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Gaza: Rafah invasion would be a disaster ‘beyond imagination’, warn UN medics

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Rafah invasion would be a disaster ‘beyond imagination’, warn UN medics 14 February 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Warm clothing is distributed to displaced people in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. UN medics said on Wednesday that they feared a humanitarian disaster “beyond imagination” if a full-scale incursion by the Israeli military happens in Rafah in southern Gaza…

World News in Brief: DR Congo clashes, invest in ending polio, say #IDONT to child marriage

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: DR Congo clashes, invest in ending polio, say #IDONT to child marriage 14 February 2024 © WFP/Michael Castofas Displaced mothers and pregnant women seek WFP assistance in a refugee camp in North Kivu in eastern DRC. Tensions remain high in North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), particularly in the town of Sake, as clashes persist…

Massive displacement as fighting surges in eastern DR Congo

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Massive displacement as fighting surges in eastern DR Congo 14 February 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire An IDP settlement in Sake, North Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are once again bearing the brunt of localized violence, amid a sharp uptick in fighting between Government forces and the M23 armed group, the…

Yemen: Recent progress marred by Gaza war fallout, UN envoy reports

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: Recent progress marred by Gaza war fallout, UN envoy reports 14 February 2024 © UNICEF/Saleh Bin Hayan YPN A mother-of-nine, who is suffering from malnutrition herself, cooks a meal for her children in an IDP camp in Aden, Yemen. The shockwaves from the war in Gaza continue to reverberate across the wider Middle East region, with the situation in Yemen much more complex than it was a…

Stories from the UN Archive: Boris Karloff, leprosy and Nigeria

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Boris Karloff, leprosy and Nigeria 13 February 2024 UN Photo/Tim McKulka Residents at the Luri-Rokwe leper colony in Sudan in 2008. (file) As the world celebrates World Radio Day, marked on 13 February, we dug into the UN archives for a vintage podcast classic from 1959, when famed Frankenstein actor Boris Karloff narrated an episode describing a visit to a…

Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan 13 February 2024 © UNICEF/Annadjib Ramadane Maha A Sudanese mother and her children take refuge in a town in Chad across the border from Darfur in Sudan. Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into new areas, driving displacement and hunger while exposing…

World News in Brief: Rafah ‘slaughter’ fears, Ukraine energy system attacks, rights abuses against Syrian returnees

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Rafah ‘slaughter’ fears, Ukraine energy system attacks, rights abuses against Syrian returnees 13 February 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Palestinian children play in a classroom at a displaced shelter in Rafah city, Gaza. UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator Martin Griffith has reiterated his warning against a full-scale military assault on Rafah, where more than half of…

Gazans ‘anxious and living in fear’ of Israeli assault on Rafah, warns top UN aid official

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gazans ‘anxious and living in fear’ of Israeli assault on Rafah, warns top UN aid official 13 February 2024 © OHCHR/Media Clinic Displaced Palestinians at a temporary shelter in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. As international efforts continue to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, the head of UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinians, warned on Tuesday that those in the enclave remain deeply…

Rising hunger: UN chief identifies wars, climate chaos as aggravating factors

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rising hunger: UN chief identifies wars, climate chaos as aggravating factors 13 February 2024 © UNDP/Aurelia Rusek Ongoing violence, climate change, desertification, and tension over natural resources are all worsening hunger and poverty in Chad and across the Sahel. Countries must act now to break the deadly links between conflict, climate and food insecurity, UN Secretary-General António…

Address root causes of Ukraine war, UN official urges, as anniversary of Russian invasion approaches

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Address root causes of Ukraine war, UN official urges, as anniversary of Russian invasion approaches 12 February 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General, briefs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security. As the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches, a senior UN official on Monday voiced deep…