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Wave of increased food insecurity hits West and Central Africa

Wave of increased food insecurity hits West and Central Africa

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Almost 55 million people are facing further food and nutrition insecurity in West and Central Africa during the region’s three-month lean season
Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220 villagers

Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of...

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According to media reports, over 220 civilians, including 56 children, were killed in attacks reportedly carried out by the military in two villages...
Let youth lead, urges new advocacy campaign

Let youth lead, urges new advocacy campaign

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As crises continue to unfold, there has been a lack of unity among world leaders in solving challenges for the “collective good”, the...
$414 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan

$414 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan

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UNRWA on Wednesday launched a $414.4 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria and those who have fled the country for neighbouring Lebanon and...
‘Currently unsafe to return’ to Belarus, Human Rights Council hears

‘Currently unsafe to return’ to Belarus, Human Rights Council hears

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Focusing on developments in 2023, the report builds on previous findings in the aftermath of large public protests which erupted in 2020 following...
Gaza: rights experts condemn AI role in destruction by Israeli military

Gaza: rights experts condemn AI role in destruction by Israeli military

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“Six months into the current military offensive, more housing and civilian infrastructure has now been destroyed in Gaza as a percentage, compared to any...
Gaza: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark

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

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

First Person: ‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of...

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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...
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Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military tactics

Israel must make meaningful changes in the way it is fighting in Gaza to avoid civilian casualties while also undergoing “a true paradigm shift” in lifesaving aid delivery

Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby

“I thought I was going to lose my baby and die on the journey to hospital.”The chilling words of Samueline Razafindravao, who had...

Sudan: Aid lifeline reaches Darfur region in bid to avert ‘hunger catastrophe’

“The UN WFP has managed to bring desperately needed food and nutrition supplies into Darfur; the first WFP assistance to reach the war-wracked region...

Unravelling the legacies of slavery

“You’re speaking about the greatest crime against humanity ever committed,” said renowned historian Sir Hilary Beckles, who also chairs the Caribbean Community’s Reparations...

Gaza: ‘No protection’ for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears

Briefing the Council on the current situation on the ground, Ramesh Rajasingham, coordination director with UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, and Janti Soeripto of...

Stories from the UN Archive: Greatest of All Time fights for peace

“Here’s a little Black boy from Louisville, Kentucky, sitting in the United Nations talking to presidents of the world, why? Because I’m a...

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, 6 April

The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace presents an opportunity to recognize the positive role sport and physical activity play in communities and in people’s lives across the globe.

Haiti: Gangs have ‘more firepower than the police’

The consequences have plunged the Caribbean nation into an ongoing political and humanitarian crisis. Currently, there are “unprecedented levels of lawlessness”, UNODC’s regional...

Gaza: Less than 1 in 2 UN aid missions allowed into northern zones this month

In its latest update, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that the first two weeks of March saw just 11...

‘Shocking’ increase in children denied aid in conflicts

Painting a grim landscape of the world’s war zones, Virginia Gamba, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, briefed ambassadors, citing...
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