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DR CONGO CRISIS: Updates as top UN official tells emergency Security Council meeting ‘we are trapped’

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home DR CONGO CRISIS: Updates as top UN official tells emergency Security Council meeting ‘we are trapped’ 26 January 2025 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire Fighting has displaced thousands of people in eastern DR Congo, with many fleeing to camps near Goma. (file) Spiralling violence and killings in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo triggered an emergency Security Council meeting Sunday…

‘We have a duty to stand against intolerance’: UN human rights chief

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We have a duty to stand against intolerance’: UN human rights chief 26 January 2025 © Unsplash/Frederick Wallace Suitcases and bags confiscated from prisoners at a concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland. On this day, 80 years ago, some 7,000 prisoners who had been left to starve in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camps were liberated by allied soldiers…

UN relocates non-critical staff from North Kivu, DR Congo

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN relocates non-critical staff from North Kivu, DR Congo 25 January 2025 UNOCHA/Francis Mweze من الأرشيف: نازحون بسبب القتال يسيرون في شوارع غوما في شرق جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية. The UN is temporarily relocating non-essential staff from Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday without interrupting its operations in the country at a time heightened security concerns…

What’s UNDOF? Why UN peacekeepers patrol the Israel-Syria border

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home What’s UNDOF? Why UN peacekeepers patrol the Israel-Syria border 25 January 2025 © UNDOF UNDOF units patrol Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights in the Israel-Syria border area year-round. More than 1,100 UN peacekeepers are currently deployed in the Golan, a demilitarised zone along the Israel-Syria border at what is a tense and dangerous time in the history of the region. But, why are the…

World News in Brief: More UN staffers detained in Yemen, education hit by climate crisis, Nigeria aid plan

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: More UN staffers detained in Yemen, education hit by climate crisis, Nigeria aid plan 24 January 2025 © UNICEF/Mohamed Yasin A girl pushes two younger children in a wheelbarrow containing jerrycans in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen. The UN has suspended all official movements by its teams into and out of Houthi-held areas of Yemen, after more UN staffers were detained on…

Global education must integrate AI, centred on humanity

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Global education must integrate AI, centred on humanity 24 January 2025 © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih Children participate in an e-learning session at the Al Seniyaa internally displaced people’s gathering site in Port Sudan. Marking the International Day of Education, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized learning as a basic human right and foundation for individual…

DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack 24 January 2025 联合国难民署/Guerchom Ndebo 人们走过刚果民主共和国东部戈马附近的流离失所者营地。 Intensifying hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo involving the non-state armed group M23 have caused further mass displacement in the mineral-rich region, with fears that the regional capital Goma could come under attack, UN agencies warned on…

UN rights office raises alarm over escalating violence in occupied West Bank

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights office raises alarm over escalating violence in occupied West Bank 24 January 2025 © UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh Members of a family flee Jenin due to an escalation of violence. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concerns over escalating violence in the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank, condemning the use of “unlawful lethal force” by Israeli security forces…

Human rights expert welcomes clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Human rights expert welcomes clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier 24 January 2025 UN News/Matt Wells Roadside trailers in The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, USA. The UN independent expert on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday welcomed the decision by outgoing US President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous leader who has spent…

Georgia: Malaria-free certification ‘a huge milestone worth marking’

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Georgia: Malaria-free certification ‘a huge milestone worth marking’ 23 January 2025 © Unsplash/Mostafa Meraji Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. The country of Georgia has been certified malaria-free following a nearly century-long fight to combat the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday.…