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Gazans bombarded by Israel have no hope and no escape

Gazans bombarded by Israel have no hope and no escape

MOST of the 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip have no electricity and no water. And, with hundreds of Israeli strikes raining down on their tiny enclave, they have nowhere to run. The Palestinian territory, one of the most crowded places on Earth, has been under siege since Saturday in a near-constant bombardment that Gazan health officials say has killed more than 1,000 people. The blitz is retaliation for a devastating attack on Israel by Gaza's ruling group Hamas which the Israeli military says killed more than 1,200 people. Gaza's sole power station, which had been working intermittently for…
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2.3 million people need aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray

2.3 million people need aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray

FIGHTING is still going on in several parts of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region and almost 2.3 million people, or nearly half of the population, need aid, a U.N. report said. The report, the most comprehensive public assessment of the humanitarian situation in Tigray since conflict erupted there on November 4, has been posted online. It said food supplies were very limited, looting was widespread and insecurity remained high. Federal government troops are fighting the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a political party that was governing the province. The government declared victory in late November though the TPLF vowed to fight…
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