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Since April 2023, Sudan, the third-largest country in Africa, has been embroiled in war, as a brutal battle between government forces and a powerful paramilitary group has exacerbated the nationโs existing crises, including political instability and economic hardship.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:The Israeli bombardment of Al-Ahli, a Gaza City hospital, has put even more pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the delivery of aid and movement of humanitarian workers is highly restricted by the Israeli authorities.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on Monday at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:The humanitarian situation in Gaza is now likely the worst it has been in the 18 months since the outbreak of hostilities, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, reported on Monday.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:More than 12.4 million people have been forced from their homes across Sudan โ including over 3.3 million refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries โ as two years of civil war fuel famine, disease outbreaks and the collapse of the health system.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:The number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan has doubled as the war between rival militaries enters a third year on Tuesday.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:A Gaza City hospital has been put out of action by an Israeli strike at the weekend, while a child patient with reported head trauma died while being evacuated, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:The United Nations has condemned the Russian attack on the city of Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday which reportedly killed at least 34 people, including two children, and injured more than 100 others.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:As Sudanโs devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its โdarkest chaptersโ may still lie ahead, following the massacre of more than 100 people at displacement camps in Darfur over the weekend.
Published on: April 14, 2025 | Source:In Gaza, where lack of access to water is an existential threat, Ibrahim Alloush stands out as an unsung hero, providing a lifeline to the thirsty people of the Strip.
Published on: April 13, 2025 | Source:Xochimilco, nestled in the heart of Mexico City, is home to the โchinamperos,โ farmers who have used indigenous techniques to grow food for centuries. Today, their way of life is under threat from environmental degradation, urban expansion and climate change.
Published on: April 12, 2025 | Source:Two years since Sudanโs brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians of all ages continue to suffer shocking abuse, including rape and gang rape.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:After years of intense negotiations, countries on Friday reached a landmark deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping, setting mandatory fuel standards and introducing an industry-wide carbon pricing mechanism.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Military operations continue in Myanmar despite ceasefires declared after the recent earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, with the UN Childrenโs Fund (UNICEF) reporting thousands of new cases in just two months โ evidence that itโs being used as a systemic weapon of war and deliberate terror tactic.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Global trade could shrink by three per cent as a result of the United Statesโ new tariff measures which in the longer term could reshape and boost as-yet untapped regional commercial links, a top UN economist confirmed on Friday.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:Roughly 400,000 Syrians have returned home from the region since the fall of the Assad regime last December, while more than a million internally displaced persons (IDPs) have gone back to their communities.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that Israel may intend to permanently remove civilians in Gaza as part of an expanded buffer zone, amid evacuations orders and escalating bombardment.
Published on: April 11, 2025 | Source:The World Health Organization (WHO) issues warning on health service disruptions reported in 70% of its surveyed country offices as a result of sudden suspensions and reductions in official development assistance (ODA) for health. The findings, based on rapid WHO assessment of the fast-evolving situation, raise concern for potentially deeper and prolonged effects on health systems and services across the world,...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:On the occasion of the World Health Day 2025 dedicated to the theme of Healthier beginnings, hopeful futures, over 100 global WHO offices have organized wide-ranging public advocacy actions in collaboration with Member States, communities, health workers, partner and donor agencies and civil society organizations.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:The conflict in Sudan has become one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century, leaving millions of women, children and displaced families suffering from violence, food insecurity and the collapse of essential services.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Hostilities across the Gaza Strip continue to take a devastating toll on the population, with daily reports of Israeli strikes killing and injuring many civilians, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Thursday.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday began hearing Sudanโs case against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which it accuses of being complicit in acts of genocide against the Masalit community in West Darfur by backing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Recent military actions by Israel are undermining Syriaโs political transition and the chances of a new security pact between the two countries, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:As governments and global markets struggle to deal with the deep concerns and disruptions caused by volatility over trade tariffs, Rebeca Grynspan, the head of the UN trade and development agency (UNCTAD), told UN News on Thursday that the poorest countries โ whose activities have a negligible effect on trade deficits โ should be exempt.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Recent funding cuts have caused โsevere disruptionsโ to health services in almost three-quarters of all countries, according to the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO),Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:The United Nations is ramping up its response to Myanmarโs devastating earthquake, calling for increased funding and an immediate ceasefire to ensure more aid reaches those in desperate need.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:Millions of deaths could be avoided from meningitis if countries are able to adopt new guidelines designed to diagnose and treat the disease more effectively, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published its first-ever global guidelines for meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care, aiming to speed up detection, ensure timely treatment, and improve long-term care for those affected. By bringing together the latest evidence-based recommendations, the guidelines provide a critical tool for reducing deaths and disability caused by the disease.Despite effective...
Published on: April 10, 2025 | Source:The people of Mae Hong Son and Tak provinces in northwestern Thailand have lived in balance with nature for hundreds of years and many of them depend on rivers and forests for their livelihoods.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Six schools run by the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem have been issued โillegal closure ordersโ after being forcibly entered by Israeli security forces, according to the agencyโs head Philippe Lazzarini.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:In Gaza, ongoing Israeli military operations and the aid blockade have continued to add to daily fears and hardships being faced by those about to give birth in the devastated enclave.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Hunger in South Sudanโs northeast has reached a critical tipping point, with nearly 7.7 million people facing severe food insecurity as conflict escalates, the UNโs emergency food relief agency warned on Wednesday.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:More than three years on from the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian civilians continue to face the devastating consequences of war, with March 2025 proving to be another deadly month.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:As the brutal war in Sudan nears the two-year mark, thousands of people continue to flee into neighbouring countries, including Chad, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said on Wednesday.
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