DR Congo violence has pushed 35,000 to Burundi, says UN refugee agency
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, reported on Thursday that 35,000 Congolese nationals have now reached Burundi since the beginning of February, as Rwanda-backed M23...
Ukraine: Top humanitarian strongly condemns Russian attack on UN aid convoy
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country, Matthias Schmale, strongly condemned the attack.“Today, an inter-agency convoy of four humanitarian trucks, clearly marked as belonging...
What is social justice and how is the UN helping make it a reality?
The United Nations supports the principle in multiple ways, from addressing economic inequality to access to education, healthcare, and the protection of human rights,...
World News in Brief: Sudan hospitals under fire, world remembers victims of terrorism, DR...
A grenade attack inside Zalingei Hospital in Darfur State, led Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend all of its activities there yesterday. MSF had...
Sudan: Rise in people fleeing to Chad as violence surges
Overall, some 1.2 million Sudanese have found shelter in eastern Chad, mostly after fleeing intensifying violence in their country. More than 844,000 crossed the border...
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...
‘Alarming’ increase in use of death penalty last year, despite global trend towards abolition
The UN advocates for the universal abolition of the death penalty. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by 175 countries, protects the right to...
Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion
But recently, the level of participation has reached a new low – zero.Zero women in national or local decision-making bodies.Zero girls projected to be...
Security Council urged to support eastern DR Congo peace initiatives
In a briefing to ambassadors, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region Huang Xia called for increased coordination of peace processes.He noted that...
Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes
In occupied East Jerusalem, meanwhile, Israeli protesters illegally entered a compound of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA.The development comes after the Israeli...
More young lives lost and devastated in Russia attacks on Ukraine: UNICEF
The development came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of European leaders arrived in Washington to meet President Donald Trump, who held...
Human rights groups urged to ‘unite more than ever’ in efforts to end racism
Martin Kimani, chairperson of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, presented its annual report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva during...
‘Don’t cut the aid’: Insecurity worsens for stateless Rohingya, says UNHCR’s Grandi
In a joint appeal, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) urged all countries to step up to...
DR Congo: UN call to reopen Goma airport ‘lifeline’, as crisis deepens
“Goma airport is a lifeline,” said Bruno Lemarquis. “Without it, the evacuation of the seriously injured, the delivery of medical supplies and the reception...
‘Keep the lights on’ for women and girls caught up in crisis
The UN’s reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has been working to assess the impact of recent steep funding cuts, warning that from the Democratic Republic...
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...
Haiti’s destiny ‘bright’ despite terrifying escalation of violence
Haiti is faced with a multifaceted crisis including rising gang violence, political instability, the displacement of over 700,000 people as well as widespread hunger.UNICEF has...
UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation
The development came as UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned “escalation after escalation” in the Middle East on Tuesday and as UN High Commissioner for...
Science180 Reveals Mathematical Proof of God’s Existence that Atheists, Freethinkers, Rationalists, and Believers Will...
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Where have you ever read that the Earth was formed 2.82 days, the Moon 3.32 days, and the Sun 3.69 days...
Haiti: Gang violence displaces 6,000 people in one month
Since the end of January, a wave of extreme brutality has led to widespread loss of life and the displacement of over 6,000 people...
Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza
Since last October, the UN agency has raised nearly $150 million from UNRWA Spain, UNRWA USA, foundations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), corporations and individuals. Some even...
‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass...
Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya. The grim findings confirm deep concerns about abuse and torture...
Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities
Recalling the mantra “nothing about us, without us”, which was coined by the disability rights movement, UN rights chief Volker Türk insisted that the international...
Gaza Strip: Humanitarians warn of worsening famine conditions, attacks on civilians
Of the 154 malnutrition-related deaths since October 2023 (including 89 children) reported by Gazan health authorities, the World Health Organization (WHO) said 63 occurred...
