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Sudan: Hundreds feared dead in Darfur landslide
Up to 1,000 people are feared dead in the tragedy, which occurred on Sunday in Tarsin village, located in the Jebel Marra range on the border of Central and South…
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Daily malnutrition deaths continue as Israeli forces push further into Gaza City
“Military activities continue in and around Gaza City, but also in the south, taking a heavy toll on civilians, including deaths, injuries and further displacement,” said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric…
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Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF
Official Development Assistance (ODA) for education is projected to fall by $3.2 billion – a 24 per cent drop from 2023 – with just three donor governments accounting for nearly…
Human Rights
‘A war of atrocities’ – UN human rights investigators warn Sudanese civilians are paying the highest price
“They burned everything,” said one witness of a shelling attack in the Zamzam displacement camp in war-torn Darfur. “They claimed they only wanted to fight soldiers, but they punished the…
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Afghanistan quake: Rescuers arrive on foot, survivors need everything
Latest updates from UN assessment teams who reached affected communities in mountainous Ghazi Abad district on foot on Tuesday underscored the urgent need to press on with the humanitarian response.“The…
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‘Reparatory justice’ key to ending racism against Africans and their descendants
Doing so is key to dismantling systemic racism that is rooted in legacies of slavery and colonialism, it said.Actions include formal apologies, truth-seeking, memorialisation and education measures, medical and psychosocial…
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Attacks across Gaza intensify amid fear and hunger: ‘Leave me here,’ injured girl told fleeing family
A 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who depends on a wheelchair was among crowds fleeing Israeli military aircraft operations east of Rafah in Gaza on 13 October 2023, said committee…
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World News in Brief: Pakistan floods, countries lag on climate reporting, concern over attack on peacekeepers in south Lebanon, cuts hit human rights investigations
In a statement released by his Spokesperson, the UN chief noted that the disaster driven by severe monsoon conditions had been exacerbated by climate change, impacting around 1.5 million people.…
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Driven by hunger in Gaza, amputees are part of the collateral damage
“I was going to buy falafel,” says Mohammed Hassan. “On the way home, I looked up and saw a rocket heading towards me. I tried to run, but it was…
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DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave Goma
Gunfire tore through the dark. Night after night, the 44-year-old physician from Guinea clung to the hope that the besieged city would hold somehow. Then, one morning in late January,…