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Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza

Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza

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In the makeshift coastal encampments of Al Mawasi, families have no choice but to live in unsanitary conditions that are rapidly turning deadly, Louise...
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Stopping child marriage is key to curbing deadly teen pregnancies: WHO

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Each year, more than 21 million adolescent girls in low and middle-income countries become pregnant. About half of these pregnancies are unintended. Nine...
Thousands of Gaza patients waiting for urgent medical evacuation

Thousands of Gaza patients waiting for urgent medical evacuation

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On Monday, World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative Rik Peeperkorn told UN News about the desperate conditions he had seen at Al-Ahli before the attack,...
Sudan war: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100 lives

Sudan war: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100...

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The latest attacks, which began on 11 April, saw Rapid Support Forces (RSF)-affiliated forces launch coordinated assaults on Zamzam and Abu Shouk – two...
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UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent

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They urged greater collaboration between governments, civil society and regional organizations to create a system that would compensate Africa and the African diaspora...
World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis worsens, South Sudan clashes, Ecuador oil spill update

World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis worsens, South Sudan clashes,...

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“It has now been a month and a half since any supplies were last allowed through the crossings into Gaza,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric...
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Israeli strikes in Lebanon continue to kill civilians, UN rights office...

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At least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon since the 27 November 2024 ceasefire, according to an initial review...
Millions displaced, health system in ruins as Sudan war fuels famine

Millions displaced, health system in ruins as Sudan war fuels famine

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With fighting showing no sign of abating and humanitarian access extremely limited, the crisis in Sudan has become one of the world’s largest emergencies,...
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Report reveals war’s ‘stark impacts’ on Ukraine society

The Human Impact Assessment (HIA) provides comprehensive insights into how the February 2022 full-scale Russian invasion has affected areas such as living conditions, health,...

Afghanistan: Taliban ‘may be responsible for gender apartheid’ says rights expert

Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed similar concerns on the opening day of the Council’s summer session, adding that the de...

End ‘digital divide’ to support victims of sexual violence: Guterres

In his message marking the day, the Secretary-General condemned the use of sexual violence as a tactic of ‘war, torture, and repression’ in the...

Russia declines UN request for aid access to areas flooded by Ukraine dam breach

The destruction earlier this month of the Soviet-era dam and hydroelectric plant in an area reportedly under Russian control since its invasion in 2022,...

We must work together to reign in ‘toxic and destructive’ hate speech

Hate speech reinforces discrimination and stigma and is most often aimed at women, refugees and migrants, and minorities. If left unchecked, it can even...

Sudan’s Darfur spiralling into ‘humanitarian calamity’: UN aid chief

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths warned in a statement issued late on Thursday night that conditions in the province were particularly dire: babies...

Haiti: ‘Take urgent action now’ urges ECOSOC President

Lachezara Stoeva was addressing a special crisis meeting on Haiti organized by ECOSOC to address the country’s urgent food security needs and noted that...

Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: Swift action needed to prevent new tragedy

Duty to rescue people in distressIn a joint statement, refugee agency UNHCR and migration agency IOM, said that the duty to rescue people in...

Ukraine: 700,000 people affected by water shortages from dam disaster 

On Friday, relief supplies were delivered to vulnerable families in the rural Kherson region close to the front line.  The destruction of the dam on...

Almost 3 million children ‘desperately need protection and support’ in Haiti

“Being a child in Haiti today is harsher and more dangerous than it ever has been in living memory.  The threats and hardships children...
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