Africa’s ‘land-linked’ economies poised to drive continent’s prosperity
“We stand at a pivotal moment, one that marks a profound shift from viewing these nations as isolated and constrained by geography to recognizing...
Indigenous Peoples Day highlights AI’s risks and opportunities
An estimated 476 million Indigenous Peoples live across 90 countries, representing 5,000 different cultures.Without proper safeguards, AI risks harming Indigenous rights through inequitable distribution...
Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City would mark ‘a dangerous escalation’: Guterres
The announcement following an Israeli cabinet meeting “marks a dangerous escalation and risks deepening the already catastrophic consequences for millions of Palestinians, and could further endanger more lives, including of the remaining hostages,” it...
Sudan: You can run – but we will find you, militias warn terrified civilians
“People told me multiple times that when they were fleeing from Zamzam , armed people would threaten them while they were in flight, saying...
UN News Today 08 August 2025 |
Israeli plan to take military control of Gaza must stop now, says UN rights chiefThe UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that...
Israeli plan to take complete control of Gaza must stop now, says UN rights...
“A complete military takeover of the occupied Gaza Strip must be immediately halted,” insisted Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, after the...
Feeding Haiti, a big problem that needs smaller, local solutions |
Some 1.3 million people displaced. 5.7 million people not getting enough food. How do you even begin to conceive of the magnitude of Haiti’s...
Gaza: Acute malnutrition among children hits record high
In July alone, nearly 12,000 children under five were identified as acutely malnourished out of 136,000 screened, according to aid partners. Of these, more than...
Abuse during and after childbirth persists globally, WHO warns
Over the past decade, a growing body of evidence has highlighted the widespread impact of mistreatment and the necessity of placing respectful care at...
Female-led households bear the brunt on Sudan’s brutal frontlines |
In Sudan, as violent conflict between forces of the Sudanese military and their rival Rapid Support Forces militia rages for its third year, women...
UN officials warn of starvation amid ‘gender emergency’ in war-torn Sudan
Particularly hard hit is El Fasher, where hunger is growing, with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warning of a deteriorating...
Extreme heat is breaking records worldwide: UN weather agency
Extreme temperatures caused approximately 489,000 heat-related deaths annually between 2000 and 2019, with 36 per cent occurring in Europe and 45 per cent in...
Facing rising risks, landlocked nations launch climate alliance at UN summit
Operating within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the group aims to amplify their voices in global climate talks, where their distinct...
UN News Today 07 August 2025 |
In Gaza, hospitals are ‘at near-total collapse’ and staff are overwhelmedExhausted UN aid workers in Gaza on Thursday continued to report a lack of...
Afghan women returnees face rising risks, UN warns
UN Women – which champions gender empowerment and equality – alongside the international humanitarian agency CARE International and partners, issued the call in a...
Gaza: Hospitals ‘at near-total collapse’, staff overwhelmed by the injured
Meanwhile, UN agencies confirmed the deaths of three Palestinians from Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a rare auto-immune disease that can cause sudden muscle weakness and...
Landlocked nations ‘invisible to much of the world’: UN trade and development chief
At a major UN conference underway this week in Awaza, Turkmenistan, calls are growing to tackle the high trade costs, investment gaps and growing...
UN trade and development chief calls for economic boost to aid landlocked countries |
More than 30 landlocked developing countries – from Bolivia to Bhutan and Burkina Faso – face some of the world’s highest trading costs, deepest...
Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida
The 19 July truce followed weeks of sectarian clashes, Israeli airstrikes and grave human rights violations in the southern governorate, also known as As-Sweida.As...
Just 1.5 per cent of Gaza’s agricultural land remains accessible and undamaged
A new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) reveals that just 8.6 percent of cropland in...
Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it had received first-hand accounts indicating that at least 319 civilians were killed by M23 fighters, aided...
UN News Today 06 August 2025 |
Gaza: Alarm over Israeli moves to deregister NGOs in Strip and West BankUN agencies warned on Tuesday that partner organizations in Gaza will have...
Hiroshima, 80 years on: ‘Real change’ needed to end existential nuclear threat
While the city has been rebuilt, nuclear conflict remains a global threat, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu said in remarks at...
Gaza: Alarm over Israeli move to deregister NGOs
The development – which also applies to the occupied West Bank – is a result of the Israeli requirement introduced on 9 March impacting...
