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Syria: Rights investigators call for protection of evidence, including mass grave...

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A team from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Syria visited former prisons and detention centres, including the notorious Sednaya and...
Gaza: ‘Devastation is absolutely staggering’, says senior WFP official

Gaza: ‘Devastation is absolutely staggering’, says senior WFP official

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Speaking from Gaza, Jonathan Dumont said many people have been displaced multiple times, and that families are living either in tents or in the...
Middle East: Gaza food markets ‘in decay’ as starvation looms

Middle East: Gaza food markets ‘in decay’ as starvation looms

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In an alert, the World Food Programme (WFP) described markets “in decay” across the enclave. “Fresh foods, eggs, and meat barely exist and the...
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Public execution in Afghanistan condemned as ‘clear human rights violation’

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The latest incident comes amid growing international concern over the use of capital punishment in the country since 2021, when the Taliban swept...
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Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’

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Nineteen months since conflict erupted between rival militaries the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over the transfer of power...
More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council

More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in...

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Sigrid Kaag updated ambassadors on the implementation of resolution 2720, adopted last December, which established her mandate following the brutal 7 October Hamas-led attacks...
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85 per cent of journalist killings go unpunished

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The dangers faced by journalists, including risks to their lives, are highlighted each year on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against...
Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods

Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods

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Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of the country’s 36 states, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.The Government has reported 269 deaths so...
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Impact on workers of COVID-19 is ‘catastrophic’: ILO 

The bleak news from ILO Director-General Guy Ryder coincided with an updated mid-year forecast from the UN body.  Lower and middle-income countries have suffered most, with an estimated 23.3 per cent drop in working hours – equivalent to 240 million jobs - in...

Global solution to COVID-19 in sight, ‘we sink or we swim together’ – WHO chief

Roughly 64 per cent of the global population lives in a nation that has either committed to, or is eligible to join, the coronavirus...

Survival of wildlife reserves under threat in Namibia

After six months of lockdown, the Namibian government ended travel restrictions and curfews on Friday, in light of a drop in new COVID-19 cases. But Namibia’s economy, which depends heavily on wildlife tourism, has taken a major hit during the period, and the future of the country’s wildlife reserves, otherwise known as conservancies, is far from certain.

Leveraging youth to shape a better future, UN announces 17 Young Leaders for SDGs

The United Nations, on Friday, recognized 17 young advocates for sustainable development, who are leading efforts to combat some of the world’s most pressing challenges and inspiring the younger generation for a better future for all. 

COVID pushes millions more children deeper into poverty, new study finds

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty – deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water – a new UN study has found. 

More research needed into COVID-19 effects on children, says WHO head

COVID-19 effects on children - Joining the heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), at a...

WHO warns against potential Ebola spread in DR Congo and beyond

Ebola is spreading in a western province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising fears that the disease could reach neighbouring Republic of Congo and even the capital, Kinshasa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.   

Serious knowledge gaps must be bridged to battle deadly sepsis infections

Efforts to tackle sepsis, which can damage multiple organs and result in death, are hampered by “serious gaps in knowledge”, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, according to a report launch on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO). 

‘Essential lessons’ from HIV fight can help coronavirus response, says UNAIDS

HIV fight - The study by UNAIDS, the UN agency working to stamp out HIV and AIDS, outlines how the world can leverage and...

Greece: compounds overcrowding and COVID-19 challenges in refugee camp

Greece: Devasting fire compounds overcrowding and COVID-19 challenges in refugee camp Within a short span of time, three separate fires broke out at the Moria...
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