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Flash floods that killed over 1,450 people in northern Nepal have disrupted livelihoods far beyond the flood zone, threatening 21,400 workers, informal earners and a trade corridor that carries about a fifth of Nepal’s imports from China.
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Intensified clashes have left about 60% of Yemen's health facilities functional, depleted medical stocks and displaced over 180,000 people, raising cholera, measles and malnutrition concerns.
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UN Acting Special Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov says Gazans still lack clean water, face shelter shortages and need education and livelihood support, while restrictions and West Bank tensions complicate aid delivery.
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Fresh fighting in Baidoa has killed and injured children, damaged a health clinic and left 26,000 people in catastrophic food insecurity amid Somalia’s broader malnutrition emergency.
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UN teams in Gaza are racing to secure flood‑prone areas while women searching for disappeared relatives in Mexico face lethal attacks, and Latvia’s new alcohol rules have cut heavy‑drinking deaths by 27%.
Displacement
Malaysia deported 1,476 people to Myanmar despite UNHCR’s warning that returns could expose them to persecution, while a market airstrike in Rakhine killed dozens, prompting calls for accountability.
Health
With more than 8,000 confirmed Ebola cases and a 48% fatality rate, the outbreak in Ituri province is compounded by the forced exodus of thousands from Kigonze displacement camp amid escalating violence.
Humanitarian aid
A UN‑led briefing highlighted a deadly airstrike on a Myanmar market, new CERF drought funding for three African nations, and a sharp rise in settler attacks displacing thousands in the West Bank.
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UNICEF warns that water and sanitation at Zaatari camp could collapse without urgent funding, while UN experts condemn a U.S. migration scheme that endangers thousands, and the FAO highlights massive forest loss and the economic upside of large‑scale restoration.
Food & water
A UN‑backed dialogue in Khartoum gathered over 300 stakeholders to chart a $155 million private‑sector roadmap aimed at reviving Sudan’s shattered farming sector, where yields have slumped up to 70 % and millions face hunger.
Humanitarian aid
With over 6 million Haitians needing aid and 1.5 million displaced, gangs dominate key routes, while a UN force remains far below its authorized size ahead of the Dec 13 vote.
Climate & resilience
Caribbean and Pacific leaders warned that rising seas are reshaping borders and crippling economies, called for climate finance as equity, highlighted massive military spending contrast, and urged stronger ocean and water governance.
