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Gaza: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark
UN News/Ziad Taleb - Night scenes of displaced persons’ tents in the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

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Gaza: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark

UN humanitarians in Gaza have suspended operations at night for at least 48 hours in response to the killing of seven aid workers from the NGO.

14 April 2024 · 5 min read

First Person: ‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of the displaced in Haiti
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First Person: ‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of the displaced in Haiti

He and others spoke to Eline Joseph, who works for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Port-au-Prince with a team which provides psychosocial support to people who have fled…

14 April 2024 · 4 min read

UN leaders galvanize action for reparations for people of African descent
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UN leaders galvanize action for reparations for people of African descent

Experts and UN leaders exchanged views about the best ways forward, centred on this year’s theme, A Decade of Recognition, Justice, and Development: Implementation of the International Decade for People…

13 April 2024 · 3 min read

Gaza: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions
UN News/Ziad Taleb - Children fill containers with drinking water in the Al-Shaboura neighbourhood in Rafah in southern Gaza.

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Gaza: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions

UN officials launched assessment visits to Gaza and its agencies will resume night-time aid deliveries on Thursday after a 48-hour pause.

12 April 2024 · 4 min read

Armed groups continue terror campaign across Burkina Faso
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Armed groups continue terror campaign across Burkina Faso

High Commissioner Volker Türk said, from the capital Ouagadougou, that his local office had been “engaging intensely with the authorities, civil society actors, human rights defenders, UN partners and others…

12 April 2024 · 2 min read

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UN underscores commitment to stay and deliver in Myanmar

The expansion of fighting throughout the country has deprived communities of basic needs and access to essential services and has had a devastating impact on human rights and fundamental freedoms,…

11 April 2024 · 5 min read

World News in Brief: Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave in Libya, children at risk in DR Congo
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World News in Brief: Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave in Libya, children at risk in DR Congo

This is being compounded by an increase in child and forced marriage, and the recruitment of boys by combatants in the continuing war between rival generals that erupted nearly a…

11 April 2024 · 4 min read