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World News in Brief: Sand and dust storm scourge, Mali humanitarian update, moving education online

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Sand and dust storm scourge, Mali humanitarian update, moving education online 12 July 2024 © WMO/Abenezer Israel Local people walk in South Gondar in the Ethiopian Amhara region. Dust levels worldwide decreased slightly in 2023 the UN’s weather and climate agency said on Friday, but they are still well above the long-term average in the worst-hit areas…

Srebrenica genocide: Mothers send warning to future generations, urging ‘never again’

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Srebrenica genocide: Mothers send warning to future generations, urging ‘never again’ 11 July 2024 ICTY/Isabella Tan Hui Huang Items recovered in a warehouse in the former Yugoslavia where men and boys were held, were used as evidence in trials at the ICTY. The UN on Thursday observed the first International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica, honouring…

Gaza: WHO chief highlights health risks of latest evacuation orders

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: WHO chief highlights health risks of latest evacuation orders 11 July 2024 © UNICEF/Abdulrahman Subieh A young girl who lost her parents and siblings in a missile strike on their house is learning to walk again following the amputation of her leg. More Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza are further threatening the health of people in the embattled enclave, the Director-General of the…

World News in Brief: Concern mounts over fate of El Fasher, call for consensus over South Sudan elections, indigenous rights in Brazil

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Concern mounts over fate of El Fasher, call for consensus over South Sudan elections, indigenous rights in Brazil 11 July 2024 © UNICEF/Mohamed Zakaria Children shelter in the shade in Tambasi centre in El Fasher, North Darfur. UN humanitarians “remain gravely concerned” over the daily fighting that continues to rage in and around the Sudanese city of El Fasher, UN…

Insecurity main obstacle to realizing Colombia Peace Agreement, Security Council hears

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Insecurity main obstacle to realizing Colombia Peace Agreement, Security Council hears 11 July 2024 UNVMC Youth leaders from the Pacific Coast of Colombia hold up a sign in Spanish which reads 'peace.' (file) Although substantial progress has been made in implementing important aspects of the Peace Agreement in Colombia, challenges still remain, the head of the UN Mission in the…

UN chief calls for ‘dramatic shift’ to transform education worldwide

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief calls for ‘dramatic shift’ to transform education worldwide 11 July 2024 © UNICEF Chad/Annadjib Ramadane Young women study at a centre in Bol in Chad. The global crisis in education needs a “dramatic shift” to shape a more peaceful, sustainable and just world, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday…

Growing or shrinking? What the latest trends tell us about the world’s population

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Growing or shrinking? What the latest trends tell us about the world’s population 11 July 2024 © Unsplash/Shashank Hudkar The global population reached nearly 8.2 billion in mid-2024 and is expected to continue to grow until the latter half of this century. The global population reached nearly 8.2 billion by mid-2024 and is expected to grow by another two billion over the next 60 years,…

General Assembly demands immediate end to Russian aggression in Ukraine

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home General Assembly demands immediate end to Russian aggression in Ukraine 11 July 2024 © IAEA/Fredrik Dahl Water is used to cool processes at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The UN General Assembly on Thursday demanded that Russia immediately cease its aggression against Ukraine and unconditionally withdraw all military forces from Ukrainian territory…

Schools ‘bombed-out’ in latest Gaza escalation, says UNRWA chief

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Schools ‘bombed-out’ in latest Gaza escalation, says UNRWA chief 10 July 2024 © UNRWA A bombed-out school provides some shelter to a family in Khan Younis, Gaza. Amid reports of intensified heavy shelling in north, central and southern Gaza, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, confirmed on Wednesday that schools-turned-shelters have been “bombed-out” as a result of…

WHO prequalifies first self-test kit for Hepatitis C virus

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home WHO prequalifies first self-test kit for Hepatitis C virus 10 July 2024 Unsplash/Diana Polekhina Hepatitis C disproportionately affects marginalized groups including people who inject drugs. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that it has prequalified the first self-test for the hepatitis C virus (HCV), thus accelerating efforts towards elimination of the viral…