Sudan: Top aid official warns against escalating violence in two states
Clementine Nkweta-Salami said the latest outbreak of hostilities in Kadugli, South Kordofan, has reportedly claimed at least 80 civilian lives and left scores more...
UN News Today 06 February 2025 |
It’s official: January was the warmest on recordThe world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on...
‘The new generation is different’: In Djibouti, activists lobby to end female genital mutilation
“I’m afraid of men, of everyone, of everything,” she told the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA).FGM, a practice that involves altering...
World News in Brief: US executive orders continue, killings in Sudan, breast cancer alert...
According to President Trump’s latest directive from the White House on Tuesday on international cooperation, the US will no longer participate in or financially...
DR Congo: UN mission offers protection to ‘vulnerable populations’, despite huge challenges
Vivian van de Perre, briefed from the ground in Goma, the regional capital, telling journalists that “the situation is still highly volatile, with persistent...
Explainer: How family planning saves lives
“I will never allow my daughter to go through what happened to me,” she told UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency.What happens...
UN News Today 5 February 2025 |
US: New executive order set to impact work of the UNNew executive orders issued by the White House are set to further impact the...
Gaza: More than a million receive food aid since the start of the ceasefire
The temporary agreement to stop the fighting and release hostages brought an end to some 15 months of conflict and destruction in the Strip,...
What the UN is doing in DR Congo
Despite security challenges, UN agencies and peacekeepers have pledged to stay and deliver amid rising deaths and injuries alongside an alarming spread of highly contagious mpox...
World News in Brief: ‘Ruthless assault on human life’ in Sudan, Gaza ceasefire must...
Clementine Nkweta-Salami issued a statement on Tuesday lamenting the “relentless” intensifying shelling, air and drone strikes against civilians in the Darfur and Kordofan regions,...
Why have UN peacekeepers been in DR Congo for 65 years?
DRC gained independence in 1960 and since then the UN has played a crucial role in the country, notably through the deployment of three...
UN News Today 4 February 2025 |
UNRWA updates on Jenin camp detonations, ongoing aid efforts in GazaLarge areas of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank have been...
US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians
The development follows the pause announced to billions of dollars of funding on 24 January by the US administration affecting “nearly all US foreign...
‘Grieving and crying’ as people on either side of Gaza conflict come together
Given the brutality of the recent conflict in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, it has become increasingly difficult to imagine a durable peace. Yet,...
Israel-Palestine: ‘Anything is better than what’s happening now’
Combatants for Peace, a grassroots organization made up of Palestinian and Israeli peace advocates, has consistently called for dialogue between the two communities for...
Syria: Special Envoy applauds ‘shared conviction’ among Syrians on political transition
Geir Pedersen stressed that protection for all Syrian minorities and a fully inclusive process is essential to shaping its future.The top envoy has spent...
World News in Brief: WHO chief asks US to reconsider withdrawal, gender parity remains...
President Trump’s executive order of 20 January is regrettable “and we hope the US will reconsider,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a...
Relief chief in Israel and Palestine: ‘We must be practical, innovative and persistent’
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher is in the region as a fragile ceasefire and hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas continues to hold...
UN News today 3 February 2025 |
DR Congo crisis has increased risk of mpox transmission, warns WHO’s TedrosWith no end to the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Eastern DR Congo crisis increasing risk of mpox transmission, WHO chief warns
Fighting escalated sharply in late January, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized control of parts of North Kivu, including areas near the regional capital Goma,...
West Bank violence undermining Gaza ceasefire: UNRWA
It comes a day after Israeli Security Forces (ISF) carried out a series of controlled detonations at the Jenin refugee camp, located in the...
Ukraine: UNICEF alarmed over incessant attacks devastating young lives
“I’m devastated by the ongoing attacks hitting heavily populated areas and killing and injuring many people, including children,” said Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to...
UNOPS: the UN agency turning commitments into reality
Despite immense security risks and logistical challenges, the agency worked with international partners to transport and eliminate hundreds of tonnes of chemical materials under...
UN News Today 31 January 2025 |
DR Congo latest: civilians ‘trapped’ and running out of foodThe humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to deepen for civilians...
