Libya’s fragile transition plagued by deepening economic and political divides
Nearly 15 years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi and the emergence of rival administrations in 2014, the country remains divided, with the internationally...
UN News Today 17 April 2025 |
Gaza war grinds on and journalists still banned from reporting: UNRWAIt’s been more than 18 months since war in Gaza began, and in that...
Gaza faces deepening crisis as aid stocks dwindle
More than 500,000 people are reported to have been newly displaced since 18 March, many of them uprooted multiple times due to ongoing military...
South Sudan on the brink as peace deal falters, UN warns
Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for South Sudan, warned that a political standoff between President Salva Kiir and former First Vice...
UN News Today 16 April 2025 |
Member States reach agreement on pandemic treaty: WHOMember States of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed a draft treaty to keep the world...
World News in Brief: Relief supplies for Myanmar, invest in Haiti, child migrant deaths...
The flight was chartered by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and delivered tents and household items for some 16,000 people.Myanmar continues to reel from...
UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent
They urged greater collaboration between governments, civil society and regional organizations to create a system that would compensate Africa and the African diaspora for...
UN News Today 15 April 2025 |
External flow of weapons into Sudan must end, insists UN’s GuterresTwo years to the day since Sudan’s brutal war erupted between rival generals who...
Sudan: 15 million children require humanitarian assistance after two years of war
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that 15 million boys and girls require support, up from 7.8 million at the start of 2023 –...
UNICEF chief in Kharkiv describes the devastating aftermath of Sumy attacks |
After a deadly Russian strike on Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday — which killed at least 34 people, including two children, and injured over 100...
UN News Today 14 April 2025 |
Sudan: UN chief condemns killings amid gains by rebel forces in DarfurIn Sudan, scores of civilians have been reported killed in attacks on the town...
UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge
Organised by the UN human rights office, the week-long session “Africa and people of African descent: United for reparatory justice in the age of...
Myanmar’s people still face daily aftershocks and trauma, say UN aid teams |
Myanmar’s earthquake catastrophe is now known to have killed more than 3,600 people and injured more than 5,000.The toll is still rising, says the...
Sudan war: Crisis point for children trapped in conflict zones |
As the war in Sudan nears its third devastating year the situation for children has reached a critical point, with an estimated 825,000 children...
Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza
Every day, he drives his water truck through the Strip, filling up empty tanks and vessels.Our camera accompanied Alloush on a recent arduous mission...
Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions
The framework – agreed during the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee – aims for net-zero emissions from the sector by...
Sudan: 30 million in need of assistance as war rages on
As the war in Sudan enters a third year, the UN and partners continue to use every possible means to distribute lifesaving food, medicines...
Myanmar: Military strikes persist amid earthquake response efforts
“At a moment when the sole focus should be on ensuring humanitarian aid gets to disaster zones, the military is instead launching attacks,” spokesperson...
UN News Today 11 April 2025 |
Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warnTwo years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies have warned that famine is...
US tariffs move could see three per cent fall in global trade, says top...
“There will be shifting, I think, in supply chains, there will be a reassessment of global alliances. There will be geopolitical shifts and economic...
Sudan: Mines a major risk to civilians returning home |
Nearly two years after the beginning of the Sudanese civil war, displaced populations returning to urban areas are facing the remnants of heavy fighting:...
UN refugee agency calls for greater investment in Syrian returnees
The estimates are from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, which on Friday called for increased funding to support Syrian returnees as needs intensify at...
Ending global trade uncertainty calls for ‘rational decisions’, says head of UN trade agency...
The head of the UN trade agency (UNCTAD), Rebeca Grynspan, has expressed her concerns about the uncertainty that has swept the global economy, following...
UN News Today 10 April 2025 |
Preventable ‘meningitis belt’ deaths targeted in health agency action planMillions of deaths could be avoided from meningitis if countries implement new UN health agency guidelines...
