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UN And African Union Vow Closer Action For Peace And Development
Sunday, 16 November 2025, 5:18 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General called on Wednesday for action to prioritize Africa, urging the world not to turn its back on the continent. More >>
Families In Sudan ‘Running Out Of Time’ As Hunger Spreads
Sunday, 16 November 2025, 5:16 pm | UN News
More than 21 million people in Sudan, 45 per cent of the population, are not getting enough to eat as the war between rival militaries continues, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). More >>
Ukraine: UN Condemns Latest Deadly Attack Targeting Civilians In Kyiv
Sunday, 16 November 2025, 5:15 pm | UN News
Several civilians were killed and many others injured, including children, in a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine’s capital and the wider Kyiv region early on Friday. More >>
Ethiopia: UN Supports Response To Potentially Deadly Virus Outbreak
Sunday, 16 November 2025, 5:14 pm | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Ethiopia as the country faces a suspected viral haemorraghic fever outbreak in the south, the UN agency said on Thursday. More >>
Gaza: War Has Made Children Violent, Sad And Bereft
Sunday, 16 November 2025, 5:13 pm | UN News
More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying signs of aggressive behaviour linked to more than two years of war between Hamas and Israel, welfare agencies have reported. More >>
Sudan: Migration Chief Hears Horrific Accounts Of Exodus From El Fasher
Sunday, 16 November 2025, 5:12 pm | UN News
Some 90,000 people have been displaced following the fall of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur - with another 50,000 fleeing violence in the Kordofans, according to the UN migration chief. More >>
Indigenous Protesters Block COP30 Entrance, Demand Action From Brazilian Government
Saturday, 15 November 2025, 2:43 pm | UN News
Around 90 Indigenous people from the Munduruku Indigenous group staged a peaceful protest early Friday, blocking the main entrance to the Blue Zone – the restricted area set aside for negotiators – at COP30 in Belém. More >>
Security Council Lays The Ground In The Race For The Next Secretary-General
Saturday, 15 November 2025, 2:39 pm | UN News
The UN Security Council met on Friday for its annual debate over how it operates – including the process to select the next Secretary-General in 2026. More >>
From Haiti To Ethiopia: Voices Of Climate Displacement At COP30
Friday, 14 November 2025, 3:39 pm | UN News
Floods, heatwaves, droughts and storms are forcing millions from their homes every year. But experts warn that in the not-so-distant future, entire nations could disappear beneath rising seas or become uninhabitable through drought. More >>
‘A Wave Of Truth’: COP30 Targets Disinformation Threat To Climate Action
Friday, 14 November 2025, 2:57 pm | UN News
The declaration, unveiled under the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change, calls for concrete steps to dismantle networks of climate lies and shield evidence-based voices from harassment and attacks. More >>
Latest Deadly Shipwreck Highlights Need For Safer Migration
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 7:54 pm | UN News
Forty-two people are missing and presumed dead following a shipwreck off Libya – the latest fatal crossing in the Central Mediterranean, where more than 1,000 lives have been lost this year. More >>
Safeguarding Clean Water Access As Climate Threats Rise
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 8:47 pm | UN News
As health emergencies multiply linked to the climate crisis, govts are joining forces with the UN to protect access to clean water, while data indicates that 118 million people in Europe alone live near healthcare facilities lacking basic sanitation. More >>
‘Worrying Reports’ Continue Of Abductions And Disappearances In Syria
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 8:44 pm | UN News
Nearly 100 people in Syria have been abducted or forcibly disappeared since January, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, calling for greater accountability from the authorities. More >>
In Brazil, Guterres Calls For ‘fair, Fast And Final’ Shift To Clean Energy
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 6:15 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is continuing his campaign to accelerate the global switch from fossil fuels to clean energy – “the cheapest source of new electricity in nearly every country.” More >>
From Pledges To Action: Leaders Push For Faster Climate Progress At COP30
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 3:36 pm | UN News
COP30 opened in Belém on Monday with a clear message: the era of half-measures is over. Climate change is here, devastating communities and driving up costs, but solutions are within reach. More >>
Sudan War: Women Endure Starvation, Rape And Bombs Fleeing El Fasher
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 1:07 pm | UN News
In war-torn Sudan, rape is likely being used as a weapon of war and simply being a woman there is “a strong predictor” of hunger, violence and death, the UN’s gender equality agency warned on Tuesday. More >>
Trapped Behind Bars: Reforming Haiti’s Broken Detention System
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 1:00 pm | UN News
Fifty-two prisoners have died in Haiti’s overcrowded prisons between July and September this year in conditions that have been described by the United Nations as “inhuman and degrading.” More >>
Stakes Rise For South Sudan: What’s Happening, And Why It Matters
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 12:54 pm | UN News
South Sudan is entering a period of rising instability marked by political polarisation, renewed armed clashes, and severe humanitarian strain, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Tuesday. More >>
Illicit Weapons Fuelling Conflicts Worldwide, Officials Warn
Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 6:17 pm | UN News
The world is facing a cross-border “chain of violence” driven by small arms and light weapons, UN disarmament and law enforcement officials told the Security Council on Monday. More >>
Battlefields To Wastelands: UN Warns Conflicts Are Destroying Ecosystems Worldwide
Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 6:01 pm | UN News
From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it has also devastated natural resources such as water systems, farmland and forests. More >>
