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Sudan situation ‘absolutely devastating’ as UN ramps up food aid

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan situation ‘absolutely devastating’ as UN ramps up food aid 25 April 2025 © WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei Emergency assistance is distributed to people in Port Sudan who fled conflict in other parts of Sudan. The situation in western Sudan is “shocking” and people in the capital, Khartoum face “absolutely devastating” conditions according to a senior UN official in the African country…

UN Security Council condemns Jammu and Kashmir terror attack

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home UN Security Council condemns Jammu and Kashmir terror attack 25 April 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe A wide view of the Security Council Chamber. (file photo) The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday that killed at least 26 tourists and left many more injured, calling for accountability and international cooperation to bring the…

From border control to belonging: How host communities gain from empowering refugees

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home From border control to belonging: How host communities gain from empowering refugees 25 April 2025 PAHO/Karen González Abril Venezuelan refugees make their way to the Colombian border town of La Guajira. With humanitarian aid in decline, the international community must shift its focus from short-term relief efforts to inclusive policies that support both refugees and host communities…

WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza 25 April 2025 © UNICEF A woman and child walk through the rubble of Gaza. The World Food Programme (WFP) has run out of food in the Gaza Strip as Israel continues to block the entry of all humanitarian aid into the enclave, home to over two million people.…

Security Council debates precarious path forward for a new Syria

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council debates precarious path forward for a new Syria 25 April 2025 UN Photo/Mark Garten Foreign Miniser Asaad Al-Shaibani of the Syrian Arab Republic, raises the new flag of the country at the UN Headquarters in New York. Syria is undergoing a rocky transition after years of conflict and authoritarian rule. Despite tentative political progress, ongoing violence, deepening…

Ukraine: Continued Russian assaults drive civilians from frontline communities

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Continued Russian assaults drive civilians from frontline communities 25 April 2025 © Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine/Anastasiia Honcharuk Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a bombed building in Kyiv, Ukraine. As Ukrainian cities struggle to recover from this week’s deadly missile and drone strikes, frontline areas remain under relentless attack, the UN refugee…

DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi 25 April 2025 © UNHCR/Charity Nzomo The UNHCR-supported Musenyi refugee site in the south of Burundi, where refugees fleeing violence in DR Congo are being relocated. The number of desperate refugees fleeing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and seeking safety in Burundi continues to rise, placing…

Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar’s quake survivors

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar’s quake survivors 25 April 2025 © UNOCHA/Myaa Aung Thein Kyaw People shelter in a school compound in Mandalay, Myanmar following the March earthquake. One month since Myanmar’s earthquake disaster, tens of thousands of survivors still live in makeshift tents with little to protect them from pre-monsoon storms and mosquitoes…

Trust collapsing as job fears surge worldwide, warns UN

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Trust collapsing as job fears surge worldwide, warns UN 24 April 2025 © ILO/Laetitia Dard An informal sector worker eats by the roadside in Bangkok. Billions of people around the world are living in fear of job loss or struggling to find work, as economic instability, conflict, and climate shocks combine to erode global security, a new UN report has warned…

Outrage as Russian attacks on Ukraine cities kill at least nine civilians

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Outrage as Russian attacks on Ukraine cities kill at least nine civilians 24 April 2025 © Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine/Anastasiia Honcharuk Rescue workers search through the rubble of a bombed building in Kyiv, Ukraine. Grim details continued to emerge on Thursday in the aftermath of a wave of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other cities overnight, with early…