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UN Forum On People Of African Descent Examines Reparations And AI Challenge
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:52 am | UN News
The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on Monday at United Nations Headquarters in New York. More >>
Thousands Of Gaza Patients Waiting For Urgent Medical Evacuation
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:44 am | UN News
The Israeli bombardment of Al-Ahli, a Gaza City hospital, has put even more pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the delivery of aid and movement of humanitarian workers is highly restricted by the ... More >>
World News In Brief: Gaza Aid Crisis Worsens, South Sudan Clashes, Ecuador Oil Spill Update
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:32 am | UN News
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is now likely the worst it has been in the 18 months since the outbreak of hostilities, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, reported on Monday. More >>
How Is The Sudanese Civil War Destabilising Neighbouring Countries?
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:23 am | UN News
Since April 2023, Sudan, the third-largest country in Africa, has been embroiled in war, as a brutal battle between government forces and a powerful paramilitary group has exacerbated the nation’s existing crises, including political instability ... More >>
Millions Displaced, Health System In Ruins As Sudan War Fuels Famine
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:52 am | UN News
More than 12.4 million people have been forced from their homes across Sudan – including over 3.3 million refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries – as two years of civil war fuel famine, disease outbreaks and the collapse of the health ... More >>
Sudan War Has Created Suffering Of ‘Industrial Proportions’, Aid Agencies Warn
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:39 am | UN News
Two years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians of all ages continue to suffer shocking abuse, including rape and gang rape. More >>
Gaza: UN Rights Office Condemns Israeli Buffer Zone Plan
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:35 am | UN News
The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that Israel may intend to permanently remove civilians in Gaza as part of an expanded buffer zone, amid evacuations orders and escalating bombardment. More >>
UN Refugee Agency Calls For Greater Investment In Syrian Returnees
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:33 am | UN News
Roughly 400,000 Syrians have returned home from the region since the fall of the Assad regime last December, while more than a million internally displaced persons (IDPs) have gone back to their communities. More >>
US Tariffs Move Could See Three Per Cent Fall In Global Trade, Says Top UN Economist
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:29 am | UN News
Global trade could shrink by three per cent as a result of the United States’ new tariff measures which in the longer term could reshape and boost as-yet untapped regional commercial links, a top UN economist confirmed on Friday. More >>
DR Congo Crisis: Children Subjected To Deliberate, Systemic Sexual Violence
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:25 am | UN News
Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reporting thousands of new cases in just two months – evidence that it’s being used as ... More >>
External Flow Of Weapons Into Sudan Must End, Insists UN’s Guterres
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:17 am | UN News
Two years to the day since Sudan’s brutal war erupted between rival generals who rejected the peaceful transition to civilian rule after the overthrow of Omar Al-Bashir, UN chief António Guterres insisted that the world “must not forget” the suffering ... More >>
Flooding Displaces Thousands Amid Ongoing Unrest In Eastern DR Congo
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:10 am | UN News
Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. More >>
Israeli Strikes In Lebanon Continue To Kill Civilians, UN Rights Office Warns
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:06 am | UN News
Israeli military operations in Lebanon have continued to claim civilian lives and destroy vital infrastructure, the UN human rights office warned on Tuesday, raising alarm over mounting violations since a ceasefire agreement took effect last November. More >>
Record Hunger In Haiti Amid Rising Needs
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:02 am | UN News
Escalating armed violence, displacement, economic turmoil and disruptions to local food production are fueling hunger in Haiti and leaving millions at risk, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday. More >>
UN Forum Tackles Slavery Reparations For Africa, People Of African Descent
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:02 am | UN News
The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on African Descent in New York said on Tuesday. More >>
UN Youth Forum Brings Fresh Perspectives On Sustainable Development
Friday, 18 April 2025, 8:59 am | UN News
Young people from across the globe are meeting at UN Headquarters this week to share their recommendations to transform the world into a fairer, greener and more sustainable place. More >>
Israeli Strike On Hospital ‘Further Cripples’ Gaza’s Fragile Health System
Friday, 18 April 2025, 8:47 am | UN News
An Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday has further jeopardised already limited access to lifesaving medical care in the war-torn enclave. More >>
Sudan: No Respite For Civilians Amid Unrelenting War And Aid Access Barriers
Friday, 18 April 2025, 8:37 am | UN News
As Sudan’s civil war grinds on, millions of civilians remain trapped in a relentless cycle of displacement, hunger and violence, while relief efforts are stifled by insecurity and bureaucratic hurdles. More >>
Countries Finalise Historic Pandemic Agreement After Three Years Of Negotiations
Friday, 18 April 2025, 8:37 am | UN News
In the early hours of Wednesday morning in Geneva, countries finalized a draft global agreement aimed at improving how the world prepares for and responds to pandemics, marking a historic step that will be submitted to the World Health Assembly in May ... More >>
World News In Brief: Relief Supplies For Myanmar, Invest In Haiti, Child Migrant Deaths In Italy
Friday, 18 April 2025, 8:33 am | UN News
A plane carrying some 40 metric tonnes of lifesaving aid arrived in Myanmar from Dubai on Tuesday to support survivors of the devastating earthquake last month. More >>
