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First Person: Caught in the crossfire in Sudan

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Caught in the crossfire in Sudan 08 May 2023 Raghuveer Sharma Raghuveer Sharma said he felt relieved when he saw the Indian Army at Port Sudan. "We felt an immense sense of relief that our lives may be saved.” Amid the ongoing deadly power struggle between the top military leaders of Sudan, evacuations have begun, including as part of India’s Operation Kaveri, which has…

UN calls on Taliban to end corporal punishment in Afghanistan

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN calls on Taliban to end corporal punishment in Afghanistan 08 May 2023 UN Photo/Fardin Waezi On the streets of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (file) The use of corporal punishment by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan runs counter to international law and must stop, the UN Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA), said on Monday…

Countries must forge ‘Global Blue Deal’ to protect the ocean: UNCTAD

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Countries must forge ‘Global Blue Deal’ to protect the ocean: UNCTAD 08 May 2023 Coral Reef Image Bank/Michele Roux A turtle swims in the ocean in Martinique in the Caribbean. The ocean can provide vast opportunities for developing countries to build more innovative and resilient economies, but climate change, pollution and overfishing threaten the livelihoods of some three billion people…

Sudan crisis: Guterres condemns looting of main WFP compound in Khartoum

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis: Guterres condemns looting of main WFP compound in Khartoum 08 May 2023 © WFP/Mohamed Elamin WFP warehouses in Port Sudan are being stocked with food commodities for emergency distribution. The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the looting of the World Food Programme’s (WFP) main offices in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, over the weekend, describing it as “…

UN Forum on Forests: 5 things you need to know

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Forum on Forests: 5 things you need to know 08 May 2023 UN Photo/Mark Garten Calm sets in following a rainstorm in a forest in New York State. The sustainable management of the world’s forests takes centre stage at the UN Forum on Forests, which opened on Monday at UN Headquarters in New York. Stakeholders from across the world, from Member States to civil society partners, will gather to…

Mali: Ban slavery by law, say top rights experts

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Mali: Ban slavery by law, say top rights experts 08 May 2023 UN Photo/Marco Dormino Children carry wood on a street in Timbuktu, North of Mali.   The existence of slavery by descent in Mali continues to generate horrific human rights violations including torture, kidnapping and rape, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Monday…

Almost $15 billion needed for earthquake recovery in Syria

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Almost $15 billion needed for earthquake recovery in Syria 08 May 2023 © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Buildings in Idlib, Syria, have been damaged by the earthquake which struck the region. Syria needs almost $15 billion to recover following the devastating February earthquakes, according to a new UN assessment report launched on Monday in the Lebanese capital, Beirut…

First person: Surviving abuse to help Eswatini’s neglected children

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home First person: Surviving abuse to help Eswatini’s neglected children 07 May 2023 © WFP/Theresa Piorr Children at a WFP-supported Neighbourhood Care Point in Eswatini Siphiwe Nxumalo, a World Food Programme (WFP) volunteer in Eswatini returned to her home country after completing her studies in neighbouring South Africa to help orphans and vulnerable children, struggling with poverty and…

First Person: The young leader bringing clean power to Tanzanian villages

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: The young leader bringing clean power to Tanzanian villages 06 May 2023 Gibson Kawago Gibson Kawago class of 2022 Young Leaders for SDGs working in his workshop where he recycles and re-uses used laptop batteries. Born in a Tanzanian village with no electricity, Gibson Kawago, decided to start a business producing off-grid clean electricity for communities like his own. His…

UN chief calls for bolstered efforts to end violence in Great Lakes region

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief calls for bolstered efforts to end violence in Great Lakes region 06 May 2023 UN Burundi United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, speaking at the 11th high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region At a time when more than 100 armed groups are plaguing…