humanitarian crisis in DR Congo
13 Apr 2018
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84
Humanitarian Crisis
Ireland donated €51 million in record-breaking year for Concern
29 May 2017
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30
Famine
Explainer: Why tens of thousands face starvation in war-torn South Sudan
25 Feb 2017
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8
Siege
UN warns of 'looming humanitarian catastrophe' in four Syrian towns
14 Feb 2017
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8
Humanitarian Crisis
42 people drown after boat carrying 450 migrants capsizes at sea
21 Sep 2016
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Humanitarian Crisis
The Syrian father pictured crying with his family in Kos has reached Germany
8 Sep 2015
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Humanitarian Crisis
Bono: 'These people are refugees, not migrants'
7 Sep 2015
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the toll
Column: The Ebola outbreak is much more than a medical emergency
Alistair Short
11 Sep 2014
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crisis
If a humanitarian disaster happened in Ireland tomorrow, how ready would we be?
24 Jun 2014
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Central African Republic
Opinion: The worst crisis you’ve never heard of... is the CAR crisis the next Rwanda?
Dualta Roughneen
22 Jun 2014
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deployed
GOAL sends emergency team to Iraq as crisis worsens, ISIS close in on Baghdad
17 Jun 2014
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12
Opinion
Column: Irish troops are heading to Mali – what will they find there?
Emilia Sorrentino
5 Mar 2013
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Syria
Wave of Syrian refugees 'overwhelming' aid efforts: Oxfam
28 Feb 2013
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Aid
A further €4.7 million in Irish Aid pledged for humanitarian crisis in Syria
30 Jan 2013
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South Sudan
Pictures: The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan
29 Jul 2012
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South Sudan
'This situation is entirely preventable': Death and desperation in South Sudan
9 Jul 2012
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Sudan
Why is George Clooney watching Sudan via satellite?
8 Apr 2012
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Haiti
Half a million people still living in camps in Haiti
12 Jan 2012
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column
Column: Some of the malnourished children have bodies so swollen they look about to burst
Mohamed Somane Abdi
19 Aug 2011
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4
Somalia
Somali refugees moved as camps overflow
2 Aug 2011
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Somalia
Nearly 800,000 children in Somalia face immediate death
22 Jul 2011
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east africa
Ireland to give extra €1m in aid to Horn of Africa
15 Jul 2011
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13
east africa
"The people here show me the graves of children": East Africa's drought crisis
14 Jul 2011
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Africa
Aid agencies seek urgent help to counter Africa's worst drought in decades
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