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From border control to belonging: How host communities gain from empowering refugees

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home From border control to belonging: How host communities gain from empowering refugees 25 April 2025 PAHO/Karen González Abril Venezuelan refugees make their way to the Colombian border town of La Guajira. With humanitarian aid in decline, the international community must shift its focus from short-term relief efforts to inclusive policies that support both refugees and host communities…

WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza 25 April 2025 © UNICEF A woman and child walk through the rubble of Gaza. The World Food Programme (WFP) has run out of food in the Gaza Strip as Israel continues to block the entry of all humanitarian aid into the enclave, home to over two million people.…

Security Council debates precarious path forward for a new Syria

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council debates precarious path forward for a new Syria 25 April 2025 UN Photo/Mark Garten Foreign Miniser Asaad Al-Shaibani of the Syrian Arab Republic, raises the new flag of the country at the UN Headquarters in New York. Syria is undergoing a rocky transition after years of conflict and authoritarian rule. Despite tentative political progress, ongoing violence, deepening…

Ukraine: Continued Russian assaults drive civilians from frontline communities

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Continued Russian assaults drive civilians from frontline communities 25 April 2025 © Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine/Anastasiia Honcharuk Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a bombed building in Kyiv, Ukraine. As Ukrainian cities struggle to recover from this week’s deadly missile and drone strikes, frontline areas remain under relentless attack, the UN refugee…

DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi 25 April 2025 © UNHCR/Charity Nzomo The UNHCR-supported Musenyi refugee site in the south of Burundi, where refugees fleeing violence in DR Congo are being relocated. The number of desperate refugees fleeing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and seeking safety in Burundi continues to rise, placing…

Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar’s quake survivors

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar’s quake survivors 25 April 2025 © UNOCHA/Myaa Aung Thein Kyaw People shelter in a school compound in Mandalay, Myanmar following the March earthquake. One month since Myanmar’s earthquake disaster, tens of thousands of survivors still live in makeshift tents with little to protect them from pre-monsoon storms and mosquitoes…

Trust collapsing as job fears surge worldwide, warns UN

1 week 3 days ago Breadcrumb Home Trust collapsing as job fears surge worldwide, warns UN 24 April 2025 © ILO/Laetitia Dard An informal sector worker eats by the roadside in Bangkok. Billions of people around the world are living in fear of job loss or struggling to find work, as economic instability, conflict, and climate shocks combine to erode global security, a new UN report has warned…

Outrage as Russian attacks on Ukraine cities kill at least nine civilians

1 week 3 days ago Breadcrumb Home Outrage as Russian attacks on Ukraine cities kill at least nine civilians 24 April 2025 © Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine/Anastasiia Honcharuk Rescue workers search through the rubble of a bombed building in Kyiv, Ukraine. Grim details continued to emerge on Thursday in the aftermath of a wave of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other cities overnight, with early…

Gaza: Aid ban pushes civilians to the brink

1 week 3 days ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid ban pushes civilians to the brink 24 April 2025 © UNICEF The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to worsen as essentials are running out. The near two-month ban on humanitarian aid and supplies entering Gaza is driving families to the edge of survival, as critical essentials – including food, shelter and medicine – are rapidly running out…

As budgets shrink, UN Peacekeeping looks to the future

1 week 3 days ago Breadcrumb Home As budgets shrink, UN Peacekeeping looks to the future 24 April 2025 UN Photo/Jorge Aramburu A German UN peacekeeper carries out his duties on a ship in Lebanon in 2007. With just weeks to go before a key ministerial meeting in Berlin, the UN and Germany have reaffirmed their commitment to peacekeeping – a vital tool for global stability that must now adapt to dwindling resources…