UN project empowers refugees in Angola
With more than 160 refugees actively working the fields through the initiative, and another 110 expected to join soon, the impact resonates far beyond...
UNICEF: 20% of world’s children still trapped in extreme poverty
Nearly 90 per cent of those children are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but even in high-income countries, 23 per cent live with...
Hunger and disease in Gaza will only worsen from ‘man-made’ famine: WHO
In an online alert, the UN agency said that disease and hunger will only increase, unless all Israeli impediments to aid delivery at scale...
More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month:...
No aid has been allowed into Gaza since 2 March, representing the longest period of aid blockage since the start of the war, resulting...
Acute hunger stalks one in four people in DR Congo, warn aid agencies
The alert from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) follows a new dire assessment from UN-partnered food insecurity experts has...
‘Lebanon risks falling off a humanitarian cliff’: UN relief coordinator
Speaking at the International Conference in Support of Lebanon’s People and Sovereignty held in Paris, Imran Riza expressed grave concerns for civilians. “As hostilities persist,...
UN Assembly president defends multilateralism, UN Charter in Davos
Speaking at the session Who Brokers Trust Now? at the World Economic Forum, Annalena Baerbock warned that multilateral institutions – long seen as the...
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...
Ukraine war: UN appeals for $2.3 billion to support aid teams’ ‘heroic work’
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022, the UN and its partners have supported people in need, from city...
DR Congo crisis: 41,700 refugees have fled violence to Uganda
Every day since the end of last month, around 600 Congolese have been crossing the border into Uganda – which hosts the largest number...
Security Council LIVE: ‘Devastation’ in Gaza and beyond reinforces need to end Palestine occupation
The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss the Middle East crisis and protection of civilians in conflict, as speculation grows of a potential...
Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists
Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on conditions inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Mr. Türk condemned the Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel that...
Lebanon: Appeal for $371.4 million to boost life-saving support
Announced at the Grand Serail in Beirut by Deputy Prime Minister Saade el-Shami and UN Humanitarian Coordinator Imran Riza, the appeal extends emergency efforts through...
Syria is ‘brimming with hope and opportunity’: Senior UN aid official
“Today, we have a new Syria, one that's brimming with hope and opportunity,” David Carden told journalists at UN Headquarters in New York.He warned,...
Why do most people believe in and stick with incorrect universe origin theories?
Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com).
With the plethora of scientific data and beautiful pictures of celestial bodies that...
Historic first medal for Refugee Olympic Team
The 25-year-old was the first boxer to qualify for the Refugee Olympic Team, and now she is slated to win gold, silver or bronze later...
Instability, war and closed borders: How aid workers get emergency food to hungry Afghan...
Hundreds of thousands of people in Afghanistan face hunger and poverty. The country suffers from repeated floods and earthquakes, declining humanitarian funding and two...
Catastrophic hunger doubles in 2024; Gaza and Sudan worst hit
The updated Global Report on Food Crises reveals that nearly two million people are now grappling with the most critical level of food insecurity,...
Afghanistan risks losing 25,000 women teachers and health workers
The agency said the crisis is already depriving children of learning and healthcare, while also weakening Afghanistan’s economy and the essential services that depend...
‘Spiralling crisis’ in Haiti demands continued global attention: WFP
Waanja Kaaria, WFP Representative and Country Director in Haiti, briefed journalists in New York alongside the agency’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean,...
World News in Brief: Child migrants in Europe, Greenland forced contraception scandal, FAO hunger...
Just over 31,000 children arrived in Greece, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and Malta last year – 25 per cent less than in 2024.
Of more than...
Most violent year in Syria since 2020, senior UN official tells Security Council
“Many millions of Syrians are still outside their country or struggling to survive in a complex landscape of de facto authorities, foreign armies, armed...
Syria: Return of millions brings hope but challenges remain
That still represents less than a quarter of the 4.7 million Syrian refugees who in August this year were still living in Türkiye, Lebanon,...
Security Council: Syrian leaders urged to prioritise inclusive transition
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Geir Pedersen acknowledged commitments made by interim president Ahmad Al-Sharaa but stressed that Syrians across the country expect...
