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World News in Brief: UNRWA staffer killed in Gaza, Central African Republic update, terror in Türkiye, journalists face financial reprisals

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UNRWA staffer killed in Gaza, Central African Republic update, terror in Türkiye, journalists face financial reprisals 23 October 2024 © UNOCHA UN agencies operating in Gaza City in May 2024. (file) A strike in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip has led to death of at least one staff member of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Wednesday…

UNICEF: 85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile, conflict-affected areas

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF: 85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile, conflict-affected areas 23 October 2024 © WHO A child receives the polio vaccine in Gaza. Countries facing conflict, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are struggling to provide routine childhood immunisations leaving many children vulnerable to the resurgence of polio, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned…

Gaza: War has set Palestine’s development back nearly 70 years

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: War has set Palestine’s development back nearly 70 years 22 October 2024 © UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh أطفال وعائلاتهم يفرون من منازلهم، ويسيرون بين أنقاض الطرق والمباني المدمرة في مخيم جنين للاجئين، شمال الضفة الغربية في وقت سابق. The impact of the year-long war in Gaza and escalations in the West Bank has set development in the State of Palestine back by about 69 years, according to a new…

‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief says

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief says 22 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden The access of UN-coordinated humanitarian deliveries to northern Gaza has been largely denied over the past months, leaving people with very limited means to survive. The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA appealed on Tuesday for an immediate truce in northern Gaza in a social…

Ukraine: Population drops by 10 million since Russia invaded in 2014, UNFPA reports

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Population drops by 10 million since Russia invaded in 2014, UNFPA reports 22 October 2024 © UNFPA/Mihail Kalarashan The birth rate in Ukraine is the lowest in Europe. (file) A deepening demographic crisis is roiling Ukraine, exacerbated by Russia’s full-scale invasion, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, said on Tuesday, underscoring an urgent need for…

WFP delivers life-saving aid to one million people in Burkina Faso

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home WFP delivers life-saving aid to one million people in Burkina Faso 22 October 2024 © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh A child waits for a malnutrition screening session in Northern Burkina Faso. (file) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached a significant milestone in its humanitarian response in Burkina Faso, according to a report released on Tuesday. …

UN renews call to protect civilians as deadly Israeli strike hits close to key Beirut hospital

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN renews call to protect civilians as deadly Israeli strike hits close to key Beirut hospital 22 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir and Ramzi Haidar Southern suburbs of Beirut following recent Israeli airstrikes. The UN’s top human rights official on Tuesday urged an immediate halt to hostilities in Lebanon following an overnight Israeli airstrike near a major hospital in Beirut that…

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Gangs ‘spreading terror and fear’ across Haiti

6 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Gangs ‘spreading terror and fear’ across Haiti 22 October 2024 © WFP Haiti Haiti is facing unprecedented emergency levels of hunger. (file) The UN Security Council on Tuesday heard briefings from top officials on the Haiti crisis and although gangs continue spreading terror and fear there is a "glimmer of hope" that stability can return to the Caribbean island nation…

Guterres ‘unequivocally condemns’ continued civilian deaths in Gaza

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres ‘unequivocally condemns’ continued civilian deaths in Gaza 21 October 2024 UN Israeli forces struck tents sheltering displaced civilians near Al-Aqsa Hospital, in an area where people from northern Gaza were told to relocate. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday condemned the “continued and widespread” loss of life across Gaza, including Israeli strikes on a…

The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake 21 October 2024 © Unsplash/James Wainscoat Close-up of a hummingbird near flower. The UN biodiversity summit known as COP16 officially opened in Colombia on Monday, and hopes are high that negotiating countries can agree on a path forward to safeguarding the planet…