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From crisis to cultivation: Haiti’s farmers build resilience one seed at a time

For years, low-quality seeds have been a concern in Haiti, with continual climate shocks and political insecurity adding to the existing challenges that farmers face in their attempts to grow food.

Published on: August 10, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Aid blockade deepens Gaza crisis as malnutrition deaths rise, warns UNRWA

The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA)has warned that the Gaza Strip faces a “catastrophic” humanitarian crisis, with no agency aid allowed in for more than five months and malnutrition deaths climbing sharply.

Published on: August 09, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Preparing for the next flood: Protecting women’s health in Bangladesh

Climate change has worsened monsoon flooding in Bangladesh, putting women of child-bearing age at risk – but the UN reproductive health agency (UNFPA) is helping them prepare.

Published on: August 09, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Israeli plan to take military control of Gaza must stop now, says UN rights chief

The UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue a complete military takeover of the Gaza Strip, beginning with full control of Gaza City.

Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Sudan: You can run – but we will find you, militias warn terrified civilians

Help is needed urgently to halt a deadly cholera outbreak that is sweeping across Sudan, UN agencies said on Friday, while warning that communities continue to be terrorised by parties to the conflict even as they flee violence.

Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Africa’s ‘land-linked’ economies poised to drive continent’s prosperity

By leveraging their central location, expanding regional connectivity and embracing transformative technologies, Africa’s landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) are positioning themselves as vital contributors to the continent’s prosperity and sustainable development.

Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Landlocked but not left behind: UN summit in Turkmenistan wraps with bold new roadmap

The Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries wrapped up earlier Friday in Awaza, Turkmenistan, with delegates adopting a landmark political declaration aimed at speeding up sustainable development and boosting resilience in 32 nations that lack direct access to the sea.

Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

‘Nuclear weapons have no place in our world,’ UN chief tells mayors in Nagasaki

80 years after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the “only guarantee” against the use of nuclear weapons today is their “total elimination”, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday.

Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

‘The real challenge is still ahead’: UN warns on Afghan returnees

Millions of people returning to Afghanistan from neighbouring countries are receiving humanitarian support at the border, but they will need more help to rebuild their lives, according to UN-Habitat, the agency that advocates for sustainable communities.

Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City would mark ‘a dangerous escalation’: Guterres

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed grave concern over Israel’s decision to “take control of Gaza City”, his Spokesperson said in a statement on Friday.

Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Indigenous Peoples Day highlights AI’s risks and opportunities

In honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, the UN hosted a virtual commemoration on Friday on the theme AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures.

Published on: August 08, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

WHO designates new WHO-Listed Authorities, strengthening global access to quality-assured medical products

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially designated Health Canada, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare/Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (MHLW/PMDA) of Japan, and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the United Kingdom as WHO-Listed Authorities (WLAs), a status granted to national authorities that meet the highest international regulatory standards for medical...

Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source: WHO News favicon WHO News

Erasure or empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, women confront a stark choice

In Africa’s Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty – driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism – are stripping women and girls of their right to safety, education and a viable future.

Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Extreme heat is breaking records worldwide: UN weather agency

Extreme heat is breaking records around the world, with wildfires and poor air quality compounding the crisis, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released Thursday.

Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Facing rising risks, landlocked nations launch climate alliance at UN summit

Countries agreed Thursday to form a new climate negotiating bloc to advocate for the unique needs of nations without direct access to the sea. The decision was reached at the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3), currently under way in Awaza, Turkmenistan.

Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Afghan women returnees face rising risks, UN warns

The international community must provide greater support to Afghan women and girl returnees from Iran and Pakistan who face increased risk of impoverishment, early marriage and growing threats to their rights and safety.

Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Gaza: Hospitals ‘at near-total collapse’, staff overwhelmed by the injured

Exhausted UN aid workers in Gaza on Thursday continued to report a lack of food across the enclave, while medical teams warned that hospitals are overwhelmed by a daily influx of injured people and close to “near-total collapse”.

Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Abuse during and after childbirth persists globally, WHO warns

New evidence suggests mistreatment remains common in maternal and newborn care, with new research across four countries finding that 60 per cent of vaginal exams were done without consent, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).

Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

UN officials warn of starvation amid ‘gender emergency’ in war-torn Sudan

Hungry civilians are reportedly eating animal feed as women and girls face a “gender emergency” in war-torn Sudan, UN officials said on Thursday.

Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Gaza: Acute malnutrition among children hits record high

Acute malnutrition among children in Gaza has reached the highest levels to date as hunger continues to deepen in the enclave, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Thursday.

Published on: August 07, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Landlocked nations ‘invisible to much of the world’: UN trade and development chief

Trapped by geography and squeezed by global market forces, the world’s 32 landlocked developing countries remain among the poorest – and most overlooked.

Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

‘Landlocked to landlinked’: UN summit seeks to turn geography into opportunity

For the world’s landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), geography isn’t just a challenge, it’s a costly barrier to trade. Cut off from direct access to the sea, these nations face steep transport costs, sluggish delivery times, and a maze of border procedures that slow down economic progress.

Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Armed militia kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo

Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a surge in brutal attacks on civilians by armed groups, including the Rwandan-backed M23 militia, in the country’s troubled eastern region.

Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo

Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a surge in brutal attacks on civilians by armed groups, including the Rwandan-backed M23 militia, in the country’s troubled eastern region.

Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Hiroshima, 80 years on: ‘Real change’ needed to end existential nuclear threat

The world changed forever 80 years ago this Wednesday when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during the Second World War.

Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida

Hostilities have continued in Sweida, Syria, despite a ceasefire agreement, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update published on Wednesday.

Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Gaza: Alarm over Israeli move to deregister NGOs

Aid agencies warned on Wednesdaythat most partner organizations providing vital relief across Gaza will likely have to shut down their operations within weeks, unless Israel withdraws its demand that they provide sensitive information about Palestinian employees.

Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Just 1.5 per cent of Gaza’s agricultural land remains accessible and undamaged

UN data published on Wednesday underscores the tiny amount of cultivable land that remains in the Gaza Strip, contributing to the famine-like conditions now being endured by more than two million people there.

Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

World News in Brief: Funding schools in Afghanistan, Seaweed farming in Latin America, drought in Somalia

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday welcomed a contribution of $3.5 million from the Government of Indonesia to support the agency’s school meal programme in Afghanistan.

Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone. HAT is the second neglected tropical disease (NTD) to be eliminated in Kenya: the country was certified free of Guinea worm disease in 2018.

Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source: WHO News favicon WHO News

Dozens more migrants die after boat capsizes off the coast of Yemen

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 56 people had died and 132 were missing after a vessel carrying 200 migrants capsized off the coast of Shuqrah, in Yemen’s Abyan Governorate on 3 August.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Geography shouldn’t define destiny: UN summit on landlocked nations opens in Turkmenistan

Breaking down barriers and restoring fairness in global development should be the goal of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, Secretary-General António Guterres said at its opening in Awaza, Turkmenistan, on Tuesday.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

UNHCR urges Pakistan to stop forced returns of Afghan refugees

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling for Pakistan to halt the forcible return of Afghan refugees holding proof of registration (PoR) cards, Spokesperson Babar Baloch said on Tuesday in Geneva.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Hunger in Gaza: Women and children face death in search of food

Obtaining food is no longer a routine journey in Gaza; it has become a race, fraught with death on all sides as women and children risk their lives to get aid.

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Israel calls for focus on Gaza hostages’ plight

The Security Council is meeting to discuss rising concern in Israel and elsewhere over the dire conditions facing the hostages who remain in Gaza. It follows the release of recent videos by Hamas and other Palestinian militants showing emaciated captives, which the UN Secretary-General called “an unacceptable violation of human dignity.” A senior UN political affairs official reiterated the "unbearable" conditions...

Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News