Joe English
Humanitarian crises & emergency response | Strategic communications & international affairs
- The confirmation that two additional areas of Sudan's North Darfur have breached the IPC famine threshold for acute malnutrition among young children is a serious concern - especially as these locations were not previously flagged as at risk. www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...
- We all lose something with these kinds of cuts to foreign coverage, regardless of whether you read the Post. We lose perspective, context, continuity, transparency, accountability, and an understanding of ourselves as part of a global whole. Hard won and all too easily lost.
- Awful that so many talented, dedicated journalists were laid off by the Washington Post today. Some of the best reporters I've worked with, covering wars, humanitarian crises and stories that already receive far too little attention. Stories that will now die in darkness.
- A sobering report from Afghanistan, where four million children are at risk of dying from malnutrition this year, according to @wfp.org - the most in a quarter-century. Critical reporting by @elianpeltier.bsky.social Yaqoob Akbary, Safiullah Padshah & Tomas Munita www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/w...
- Aid cuts could lead to more than 22 million avoidable deaths by 2030, including 5.4 million children under five, according to the most comprehensive modelling to date. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- Kordofan is sliding toward catastrophe. Fighting is intensifying, aid access is collapsing, communities are being cut off from food and healthcare. Children will bear the brunt, as they always do. This has been visible for months. From the @nrc-global.bsky.social www.nrc.no/news/2026/su...
- “The years 2024 and 2025 proved devastating to civilians, with little evidence of willing- ness among warring parties to limit the barbarity inflicted upon the most vulnerable.” Full report here -> geneva-academy.ch/wp-content/u...
- This, sadly, is becoming truer and truer. “Atrocity crimes are being repeated because past ones were tolerated. Our actions – or inaction – will determine whether international humanitarian law vanishes altogether.” Stuart Casey-Maslen @dansabbagh.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...
- This, sadly, is becoming truer and truer. “Atrocity crimes are being repeated because past ones were tolerated. Our actions – or inaction – will determine whether international humanitarian law vanishes altogether.” Stuart Casey-Maslen @dansabbagh.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...
- Many parents and families in Gaza are facing an impossible choice amid harsh winter storms - shelter in tents that provide little protection from the elements, or damaged buildings that risk collapse, and children are paying the price. Always grateful to join Jessica Dean on @CNN on #Gaza
- Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Kadugli but hunger and malnutrition ease where conflict subsides - @unicef.org @wfp.org @fao.org www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- “Sudan is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis - and children are paying the highest price” www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP urge immediate action to address escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan. “What I witnessed in Darfur and elsewhere this week is a stark reminder of what is at stake" UNICEF's Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- The ceasefire brings hope that life for children in Gaza can return to being about more than just survival. But with winter approaching, there’s no time to lose. Without shelter and warm clothing, children’s lives will remain at risk. Speaking to ABC News’ Janai Norman youtu.be/4dOSTbm3kWY?...
- At least 17 children – 9 girls and 8 boys, including an infant just seven days old – were killed in an attack on the Dar al-Arqam Displacement Centre in Al Fasher, North Darfur, early yesterday morning, according to reports received by UNICEF. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- "There are drones and quadcopters still flying around and there's some heavy machine gun fire. We're still determined to get these babies back to their parents in the south," www.reuters.com/world/middle...
- 'Israeli strikes on Gaza City and other parts of the Gaza Strip continue. We call on Israel to ensure the full protection of the lives of all civilians. 'For the sake of all children in Gaza, this war must end now.' Statement from UNICEF Executive Director on Gaza www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- In Nasser, the hospital corridors are lined with women who have just given birth. In six missions to Gaza, I have never seen it like this. New mothers and vulnerable newborns lying on the floor. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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- “Initial reports indicate that at least 11 children, aged 6 to 15, were killed in the deadly attack, which hit not only the mosque, but also adjacent homes. Many more children were injured.” At least 11 children reportedly killed in attack in Sudan’s North Darfur www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Child malnutrition in the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate, with the latest evidence showing a record proportion of children screened were identified as acutely malnourished in August. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- “A wave of deadly attacks hit Kyiv during the early hours of this morning – reportedly killing four children, including a toddler. At least 10 children were reportedly injured. The children were at home in their beds, trying to sleep." @unicef-ukraine.bsky.social www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- All too often away from the headlines, the escalation of conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State in recent months has left children increasingly vulnerable. Deadly attacks continue to drive fear, displacement and suffering. www.unicef.org/press-releas... www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- After 500 days under siege, the city of Al Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease, and violence claiming young lives daily - @unicef.org www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- “As we have repeatedly warned, the signs were unmistakable: children with wasted bodies, too weak to cry or eat; babies dying from hunger and preventable disease; parents arriving at clinics with nothing left to feed their children. "There is no time to lose."
- Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- “Even one attack against a humanitarian colleague is an attack on all of us and on the people we serve,” @tomfletcherun.bsky.social “Attacks on this scale, with zero accountability, are a shameful indictment of international inaction and apathy. reliefweb.int/report/world...
