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Around 258 million need emergency food aid: UN-backed report
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Around 258 million need emergency food aid: UN-backed report

Roughly 258 million in 58 countries faced acute hunger at crisis levels or worse, and people in seven countries faced potential starvation, according to the latest Global Report on Food…

3 May 2023 · 2 min read

Human rights experts alarmed over ‘imminent executions’ in Saudi Arabia
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Human rights experts alarmed over ‘imminent executions’ in Saudi Arabia

“Despite being charged with terrorism, they were reportedly arrested for resisting forced evictions in the name of the NEOM project and the construction of a 170km linear city called The…

3 May 2023 · 4 min read

Sudan: ‘Secure and immediate access’ needed for lifesaving aid, urges Guterres
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Sudan: ‘Secure and immediate access’ needed for lifesaving aid, urges Guterres

António Guterres was speaking to journalists in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where he will be chairing a meeting of chief executives from across the whole UN system. Since violence erupted…

3 May 2023 · 5 min read

Sudan latest: Over 100,000 have now fled says UNHCR
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Sudan latest: Over 100,000 have now fled says UNHCR

Those fleeing the fighting include Sudanese refugees as well as people who were themselves refugees in Sudan. UNHCR estimates that the number of refugees and returnees may rise to over…

2 May 2023 · 4 min read

Fragile gains on reducing child marriage, under threat from ‘polycrisis’: UNICEF
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Fragile gains on reducing child marriage, under threat from ‘polycrisis’: UNICEF

Currently, one in five young women aged 20 to 24, were married as children, versus nearly one in four a decade ago, according to the new analysis, entitled, Is an…

2 May 2023 · 3 min read

Afghanistan: Guterres says women worker ban ‘unacceptable and puts lives in jeopardy’
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Afghanistan: Guterres says women worker ban ‘unacceptable and puts lives in jeopardy’

Secretary-General António Guterres was speaking to reporters in Doha, Qatar, after convening an international meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan. He said they had agreed on the need for a “strategy of…

2 May 2023 · 3 min read

WFP resumes operations in Sudan, amid full-blown humanitarian ‘catastrophe’
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WFP resumes operations in Sudan, amid full-blown humanitarian ‘catastrophe’

WFP had paused its life-saving activities after three staff were killed in North Darfur on 15 April, the first day of clashes between the Sudanese army and the rival Rapid…

1 May 2023 · 6 min read

Guterres convenes meeting in Doha to discuss key issues in Afghanistan
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Guterres convenes meeting in Doha to discuss key issues in Afghanistan

The aim is to reinvigorate international engagement around key issues, such as human rights, in particular women’s and girls’ rights, inclusive governance, countering terrorism and drug trafficking. “The meeting is…

30 April 2023 · 3 min read

Guterres dispatches UN ‘relief chief’ to Sudan as humanitarian crisis nears ‘breaking point’
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Guterres dispatches UN ‘relief chief’ to Sudan as humanitarian crisis nears ‘breaking point’

“The scale and speed of what is unfolding is unprecedented in Sudan. We are extremely concerned by the immediate as well as long-term impact on all people in Sudan, and the…

30 April 2023 · 4 min read

INTERVIEW – Seeking justice for sexual abuse victims
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INTERVIEW – Seeking justice for sexual abuse victims

Critics have said justice takes too long, and perpetrators are not always held accountable in cases of sexual abuse and exploitation committed by UN personnel.

30 April 2023 · 7 min read