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African schools gear up for the AI revolution

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home African schools gear up for the AI revolution 30 January 2025 UN Women/Geno Ochieng Girls attend a robotics bootcamp in Rwanda. The widespread awareness and growing availability of low-cost tools powered by artificial intelligence is putting them on the radar of African governments and entrepreneurs keen to develop home-grown digital solutions to improving education.…

Israel’s new laws banning UNRWA already taking effect

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel’s new laws banning UNRWA already taking effect 29 January 2025 UN News Palestinians, some still sheltering in UNRWA schools, are fearful that the agency will stop providing lifesaving assistance in Gaza. Israeli legislation banning the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is due to enter into force in the coming hours, bringing fundamental changes to its operations in the Occupied…

DR Congo crisis: A public health ‘nightmare’ is unfolding, warns WHO

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo crisis: A public health ‘nightmare’ is unfolding, warns WHO 29 January 2025 © WHO/Guerchom Ndebo Patients receive treatmen for mpox in eastern DR Congo in August 2024. The violent escalation has interrupted the vital work of tracing infections to prevent community transmission. As UN agencies reported “relative calm” on Wednesday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of…

Four years after the coup, Myanmar remains on the brink

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Four years after the coup, Myanmar remains on the brink 29 January 2025 © UNICEF/Nyan Zay Htet Between 2020 and 2024, Myanmar’s gross domestic product (GDP) has contracted by nine per cent, reversing the economic progress of the previous decade. Four years after the military coup which plunged Myanmar into turmoil, the country is facing an unprecedented “polycrisis,” marked by economic…

UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment 29 January 2025 © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh A woman in Moutarwa, Cameroon, holds up an HIV test which shows a negative result. UNAIDS has welcomed Wednesday’s emergency waiver from the United States Secretary of State that will allow the continuation of life-saving HIV treatment funded by the US across 55 countries worldwide.…

From policy to progress: UN deputy chief Mohammed outlines path for Africa’s clean energy transformation

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home From policy to progress: UN deputy chief Mohammed outlines path for Africa’s clean energy transformation 29 January 2025 UN Tanzania Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed delivers remarks at the opening of the African Heads of State Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed highlighted on Tuesday the critical need for collaborative and…

Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows 29 January 2025 © WHO video The Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza has been destroyed in the conflict. As more than 423,000 displaced Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza following the opening of key roads, UN agencies are scaling up humanitarian aid and addressing the growing risks posed by…

DR Congo emergency: Next 24 hours are critical, warn UN agencies

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo emergency: Next 24 hours are critical, warn UN agencies 28 January 2025 © MONUSCO/Kevin Jordan UN police officers talk to displaced people in a camp close to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo provincial capital Goma. (file) The latest reports from Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from UN teams on the ground indicate a fast-deteriorating situation on…

DR CONGO CRISIS: Security Council hears call for ‘urgent and coordinated international action’ over Goma

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home DR CONGO CRISIS: Security Council hears call for ‘urgent and coordinated international action’ over Goma 28 January 2025 © WFP/Moses Sawasawa Une femme fuit un camp de déplacés à Goma, dans l'est de la RDC. The Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday over the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with UN agencies and partners on the…

Israel UNRWA ban will undermine Gaza ceasefire, Security Council hears

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Israel UNRWA ban will undermine Gaza ceasefire, Security Council hears 28 January 2025 © WFP Displaced Palestinians walk through the destruction in Rafah in southern Gaza. The implementation of new Israeli laws banning the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA – set to take effect on Thursday – will heighten instability and deepen despair in the occupied Palestinian territory, the Security…