- With millions returning to Afghanistan, UNICEF calls for a safe, dignified, voluntary and phased approach and increased support for children and families www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- "In July alone, nearly 12,000 children in Gaza were identified as acutely malnourished - The highest monthly figure ever recorded. “This is clear evidence that malnutrition is accelerating rapidly, putting young lives at grave risk.”
- Children in Sudan ‘reduced to skin and bones’ as UNICEF calls for urgent action “The world must not look away. Not now.” www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- ‘the U.N. and other experienced aid organizations stand ready with the resources, the skills and the proven blueprint to provide essential humanitarian relief.’ ‘To end starvation in Gaza, Israel must allow humanitarian-aid professionals to do their job’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/o...
- "You see the images on the news, and you know what has happened, but it is still shocking when you are there. "The marks of deep suffering and hunger were visible on the faces of families and children." UNICEF's Ted Chaiban following his visit to Gaza www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Children in Gaza are running out of time - Two out of three of the famine thresholds have now been breached in parts of Gaza, with food consumption and nutrition indicators at their worst levels since the conflict began. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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- The images of malnourished children and stories coming out of Gaza should not be happening in the 21st century. And it certainly shouldn’t be happening somewhere where food is just a matter of miles away. Speaking to @jaketapper.bsky.social about #Gaza last night
- The images coming out of Gaza over the past few days do far more than my words to convey the severity of the situation for children. But still glad to join @caitrionaperry.bsky.social to unpack just why severe malnutrition is one of the deadliest threats to a young child’s survival. #gaza
- “Children in the Gaza Strip are starving to death. “Severe malnutrition is spreading among children faster than aid can reach them, and the world is watching it happen. "Children must be protected - not killed, and not left to starve." www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve Important reporting from @katlay.bsky.social, speaking to UNICEF Sudan's Chief of Health Dr Tedbabe Degefie Hailegebriel www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- "The latest deaths take the nationwide toll to nearly 180 since the monsoon started in late June. More than half of them were children." Important reporting by BBC News' Kelly Ng on the floods in Pakistan www.bbc.com/news/article...
- “Children are not political actors. They do not start conflicts, and they are powerless to stop them. But they suffer greatly, and they wonder why the world has failed them.” UNICEF ED at the UN Security Council Meeting on #Gaza this afternoon www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- "As shocking as Sunday’s deaths were, they are commonplace in Gaza: a classroom-worth of children have been killed each day since the war began." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- “UNICEF condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. We call on all parties to the conflict to end the violence immediately and to uphold their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, and the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution."
- “More than 450 civilians, including at least 24 boys, 11 girls, and two pregnant women, were reportedly killed in horrific attacks in Sudan’s North Kordofan State over the weekend.. we fear that the number of child casualties could rise further.” www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- “More than 450 civilians, including at least 24 boys, 11 girls, and two pregnant women, were reportedly killed in horrific attacks in Sudan’s North Kordofan State over the weekend.. we fear that the number of child casualties could rise further.” www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- “Children in Darfur are being starved by conflict and cut off from the very aid that could save them,” More worrying news from Sudan as the number of severely malnourished children doubles in North Darfur and the nutrition crisis deepens across the country www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- 💔💔💔 'Among the survivors was Donia, whose 1-year-old boy, Mohammed, was killed. She said he spoke his first words to her just hours earlier. Donia now lies in a hospital bed, critically injured by the blast, clutching Mohammed’s tiny shoe.'
- Horrific news that 9 children and 4 women were killed as they waited in line for nutrition supplies from a UNICEF partner organisation in Gaza this morning. We call for a thorough and independent investigation of this incident and all allegations of violations. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Horrific news that 9 children and 4 women were killed as they waited in line for nutrition supplies from a UNICEF partner organisation in Gaza this morning. We call for a thorough and independent investigation of this incident and all allegations of violations. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Around 70 per cent of children in Ukraine - or 3.5 million - now lack access to basic goods and services, including adequate food or shelter. An increase from some 18 per cent in 2021, prior to the escalation of the war in February 2022. @unicef-ukraine.bsky.social www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- There seems to be a trend at the moment of calling something 'humanitarian' and then believing it becomes so, but that's simply not how it works... 'Humanitarian work has to adhere to the principles of independence, neutrality, impartiality and humanity.’ Speaking to BBC News about Gaza this eve
- The verified number of children killed or injured in Ukraine between 1 March and 31 May 2025 increased by more than 200 per cent compared to the previous quarter, w/ the ongoing use of explosive weapons in populated areas particularly deadly and destructive. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- '11 members of her family were killed during the shelling of el-Fasher, and three children died during their four-day journey from the city to Tawila. "The children died from thirst along the way." Heartbreaking reporting from BBC News' Anne Soy on Sudan www.bbc.com/news/article...
