International
Desperation intensifies for Gazans amid uncertainty of ‘safe zones’
The situation for Gazans is “getting worse by the hour”, the UN health agency WHO said on Tuesday
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With Gaza truce on horizon, UN relief teams stand ready to ramp up aid
According to media reports, ongoing negotiations over the Israel-Hamas agreement on a four-day humanitarian pause and the freeing of hostages held by the Palestinian armed group since its 7 October…
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INTERVIEW: A humanitarian’s painful decision to leave her home and work in Gaza |
As UNRWA’s Warehousing and Distribution Officer, Maha Hijazi was responsible for securing food for hundreds of thousands of displaced people who have sought refuge in its shelters.Mission impossible“UNRWA teams in…
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Gaza doctors ‘terrified’ of deadly disease outbreak as aid teams race to deliver
UN humanitarians warned that aid deliveries needed to multiply immediately to save the lives of the injured and stem the risk of a deadly disease outbreak
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Gaza: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians
They reiterated calls for access to all parts of the war-shattered enclave where the death toll inched towards 15,000 and many displaced people were sleeping in the streets.UN humanitarian affairs…
© UNHCR/Blaise Sanyila - People who have fled clashes and violence in North Kivu seek refuge in Rusayo, in the DR Congo.
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Clashes in eastern DR Congo displaced 450 000 in six weeks
Violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government forces have displaced 450000 people in the last six weeks
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Environment
The Human Fingerprint on Greenhouse Gases
Greenhouse gases occur naturally and are essential to the survival of all living things, but the industrialisation has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.
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Gaza: ‘Thousands of children killed’ within a few weeks, says UN’s Guterres
The UN chief said that in the current conflict in Gaza, with thousands of children killed, the world is witnessing a level of violence unprecedented
© UNOCHA/Giles Clarke - Fires burn on streets in the Cité Soleil area of Port-au-Prince.
International
Haiti – Elections amid rising gang violence, UN envoy upholds their critical role
“Elections are the only path and the only imperative to restore democratic institutions in Haiti. Only democracy and the rule of law can form the basis from which Haiti can…
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Human right to food needs ‘massive investment’: Guterres
Addressing the UN-backed body meeting in Rome on Monday, António Guterres underscored that the session was taking place “at a moment of crisis for global food security" and provided some…