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World News in Brief: Trafficking victims need more support, deadly risks of inactivity, executions in Iraq

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Trafficking victims need more support, deadly risks of inactivity, executions in Iraq 27 June 2024 UNICEF/Patrick Brown A man helps a woman to the shore as a boat arrives with Rohingya refugees in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (file) Victims of people-trafficking need more countries to respect international law and protect them, but thousands continue to die along…

UN mission boosts presence in Central African Republic’s conflict-stricken southeast

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN mission boosts presence in Central African Republic’s conflict-stricken southeast 27 June 2024 © MINUSCA/Herve Serefio MINUSCA peacekeepers on patrol in rural Central African Republic. The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has expanded its presence in the country’s southeast to prevent further violence in areas heavily affected by conflict and systemic issues…

Gaza: Aid constraints and health issues persist amid ongoing conflict

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid constraints and health issues persist amid ongoing conflict 27 June 2024 © UNRWA More than 1 million people have been displaced in Gaza, the majority multiple times. Delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza remains a difficult and frustrating task for UN and partner agencies as the conflict there grinds on amid intense civilian suffering…

Security Council demands Houthis cease attacks in the Red Sea

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council demands Houthis cease attacks in the Red Sea 27 June 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Security Council members vote on a resolution concerning maintenance of international peace and security on 27 June 2024. The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded that Houthi rebels in Yemen immediately cease all attacks against merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea…

Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting 27 June 2024 © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih Children is Sudan are facing widespread food insecurity. The risk of widespread famine in Sudan caused by war there was confirmed on Thursday by leading hunger experts who warned that the country faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded”, with no…

We’ll never abandon Gaza, pledges top UN aid official

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home We’ll never abandon Gaza, pledges top UN aid official 26 June 2024 © UNRWA A child waits to fill water containers in Gaza. UN aid teams and partner organizations remain deeply committed to delivering lifesaving supplies to Gazans in need despite the increasing dangers of working there, the Organization’s top aid official said on Wednesday…

World News in Brief: ICC convicts Malian extremist of war crimes, Sudan crisis update, UN Police Summit preview

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: ICC convicts Malian extremist of war crimes, Sudan crisis update, UN Police Summit preview 26 June 2024 © ICC-CPI Al Hassan during his initial appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 4 April 2018. The International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down a war crimes conviction on Wednesday against an Al Qaida-linked Malian former self-styled police chief…

From banana bread to pineapple pizzas: Women in the Philippines bake a better future

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home From banana bread to pineapple pizzas: Women in the Philippines bake a better future 26 June 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson The baking cooperative produces a range of breads and pastries. Banana bread, coconut buns and Spanish-style filled rolls are providing a cooperative of women bakers on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines with the promise of a more secure future, thanks to support…

UN hears testimony from former child soldier on brutal reality of war

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN hears testimony from former child soldier on brutal reality of war 26 June 2024 © UNICEF/Jean-Claude Wenga Young boys released from armed groups in South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, look out of a window. The UN Security Council on Wednesday heard powerful and personal testimony from a former child soldier who recounted harrowing experiences of being abducted and…

Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade 26 June 2024 OCHA/Pierre Peron A settlement in Rakhine province, northern Myanmar. (file photo) Foreign banks are allegedly helping Myanmar’s military junta acquire weapons and military supplies, facilitating a “campaign of violence and brutality” as the civil war there continues, according to an independent UN human…