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Trafficking in the Sahel: Muzzling the illicit arms trade

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Trafficking in the Sahel: Muzzling the illicit arms trade 10 June 2023 UNREC The Government of Togo and the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) destroyed 2,000 seized and obsolete weapons and 10,000 rounds of ammunition to mark the International Day of Peace. Shoppers in Mali’s Gao, Timbuktu, and Ménaka regions can snap up AK-pattern assault rifles for $750 and…

Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office 09 June 2023 UNDP Sudan People fleeing conflict in Sudan wait at a bus station in Khartoum. Warring parties in Sudan must do more to protect civilians caught up in the conflict, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, in response to recent deadly attacks and ongoing violations.…

Ukraine flood disaster: needs grow as long-term impacts loom

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine flood disaster: needs grow as long-term impacts loom 09 June 2023 © UNOCHA Five trucks delivered aid to Bilozerka, one of the communities worst-affected by the floods caused by the Kakhovka Dam blast in Ukraine. The humanitarian situation following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine is still a “moving target”, immediate needs are “huge”, and concerns are rising for what…

UN suspends food assistance as Ethiopia wrestles with aid diversions

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN suspends food assistance as Ethiopia wrestles with aid diversions 09 June 2023 © WFP/Melese Awoke Wheat is loaded onto a truck heading to the Somali region in Ethiopia. Amid media reports of widespread theft of aid deliveries in Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Friday the immediate temporary suspension of food assistance to the country…

Arrests and hate speech target Baha’i minority in Yemen

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Arrests and hate speech target Baha’i minority in Yemen 09 June 2023 © UNESCO/Francesco Bandarin The Old City of Sana’a, Yemen, World Heritage site. The UN rights office (OHCHR) sounded the alarm on Friday over the detention in Yemen’s capital Sana’a of followers of the minority Baha’i faith - and a subsequent sermon by a leading cleric targeting them and other religious groups…

Central African Republic: Tanzanian peacekeepers to be repatriated following abuse allegations

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Central African Republic: Tanzanian peacekeepers to be repatriated following abuse allegations 09 June 2023 Фото МИНУСКА/Л.Гроте Миротворцы ООН патрулируют район на северо-западе ЦАР The UN on Friday announced that following serious allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse, an entire unit of 60 peacekeepers from Tanzania formerly based in the western part of the Central African Republic…

UN strongly condemns attack on peacekeepers in Mali, which leaves one dead

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN strongly condemns attack on peacekeepers in Mali, which leaves one dead 09 June 2023 MINUSMA/Fred Fath Peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in Mali on a long-distance patrol between Gao and Ansongo. (file) The UN has strongly condemned an attack on a peacekeeping patrol in Mali which left one ‘blue helmet’ from Burkina Faso dead and eight others with serious injuries…

‘We stand by you’ declares UN relief chief, outlining emergency plan for Ukraine dam disaster

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We stand by you’ declares UN relief chief, outlining emergency plan for Ukraine dam disaster 09 June 2023 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, is interviewed by UN News. Plans to help the people of Ukraine following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam are centred on saving people “right now”, UN…

Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert 08 June 2023 © UNICEF/Suman Paul Himu A Rohingya family stand outside their home in a refugee camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Bangladesh must “immediately suspend” a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, where they face “serious risks” to their lives and freedom, a UN-appointed…

From the Field: Boosting ocean literacy

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home From the Field: Boosting ocean literacy 08 June 2023 © Henley Spiers Marine biologists tend to a coral nursery at COMO Cocoa Island, Maldives. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the annual World Oceans Day Photo Competition, a new exhibit is making a splash now through 14 July at UN Headquarters to promote a better understanding of Earth’s invaluable bodies of water…