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DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’ 27 March 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A woman in South Kivu province, DR Congo, is given a mobile phone by UNICEF so she can receive cash transfers to support her family. Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the end of recent elections, UN Special…

World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia 27 March 2024 © UNICEF/Oleksii Filippov A school in Kharkiv, Ukraine, destroyed by shelling (February 2024) The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine said on Wednesday that she was “shocked and appalled by the horrifying reports” of civilians, including small…

First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur 27 March 2024 © WFP/Jacques David Food is distributed to Sudanese refugees in Koufron, Chad. A former UN staff member who worked for a decade in Sudan’s Darfur region for the African Union-United Nations mission, UNAMID, has told UN News how she had to “avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets” as she fled for…

Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action 27 March 2024 UN video Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a Canadian environmental activist and writer. “What you do makes me cry at night,” 13-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki told the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil in a message that resonates today as the world grapples with climate change…

Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza 26 March 2024 UN Human Rights Council/Sérine Meradji Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, makes remarks at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israel is committing genocide against…

UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces 26 March 2024 © UNICEF/Pashkina Buildings destroyed by shelling in Izyum, Ukraine. (file) The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) issued a new report on Tuesday, revealing a surge in credible allegations of torture and executions of captured Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) at the hands of…

World News in Brief: Malnutrition crisis risk grows in Haiti, clashes in DR Congo, peacebuilding in Colombia

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Malnutrition crisis risk grows in Haiti, clashes in DR Congo, peacebuilding in Colombia 26 March 2024 © UNICEF/Herold Joseph The crisis in Haiti is taking a toll on health care facilities in the country. An alarming surge in armed violence in areas of Haiti is heightening the risk of a malnutrition crisis in the country, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on…

Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight 26 March 2024 © WHO/Christopher Black Children are being treated in a temporary field hospital in Mouraj, a neighbourhood in the south of the Gaza Strip. Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number of children killed overnight” and…

IOM report: 1 in 3 migrant deaths occurs in transit while fleeing conflict

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home IOM report: 1 in 3 migrant deaths occurs in transit while fleeing conflict 26 March 2024 © UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson Volunteers help refugees arriving on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. (file) One in three migrant deaths happens while people flee conflict, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday. More than two in three migrants whose deaths have been…

UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’ 26 March 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe A wide view of the Security Council as it holds a procedural vote on the agenda of the meeting. On the screen is Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland. The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Tuesday issued a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian…