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‘Alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo 08 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Great Lakes region. The situation in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, in particular the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has remained “alarming” amid ongoing…

UN rights chief warns of ‘widespread and systematic’ torture of Ukrainian POWs

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief warns of ‘widespread and systematic’ torture of Ukrainian POWs 08 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Dmytro Filipskyy Debris is cleared following an attack on in Kharkiv City on 22 September 2024, As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its 1,000-day mark, the UN’s top human rights official reiterated his call for Russia to cease its attack immediately and comply with its…

Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change: WMO

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change: WMO 07 October 2024 © UNICEF/Faisal Magray A group of women fill water pots and containers in Barki village, located in the Karauli district of Rajasthan, India. The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO…

UN officials remember brutal 7 October attacks, reiterate need for peace

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN officials remember brutal 7 October attacks, reiterate need for peace 07 October 2024 © Magen David Adom Israel In southern Israel rescue workers stand in a street which has suffered significant damage. Senior officials from across the UN system underscored the need for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and across the wider region, in statements marking one year since the brutal 7…

WHO highlights mental health crisis facing Israel’s frontline workers a year after 7 October attack

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO highlights mental health crisis facing Israel’s frontline workers a year after 7 October attack 07 October 2024 © WHO Dr. Michel Thieren (right), WHO Special Representative in Israel, talks to medical staff on his visit to the Barzilai Medical Centre in Ashkelon.. As the world remembers the Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel exactly one year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO)…

Sudan: ‘Children should be safe everywhere’, says UNICEF, as fears grow for El Fasher

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: ‘Children should be safe everywhere’, says UNICEF, as fears grow for El Fasher 07 October 2024 Zam Zam ERR Les familles du camp de Zamzam se rassemblent pour recevoir un repas fourni par la salle d'intervention d'urgence du camp. The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, voiced deep concern on Monday over the siege of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur, where continued clashes…

Gazans in the north trapped with nowhere to go, as fighting intensifies

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gazans in the north trapped with nowhere to go, as fighting intensifies 07 October 2024 © WHO Two rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and September 2024 across the Gaza Strip. UN humanitarians have warned that conditions in northern Gaza are deteriorating rapidly, with over 400,000 people facing Israeli evacuation orders amid ongoing…

WHO calls for action to halt rise in hearing loss in Africa

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO calls for action to halt rise in hearing loss in Africa 07 October 2024 © WHO/Blink Media/Gareth Bentley Ear and hearing care in a clinic in Zambia. The number of people in Africa living with hearing loss could rise to 54 million by 2030, up from 40 million today, unless urgent measures are taken, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published on Monday.…

A letter from a mother in Gaza: Hardships, heartbreak and hope

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home A letter from a mother in Gaza: Hardships, heartbreak and hope 06 October 2024 © UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic A mother with her newborn on the rubble of their bombed home in Khan Younis. (file) ‘‘This story doesn’t start from day one. It starts from nine months ago – the day I learned I was going to be a mother…

Lebanon: UNHCR chief issues urgent aid appeal to stem humanitarian catastrophe

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: UNHCR chief issues urgent aid appeal to stem humanitarian catastrophe 06 October 2024 © WHO A flight with medical supplies arrives in Beirut, Lebanon. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the “humanitarian catastrophe” now engulfing Lebanon following a massive escalation in Israeli airstrikes and a “limited” ground invasion…