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Haiti: Millions of lives on the brink amid multiple crises

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Millions of lives on the brink amid multiple crises 22 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A UN staff member provides medical care to a displaced woman and children. Years of underfunding of humanitarian aid and increasing needs have put millions of Haitians at risk of chronic vulnerability, according to a newly released UN report…

UN migration agency issues $18.5 million appeal to prepare for mpox ‘surge’

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN migration agency issues $18.5 million appeal to prepare for mpox ‘surge’ 21 August 2024 © ЮНИСЕФ Эфиопия/М. Айен Ребека Гринспен: «Повышение устойчивости позволит Африке воспользоваться многочисленными возможностями, открывающимися перед ней в будущем». The spread of mpox across the Horn, eastern and southern Africa has increased the risk of infection for migrants who need “crucial”…

Gaza: Latest evacuation orders leave civilians dangerously close to frontline

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Latest evacuation orders leave civilians dangerously close to frontline 21 August 2024 © WHO/Ahmed Zakot Ten months into the war, many Gazans continue to face the daily challenge of fetching clean water, amid repeated evacuation orders. “Continuous” Israeli military evacuation orders in Gaza threaten already extremely vulnerable people in the enclave with further forced displacement,…

World News in Brief: Sudan aid breakthrough, rights in Afghanistan, Myanmar displacement continues

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Sudan aid breakthrough, rights in Afghanistan, Myanmar displacement continues 21 August 2024 © WFP/Sylvain Barral Trucks carrying vital food supplies cross the border from Chad into Sudan via Adre. The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan’s Darfur region have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened this week by the Sudanese…

‘Break the cycle of violence’ through prevention and peacebuilding, Security Council told

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Break the cycle of violence’ through prevention and peacebuilding, Security Council told 21 August 2024 UN Photo/Santiago Puentes Viana A tribute to victims of the conflict in Colombia is displayed on the floor of a building. Violence cost the world nearly $20 trillion last year, but investment in peace and conflict prevention has been steadily decreasing, a senior UN official told the…

Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health emergency

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Mpox: What you need to know about the latest public health emergency 20 August 2024 © WHO/Katson Maliro Renforcer la réponse pour enrayer la progression de l'épidémie de Mpox dans la région africaine. The swift spread of a new virulent strain of the mpox virus across Africa triggered the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it once again a public health emergency of…

Europe can defeat mpox, must support Africa in getting vaccines: WHO

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Europe can defeat mpox, must support Africa in getting vaccines: WHO 20 August 2024 © WHO/Khaled Mostafa A single-dose of the mpox vaccine. Mpox is “not the ‘new COVID’” and European governments need to show strong political commitment to eliminate it, while standing in solidarity with Africa, a top official of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday…

UN chief highlights ‘unimaginable grief’ stemming from terror attacks

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief highlights ‘unimaginable grief’ stemming from terror attacks 20 August 2024 UN Photo/Stuart Price The skyline beyond the northern suburbs of Mogadishu is seen through a bullet hole in the window of a hotel in Somalia. The UN Secretary-General has paid tribute to victims and survivors of terrorism just ahead of the international day which spotlights the issue each year…

World News in Brief: Ukraine alert over new attacks, more Nicaragua NGO closures, disinformation in DRC

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Ukraine alert over new attacks, more Nicaragua NGO closures, disinformation in DRC 20 August 2024 © WHO Ukraine's health system has been devastated by the war. The UN’s top humanitarian official in Ukraine on Tuesday condemned “yet another attack" carried out by Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region…

Status quo ‘not sustainable’ in increasingly unstable Libya, Security Council hears

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Status quo ‘not sustainable’ in increasingly unstable Libya, Security Council hears 20 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Sebastian Brandt A boy walks through a neighbourhood of Tripoli, Libya's capital. Recent “unilateral acts” by rival sides in Libya have led to a rapid deterioration in political and economic stability coupled with rising insecurity, a senior UN official in the country told the…