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BAMAKO, May 16 — Mali is once again grappling with a worsening humanitarian crisis, as renewed violence in the northern and central regions triggers a new wave of displacement and suffering for thousands of civilians. In early May, intensified attacks by unidentified armed groups in Gossi and surrounding areas forced hundreds of families to flee [...]

Palestinians in Gaza are facing the gravest threat to their existence for decades, Islamic Relief says as the world marks Nakba Day. The Nakba, or “catastrophe”, refers to the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland in 1948 and is commemorated annually on 15 May.  The dispossession that began in 1948 is a process that [...]

Today’s new famine alert for Gaza shows how Israel has turned starvation into a weapon of war. Palestinians are not just starving; they are being systematically starved.   For more than 2 months Israel has completely banned all food, medicine and other vital supplies from entering Gaza, and destroyed people’s means of producing their own food.    [...]