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Hundreds killed in Sudan’s camps for displaced people
Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling targeting the El Fasher and Zamzam camps in Sudan’s Darfur region, triggering an unprecedented wave of displacementaccording to the UN.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:
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As budgets shrink, UN Peacekeeping looks to the future
With just weeks to go before a key ministerial meeting in Berlin, the UN and Germany have reaffirmed their commitment to peacekeeping – a vital tool for global stability that must now adapt to dwindling resources.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Aid ban pushes civilians to the brink
The near two-month ban on humanitarian aid and supplies entering Gaza is driving families to the edge of survival, as critical essentials – including food, shelter and medicine – are rapidly running out.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:UN warns of rising deportations of Haitian mothers and newborns from Dominican Republic
The UN has raised concern over a growing number of vulnerable Haitians – particularly pregnant women, new mothers, and infants – being deported from the Dominican Republic.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:UN alert over rising deportations of Haitian mothers and newborns from Dominican Republic
The UN has raised concern over a growing number of vulnerable Haitians – particularly pregnant women, new mothers, and infants – being deported from the Dominican Republic.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Indigenous Peoples sidelined in global climate fight, UN warns
As the planet heats up and the push to decarbonise gathers pace, Indigenous Peoples – long among the world’s most effective environmental stewards – are once again being left behind, a new UN report reveals.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Outrage as Russian attacks on Ukraine cities kill at least nine civilians
Grim details continued to emerge on Thursday in the aftermath of a wave of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other cities overnight, with early reports indicating that at least nine people were killed and dozens injured.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises and funding cuts jeopardize progress and leave millions of children, adolescents and adults at risk, warn WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi during World Immunization Week, 24–30 April.Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis and yellow fever are rising globally, and diseases like diphtheria, that...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30
At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries. The goal was to accelerate global climate ambition ahead of COP30, which will be hosted in Brazil.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza
Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing an escalating public health crisis as aid remains blocked and medical supplies dwindle.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Health, education, opportunity at stake, amid stubborn digital gender divide
As transformative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence continue to reshape the global economy, millions of women and girls remain excluded from the digital world – denied not only access to opportunity, but also the chance to shape their own futures.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Largely eradicated diseases at risk of returning due to budget cuts
Vaccines have saved around 150 million lives over the past 50 years, but that progress is now under threat.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Stopping child marriage is key to curbing deadly teen pregnancies: WHO
Teenage pregnancy remains the leading cause of death for girls aged 15 to 19, which countries could help prevent by allowing them to remain in school and ending child marriage, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Sexual violence systematically used as a weapon of war in the DR Congo
The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to have devastating consequences, particularly for women and children, who face an increased risk of conflict-related sexual violence.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:AI lightens the workload – but risks remain, labour agency warns
Artificial intelligence, robotics, and digitalization are rapidly reshaping how we work – but they’re a source of unexpected risks too.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:WHO releases new guideline to prevent adolescent pregnancies and improve girls’ health
In a bid to tackle the leading cause of death globally among 15–19-year-old girls, the World Health Organization (WHO) today released a new guideline aimed at preventing adolescent pregnancy and its significant related health complications. Among other strategies, the guideline urges rapid action to end child marriage, extend girls’ schooling, and improve access to sexual and reproductive health services and...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Destruction of vital lifting gear halts search for thousands buried under rubble
Families in Gaza were holding on to the slim chance of finding loved ones buried under the ruins of destroyed homes – but that hope is fading fast.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Colombia: UN mission chief stresses need to advance implementation of peace deal
Colombia must harmonize peace policies and security policies, the UN Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Local leaders raise temperature on action to fight climate change
City officials, state governors and other leaders across the world are ensuring their localities can benefit from initiatives that tackle climate change and prosper in an uncertain future.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Hunger stalks Ethiopia as UN aid agency halts support amid funding cuts
A lack of funding and dwindling supplies are forcing the UN World Food Programme to suspend lifesaving treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia by the end of the month. “We are at the breaking point,” the agency warned on Tuesday.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds
Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of intimate partner violence by the end of the century.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Gaza aid crisis deepens as border closure stretches into 50th day
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with more than two million people – mostly women and children – trapped, starving and desperate, as no aid has been allowed in for the past 50 days.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Guterres condemns deadly attack in Jammu and Kashmir
Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the armed attack in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed at least 28 lives earlier on Tuesday.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN study finds
Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of intimate partner violence by the end of the century.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Asia-based criminal network cons Thai woman in US out of $300,000
A Thai woman working in the United States has told UN News how she fell for a scam orchestrated by a criminal network in Asia – and lost $300,000.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Asia’s megacities at a crossroads as climate and population challenges grow
Asia’s sprawling megacities – which are driving economic growth – face an uncertain future as rising temperatures, aging populations and unplanned urban development tests their resilience.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:UN chief hails Pope Francis as ‘a transcendent voice for peace’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has joined the world in mourning the death of His Holiness Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday in Vatican City aged 88.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Haiti faces ‘point of no return’ as gang violence fuels chaos
Haiti is on the verge of “total chaos” as coordinated gang violence continues to escalate, threatening the State’s ability to maintain public order, the UN’s top envoy for the country warned on Monday.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples, ‘an affront to dignity and justice’
Too many Indigenous Peoples are still being excluded from decisions that directly affect their lands, territories, cultures, and the future of their communities, a top UN forum heard on Monday.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Syria is ‘brimming with hope and opportunity’: Senior UN aid official
Now is the time to invest in Syria, and support people returning to the country and their communities, the outgoing UN Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis said on Monday.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Sudan war: Hundreds of thousands flee renewed violence in North Darfur
A mass wave of displacement in Sudan’s North Darfur state is pushing hundreds of thousands into precarious conditions far from lifesaving aid, as overstretched operations struggle to keep pace with the growing emergency.
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:How Haiti paid for its freedom – twice over
Two centuries to the day after France imposed a crippling debt on Haiti in exchange for its independence, a UN forum has heard calls for the restitution of what has long been described as a “ransom” extorted under the threat of force from the Caribbean nation that still bears the scars of colonialism and slavery.
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:UN chief urges ‘utmost restraint’ amid escalating violence in Yemen
The UN Secretary-General has expressed grave concern over US airstrikes in and around Yemen’s port of Ra’s Isa this week, which reportedly resulted in scores of civilian casualties.
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:Haiti’s independence debt to France focus of debate at UN
Two centuries to the day after France imposed a crippling debt on Haiti in exchange for its independence, a UN forum has heard calls for the restitution of what has long been described as a “ransom” extorted under the threat of force from the Caribbean nation that still bears the scars of colonialism and slavery.
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:Myanmar: Thousands remain in crisis weeks after deadly earthquakes
Thousands of families in Myanmar remain without shelter, water or medical care three weeks after deadly earthquakes struck the country, as frequent aftershocks compound the suffering of communities already battered by conflict and poverty.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source: