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DR Congo: Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years
A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pushing children into the worst cholera crisis since 2017, warns UNICEF. Source link
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Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online criminality across SE Asia
OHCHR said that at least 120,000 people across Myanmar and another 100,000 in Cambodia may be held in situations where they are forced to execute lucrative online scams - from…
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Protecting humanitarians 20 years after deadly Baghdad attack, amid rising risks
expertise, and accountability at its core,” they added. “As a result, in 2005, the United Nations Department of Safety and Security, or UNDSS, was created, mandated to lead a collective…
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UN expert urges immediate review of discredited UK sentencing scheme
As of the end of 2022, close to 2,900 people were still being held under the scheme.Unresolved legacyBetween 2005 and 2012, English and Welsh courts used the IPP legislation to…
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UN rights chief calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order in Niger
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called on Friday for Niger’s democratically elected officials to be released “at once”, following their detention in the attempted coup last…
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DR Congo: Few worse places to be a child warns UNICEF as twins found boobytrapped
DR Congo has the highest tally of UN-verified grave violations against children in places experiencing armed conflict
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Lebanon: School occupations condemned as violence grips Palestine refugee camp
Thousands of children have been put at risk amid a resurgence of violence at a Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country said on…
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Eastern DRC: UN food aid hangs in the balance amid severe funding crunch
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with a dire humanitarian crisis fuelled by ongoing political instability and armed conflicts, severely impacting the entire food supply, the UN…
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Rights experts call for second UN Decade for People of African Descent
They stressed that more than ever, the world urgently needs humanity to unite and collaborate in a spirit of equality and non-discrimination. “This demands political will to eliminate all forms of…
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent support as crises multiply: UNHCR
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling on the international community to renew its commitment to the nearly one million Rohingya refugees who have fled persecution in Myanmar for neighbouring…