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Gaza: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official 12 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden A UN team inspects a destroyed school in Khan Younis. The situation for Gazans remains dire despite hopes stemming from recent commitments by Israel to boost assistance, the UN’s top aid official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Friday…

Wave of increased food insecurity hits West and Central Africa

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Wave of increased food insecurity hits West and Central Africa 12 April 2024 © WFP/Cheick Omar Bandaogo A mother gives her 10-month-old daughter porridge in Burkina Faso in the Sahel region, where WFP is providing assistance to prevent malnutrition. Almost 55 million people are facing further food and nutrition insecurity in West and Central Africa during the region’s three-month lean season…

Nigeria first country to introduce ‘revolutionary’ meningitis vaccine

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Nigeria first country to introduce ‘revolutionary’ meningitis vaccine 12 April 2024 WHO/Christopher Black WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses the opening session of the 73rd World Health Assembly in Geneva. Nigeria has become the first country to roll out a “revolutionary” five-in-one vaccine against meningitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on…

UN pays tribute to victims and survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN pays tribute to victims and survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 12 April 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) and other participants light candles at the UN General Assembly event commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The UN renewed its commitment to never forget the 1994…

Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war 12 April 2024 Ala Kheir Every month, thousands of Sudanese people still migrate to nearby countries like South Sudan and Chad, forgotten and voiceless on an incredibly challenging journey, and nobody knows when it will end. Rape. Murder. Hunger. Corpses filling streets, making it impossible to walk. Sudan was plunged into an ongoing…

Widespread destruction across Khan Younis as Gazans ‘struggle to survive’

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Widespread destruction across Khan Younis as Gazans ‘struggle to survive’ 11 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden A UN team inspects an unexploded 1,000-pound bomb lying on a main road in Khan Younis. People in Gaza are struggling to survive, said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, who was part of a team carrying out an assessment mission on Wednesday in the…

Make 2024 a ‘turning point’ for education, UN deputy chief urges

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Make 2024 a ‘turning point’ for education, UN deputy chief urges 11 April 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Addressing a high-level education on education convened by the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Amina Mohammed paid tribute in particular to the children of Gaza. The UN Deputy Secretary-General on Thursday called for a transformation in learning, stressing that receiving a good education…

General Assembly debates Russia’s veto of DPR Korea sanctions panel

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home General Assembly debates Russia’s veto of DPR Korea sanctions panel 11 April 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Security Council members vote on a draft resolution on the mandate renewal of the 1718 Committee Panel of Experts monitoring the sanctions imposed by the Security Council on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Sharp divisions emerged on Thursday as the General Assembly debated…

Myanmar: Middle class ‘disappearing’ amid uptick in brutal fighting

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: Middle class ‘disappearing’ amid uptick in brutal fighting 11 April 2024 © UNICEF/Naing Lin Soe A local resident cleans up the extensive damage to his shop caused by Cyclone Mocha in Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that poverty is surging and the middle class in Myanmar is “disappearing” amidst worsening insecurity and conflict.…

Russian attacks ‘a daily destructive pattern’ in Ukraine, Security Council hears

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Russian attacks ‘a daily destructive pattern’ in Ukraine, Security Council hears 11 April 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov Rescue personnel search a bombed out building Kyiv. (file) Russian attacks on cities and towns across Ukraine, including intense and systematic targeting of the energy infrastructure, “have become a daily destructive pattern” in recent weeks, a senior UN official told the…