Food lifeline fading for millions in South Sudan hit by conflict and climate shocks
Earlier this month, the UN agency began airdropping emergency food assistance in Upper Nile State after surging conflict forced families from their homes and...
Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained
“Doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians, among them UNRWA staff, are hungry…fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties,” said Juliette Touma, Director of...
‘Bet on youth’ to realise Africa’s digital potential, UN deputy chief says
In 2024, only 34 per cent of women and 45 per cent of men on the continent used the internet, compared to global averages...
People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
Ross Smith, director of emergency preparedness and response, briefed journalists in New York in the wake of a deadly incident on Sunday in which...
World News in Brief: Houthi-Israel tensions, Sudan cholera cases rise, deadly attacks in Ukraine
These strikes occurred while the UN Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement - established in 2018 to support the ceasefire between the Government of...
Syria: Ongoing violence fuelling mass displacement in Sweida
More than 93,000 Syrians have been displaced across Sweida, neighbouring Dar’a governorate and Rural Damascus due to escalating violence in the city, UN Spokesperson...
Gaza: Guterres condemns killing of people seeking food as humanitarian conditions deteriorate
Stéphane Dujarric was speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York a day after dozens of Palestinians were killed seeking food aid.He said...
Dreams amid the rubble: Gaza’s women speak of homes, loss and hungry children
In Gaza City, families living in tents reveal a shared, grim reality.Many have been forced to flee the fighting dozens of times. Most find...
Salvaging SDGs still possible, but countries must act now: Guterres
Addressing ministers at UN Headquarters in New York, he called for urgent action to rescue lagging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) amid war, inequality and...
Droughts are causing record devastation worldwide, UN-backed report reveals
This is according to a new report from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) and the...
Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic
Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar, a professor of infectious diseases at University College London, issued this warning at a recent meeting of the UN Economic and...
Terror and chaos for Gaza’s people now entering the ‘death phase’
In an alert, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, relayed desperate testimonies from its colleagues who are also struggling to survive in the...
Doha agreement brings DR Congo government and M23 rebels a step closer to peace
In a statement released on 19 July, MONUSCO said that the Declaration of Principles, signed in Doha under the mediation of Qatar, “reflects the...
Rising Waters Will Not Drown the American Spirit
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By Ben Jealous —
On the Fourth of July, Donald Trump signed his “megabill.” The law boosts the dying fossil fuel industry...
Humanitarians report more deaths, displacement and desperation in Gaza
“Every day brings more preventable deaths, displacement and desperation,” the agency said in a humanitarian update.On Friday, Israeli authorities issued another displacement order, this time...
World News in Brief: Violence in Haiti, rising insecurity in DR Congo, expert panel...
Displaced Haitians are dispersed among the 250 active displacement sites across the country, most of which are informal. Just over a fifth of these...
Reign of Terror
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
They came to MacArthur Park on horseback and in riot gear, their faces covered and their weapons...
UN80 initiative should be ‘inclusive and transparent’, recognises General Assembly
The text, introduced by Russia and adopted without a vote, “welcomes the efforts of the Secretary‑General to strengthen the United Nations in order to...
Mandela’s legacy ‘is now our responsibility’, Guterres says on International Day
In his remarks, the Secretary-General celebrated the extraordinary life of the South African civil rights icon, affectionately known by his Khosa clan name, Madiba.“He...
UN envoy urges Colombia to ‘stay the course’ as peace faces new strains
Briefing the Security Council for the last time as head of the UN Verification Mission, Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu said the peace agreement...
On the road in war-torn Gaza
Moving around Gaza has become ever more difficult amid the ongoing 21-month-long war.Mr. Saad, who was displaced from the town of Beit Lahia in...
‘You have to be able to rule your life’: The care revolution in Latin...
The workers we don’t pay or see are grandmothers, mothers, daughters — the women who take care of children, look after ill family members,...
Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in...
Globally, $1.4 billion of the agency’s programmes are being shuttered or put on hold, UNHCR said in a new report.“We can't stop water, you...
Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmed
Briefing reporters in Geneva, UN human rights office, OHCHR, spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani highlighted “credible” reports of “widespread violations and abuses, including summary executions and...
