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World News in Brief: South Sudan urged to avoid slide to war, Türk calls on EU not to weaken landmark law, Ukraine and Mali updates

2 days 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: South Sudan urged to avoid slide to war, Türk calls on EU not to weaken landmark law, Ukraine and Mali updates 08 May 2025 UNMISS/Nektarios Markogiannis Une famille a trouvé refuge dans une ancienne base de la MINUSS dans le sud-ouest du Soudan du Sud (Archives) The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) together with the African Union mission there, and other…

Port Sudan: No let-up in drone attacks as UN chief urges peace

2 days 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Port Sudan: No let-up in drone attacks as UN chief urges peace 08 May 2025 © WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei أم تحمل رضيعها في بورت سودان، شرق السودان. Amid reports that renewed drone strikes on a key Sudanese aid hub were thwarted late Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres added his voice to increasingly urgent calls for serious peace negotiations to end more than two years of war in…

UNRWA condemns ‘storming’ of schools in East Jerusalem

2 days 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA condemns ‘storming’ of schools in East Jerusalem 08 May 2025 WFP Video Gaza faces severe shortages of food, water and medicine. (file) The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli security forces into three of its schools in occupied East Jerusalem, describing it as a violation of children’s right to education and safety…

UN Security Council extends South Sudan mission amid rising instability

2 days 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN Security Council extends South Sudan mission amid rising instability 08 May 2025 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Security Council adopts resolution 2779 (2025) extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 30 April 2026. The Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for another year, as the world’s youngest nation…

Absent faces, destroyed homes – young students paint the pain of Gaza

3 days 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Absent faces, destroyed homes – young students paint the pain of Gaza 07 May 2025 UN News Fatima Al-Za’anin, a displaced Palestinian girl from Beit Hanoun (Gaza), speaks about her drawings in an art exhibition organized by UNRWA in Gaza City as part of its mental health and psychosocial support services. Students displaced by the war in Gaza have been channeling their anguish into art in…

Port Sudan: Aid officials call for greater protection as drone attacks continue

3 days 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Port Sudan: Aid officials call for greater protection as drone attacks continue 07 May 2025 © UNICEF/Tess Ingram Children peer through a UNICEF tent at a child-friendly space in Kassala state, Sudan. The UN has renewed its call to end the brutal conflict in Sudan after a surge in drone strikes, including in Port Sudan — the vital hub and lifeline for humanitarian aid.…

DPR Korea ploughing ahead with nuclear and ballistic missile programme

3 days 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home DPR Korea ploughing ahead with nuclear and ballistic missile programme 07 May 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General in the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, briefs the Security Council on non-proliferation and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. A top UN official has warned that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (…

DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands

3 days 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands 07 May 2025 MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti WFP convoys have reached Beni, eastern DR Congo, with critical food aid. (file photo) A UN food convoy has successfully delivered vital supplies to support tens of thousands of displaced people affected by escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to…

New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30

3 days 6 hours ago Breadcrumb Home New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30 07 May 2025 © UNRWA An UNRWA school sheltering displaced families in Gaza has received a direct hit. Grim details emerged on Wednesday of Israeli airstrikes on a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering 2,000 displaced people, which reportedly killed 30 Palestinians sheltering there…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

4 days 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 06 May 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Rolando Gómez, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and…