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Record hunger in Haiti amid rising needs

The UN agency is sounding the alarm following the release of the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, which uses a scale from 1 to 5 to assess...

18 April 2025 · 3 min read

Rise in violence against civilians in South Sudan
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Human Rights

Rise in violence against civilians in South Sudan

The finding comes in its latest brief on violence against civilians, which also reveals a similar rise in incidents of conflict-related sexual violence (CSRV).Sources include victims and eyewitness accounts, as...

17 April 2025 · 3 min read

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South Sudan on the brink as peace deal falters, UN warns

Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for South Sudan, warned that a political standoff between President Salva Kiir and former First Vice President Riek Machar – the two...

16 April 2025 · 4 min read