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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 >>
Global Growth On Recessionary Path Amid Trade Tensions And Uncertainty
Friday, 18 April 2025, 8:23 am | UN News
The world economy is on a recessionary trajectory as global growth is expected to slow to 2.3 per cent this year due to escalating trade tensions and uncertainty, the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, said in a new report published on Wednesday. More >>
Humanitarian Situation Continues To Deteriorate In El Fasher, Sudan
Friday, 18 April 2025, 8:12 am | UN News
Escalating violence and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in and around El Fasher in Sudan continue to be of grave concern, the United Nations said on Wednesday. More >>
Haiti Crisis Could Impact Regional And Global Stability
Friday, 18 April 2025, 8:11 am | UN News
The situation in Haiti represents “one of the most complex and urgent crises in the world with implications for regional and global stability,” said Amy Pope, Director General of International Organisation for Migration (IOM), speaking to journalists ... More >>
Gaza Faces Deepening Crisis As Aid Stocks Dwindle
Friday, 18 April 2025, 8:03 am | UN News
The United Nations on Wednesday warned that escalating hostilities and access constraints in Gaza are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis, displacing hundreds of thousands and depriving civilians of shelter, food and medicine. More >>
South Sudan On The Brink As Peace Deal Falters, UN Warns
Friday, 18 April 2025, 8:02 am | UN News
South Sudan stands at a dangerous crossroads as rising political tensions threaten to derail a fragile peace deal, amid growing fears of renewed conflict in the world’s youngest nation, already buckling under a deepening humanitarian crisis. More >>
Gaza: Alongside Conflict, An Information War Is Still Happening, Warns UNRWA Chief
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:36 am | UN News
Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to “get international media into Gaza” to cover the conflict, ... More >>
Gaza: Alongside Conflict, An Information War Is Still Happening, Warns UNRWA Chief
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:31 am | UN News
Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to “get international media into Gaza” to cover the conflict, ... More >>
Rise In Violence Against Civilians In South Sudan
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:26 am | UN News
The number of civilians in South Sudan harmed by conventional parties to the conflict and other armed groups increased by 51 per cent in 2024, the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) said on Thursday. More >>
Universal Declaration Of Human Rights Among New Entries To UNESCO Memory Of The World Register
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:25 am | UN News
The archives of British naturalist Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized understanding of nature and humanity’s place within it, are among 74 new additions to a UN list of documentary heritage of universal value. More >>
