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South Sudan: Funding gaps threaten nearly 2 million displaced people

The warning comes as the world’s youngest nation remains among the top displacement crises, with nearly 10 million people in need of humanitarian assistance including returnees fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan. IOM requires just over $131 million for operations in South Sudan this year but faces a $29 million funding gap.  ‘An extraordinary burden’ The UN agency…

28 February 2026 · 2 min read

Culture

Bridges of Harmony

A Concert in Honor of the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW)

27 February 2026 · 7 min read

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Somalia: Number of people going hungry nearly doubles in a year

More than 1.8 million children under five are also at risk of acute malnutrition between now and June, according to latest analysis published on Tuesday by the IPC food security monitoring platform (see our UN News explainer on the platform here). The worrying development…

25 February 2026 · 2 min read

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Ukraine: $588 billion recovery cost over the next 10 years

The finding comes in the updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5) issued on Monday by the Government, the World Bank Group, the European Commission and the United Nations. It was released as the full-scale Russian…

24 February 2026 · 3 min read

Human Rights

UN Human Rights Council Opens 2026 Session in Geneva

From Afghanistan and Sudan to Ukraine and child rights, the 61st regular session maps the year’s global human-rights agenda The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) is convening its sixty-first…

24 February 2026 · 4 min read