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DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds

3 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds 27 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。 As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix underscored the critical state of the battle for eastern DRC’s regional capital Goma, describing the crisis as “volatile and…

UN officials call for ceasefire compliance after 15 people killed in Lebanon

3 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN officials call for ceasefire compliance after 15 people killed in Lebanon 26 January 2025 © UNICEF/Diego Ibarra Sánchez A a 5-year-old walks amongst the ruins of houses in southern Lebanon. Top UN officials in Lebanon are calling for compliance with the ongoing ceasefire after reports that Israeli forces killed 15 people, including a Lebanese soldier, along the buffer zone with Israel,…

Saints and liars: The story of American aid workers who helped Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust

3 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Saints and liars: The story of American aid workers who helped Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust 26 January 2025 © National Archives in Krakow A German policeman checks the identification papers of Jewish people in the Krakow ghetto. Poland. Circa 1941. Long before the United States entered the Second World War in December 1941, American aid workers were fanning out across territory…

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

3 months 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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…