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Why have UN peacekeepers been in DR Congo for 65 years?

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Why have UN peacekeepers been in DR Congo for 65 years? 04 February 2025 UN Photo Units of the UN Force in the Congo (ONUC) secured positions outside the perimeter of Elisabethville in 1963. (file) Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; these recent developments in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…

Deadly attacks in eastern Aleppo highlight Syria’s vulnerability

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Deadly attacks in eastern Aleppo highlight Syria’s vulnerability 04 February 2025 © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Aftermath of shelling in Aleppo (file) The United Nations on Tuesday condemned a deadly car bomb attack in the Syrian city of Manbij that killed 20 people, mostly women, and left many others critically injured…

World News in Brief: ‘Ruthless assault on human life’ in Sudan, Gaza ceasefire must hold says relief chief, World Cancer Day

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: ‘Ruthless assault on human life’ in Sudan, Gaza ceasefire must hold says relief chief, World Cancer Day 04 February 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal Fighting in and around Sudan's El Fasher has forced many families to flee in search of safety. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan has again urged warring parties to stop targeting civilians.…

Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds 04 February 2025 © IOM/Antoine Lemonnier Haitians displaced by violence find refuge on the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Gang violence in Haiti continues to have a devastating impact on the population, according to a new report from the UN office in the country (BINUH) on human rights violations recorded…

What the UN is doing in DR Congo

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home What the UN is doing in DR Congo 04 February 2025 UN News People displaced by conflict shelter at a camp in Goma, in the eastern DRC. The current phase of fighting erupted in late January in the mineral-rich eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between government forces and the armed M23 group…

UNRWA delivers bulk of aid in Gaza as destruction mounts in West Bank

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA delivers bulk of aid in Gaza as destruction mounts in West Bank 04 February 2025 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Much of Gaza has been destroyed in the conflict. Some 30,000 residents from Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank have fled their homes after large swathes of it were destroyed in a series of controlled detonations by the Israeli security forces (ISF), the UN agency for…

US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians 04 February 2025 WFP/Rein Skullerud Distribution of Super Cereal to IDP families that are temporarily hosted in schools like the Eduardo Mondlane primary school in Beira that hosts 208 displaced families. Each family will receive a weekly ration of 21kgs UN agencies on Tuesday offered a dire assessment of the global…

West Bank violence undermining Gaza ceasefire: UNRWA

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home West Bank violence undermining Gaza ceasefire: UNRWA 03 February 2025 © UNRWA/Kazem Abu-Khalaf A child plays in front of his destroyed home in the Jenin refugee camp, West Bank. Escalating hostilities in the occupied West Bank are putting the fragile ceasefire in Gaza at risk, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, warned in a statement on Monday.…

Haiti: ‘I was deported to a country I never lived in’

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: ‘I was deported to a country I never lived in’ 03 February 2025 © IOM/Antoine Lemonnier Members of a Haitian family return from the Dominican Republic carrying the few possessions they have. Migrants who have been deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti – the two Caribbean nations that share the island of Hispaniola – have been talking to the UN about the challenges of returning…

Eastern DR Congo crisis increasing risk of mpox transmission, WHO chief warns

3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Eastern DR Congo crisis increasing risk of mpox transmission, WHO chief warns 03 February 2025 UN News Internally displaced persons (IPDs) sheltering at a camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The worsening security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced many mpox patients to flee treatment centres, increasing the risk of transmission, the UN…