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Sudan crisis: UN continues to scale up aid, as security allows
Amid claims and counter claims, the army has been reportedly attempting to cut the supply lines of the Rapid Support Forces and defend its bases from continued attack. The RSF…
Human Rights
UN marks International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
Mentioning this year’s theme in a statement to mark the day, Together Always: United in Diversity, the UN chief called on leaders ‘to speak with one voice” to eliminate stigma…
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Dozens feared dead in Myanmar as Cyclone Mocha creates ‘nightmare scenario’
With coastal winds recorded at up to 250 kilometers per hour making landfall off the Bay of Bengal, the storm tore through villages in Myanmar's Rakhine state, leaving villagers to…
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Cyclone Mocha leaves ‘trail of devastation’ in Myanmar
OCHA said that communities there had spent the day cleaning up, and counting the cost of the storm, categorized as Extremely Severe, when it smashed into Myanmar’s western states and regions on…
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Ukraine: Imperative to ‘explore all options’ to reach civilians – UN relief chief
Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that it was “imperative that we explore all options to reach civilians”, stressing that all parties to the fighting must allow and facilitate the “rapid…
International
Avoiding disaster in a dangerous world
More people globally are being affected by disasters than ever before, despite the adoption of a UN-backed international disaster reduction agreement in 2015.
International
Migration crisis in Americas – New restrictions on migrants and refugees
The U.S. lifting of a COVID-19 pandemic measure, known as Title 42, has led to new restrictions on migrants and refugees. UN agencies called for broad multilateral action to regularize…
Human Rights
Moura: Over 500 killed by Malian troops, foreign military personnel in 2022 operation
That’s according to a fact-finding report from the UN human rights office (OHCHR) released on Friday, on what the Malian authorities had described as an anti-terrorist military operation against an al-Qaeda-affiliated group…
Human Rights
Sudan’s warring generals take ‘important first step’ on humanitarian protection
Volker Perthes – Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the country (UNITAMS) – underscored that the rival military leaderships…
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Black Sea Initiative exports top 30 million tonnes from Ukraine, as talks continue over renewal
That was the message conveyed by the UN Humanitarian Affairs chief, Martin Griffiths, to a meeting held on Thursday in Istanbul, to discuss the future of the Initiative, with senior…