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Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council 20 March 2024 © UNOCHA/Ala Kheir Millions of people have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan due to the ongoing conflict. Eleven months of brutal fighting is driving a hunger crisis in Sudan, with some areas likely to experience catastrophic levels of food insecurity by the lean season in May, the UN Security…

First Person: Water key to cultivating financial independence in southern Madagascar

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Water key to cultivating financial independence in southern Madagascar 20 March 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Women farmers in southern Madagascar work their irrigated field of maize. Women in one of the poorest parts of rural Madagascar are growing their financial independence from men by cultivating village land and selling their produce…

Indonesia leads the way in taming forest fires

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Indonesia leads the way in taming forest fires 20 March 2024 © UN Indonesia Fires in Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Biosphere reserve, Riau, Indonesia. Some 70 million hectares of forest are affected by fires each year, causing huge environmental and economic damage. On the International Day of Forests, marked on 21 March, we look at how an innovative UN-led initiative in Indonesia is…

World News in Brief: Dignity and justice key to end evil of racial discrimination, methane emissions update, Mpox latest, peacebuilding boost

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Dignity and justice key to end evil of racial discrimination, methane emissions update, Mpox latest, peacebuilding boost 20 March 2024 Unsplash/Clay Banks With 321 million francophones around the globe, diversity is at the heart of La Francophonie. Racism is “an evil infecting countries and societies around the world” the UN chief has said in his message marking the…

Children of Gaza spread joy for Ramadan, despite the war

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Children of Gaza spread joy for Ramadan, despite the war 19 March 2024 © UNRWA A boy in a market during Ramadan in Gaza. Clusters of tents are cobbled together with any available fabric, plastic and wood, as Ramadan decorations, lamps and lanterns illuminate a crowded camp of displaced people in central Gaza, spreading a ray of hope amid the rubble of war…

Hong Kong: Rushed adoption of new security law a ‘regressive step’ - UN rights chief

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Hong Kong: Rushed adoption of new security law a ‘regressive step’ - UN rights chief 19 March 2024 Unsplash/Monica Dorame Temple Street night market, Hong Kong, China. The accelerated adoption of a national security bill in Hong Kong represents “a regressive step” for human rights there, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday. …

Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warn

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warn 19 March 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba في مارس 2024، أوصلت اليونيسف وشركاؤها 23 حضانة لمستشفيات في رفح- جنوب غزة. UN humanitarians reiterated their resolve on Tuesday to help the people of Gaza, where increasing numbers of children are on “the brink of death” from acute hunger, caused by five months of intense Israeli…

UN rights expert urges global action to halt Myanmar junta atrocities

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights expert urges global action to halt Myanmar junta atrocities 19 March 2024 © UNICEF/Minzayar Oo Rains lash an internally displaced persons camp in northern Myanmar. (file) The UN independent human rights expert on Myanmar called on the international community on Tuesday to take strong, coordinated action to protect civilians from ongoing atrocities committed by the military junta’s…

Haiti: Aid efforts continue amid violence and volatility

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Aid efforts continue amid violence and volatility 19 March 2024 WFP A plane passes over Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. Humanitarians continue to deliver aid in Haiti, where the situation in the capital, Port-au-Prince, remains tense and volatile in the face of escalating gang violence and political instability.…

Records smashed – new WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest so far

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Records smashed – new WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest so far 19 March 2024 © WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud Rising sea levels are causing the regular flooding of homes in Bangladesh. Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, ice cover and glacier retreat, a new global report issued by the UN weather agency (…