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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 >>
Libya’s Fragile Transition Plagued By Deepening Economic And Political Divides
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:21 am | UN News
Libya’s prolonged political transition is facing renewed strain, with mounting economic pressures and tensions between rival governments threatening the calm that has held since the 2020 ceasefire. More >>
Security Council Urged To Support Eastern DR Congo Peace Initiatives
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 3:01 pm | UN News
Furthermore, a ceasefire in not yet effectively in force, violations are ongoing, and the humanitarian crisis is deepening – both in the DRC and neighbouring countries such as Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda, which have seen an increase in Congolese refugees. More >>
Myanmar: UN Seeks Additional $240 Million To Bolster Earthquake Relief
Friday, 11 April 2025, 10:02 am | UN News
The United Nations is ramping up its response to Myanmar’s devastating earthquake, calling for increased funding and an immediate ceasefire to ensure more aid reaches those in desperate need. More >>
Bombardment, Deprivation And Displacement Continue In Gaza
Friday, 11 April 2025, 9:01 am | UN News
Hostilities across the Gaza Strip continue to take a devastating toll on the population, with daily reports of Israeli strikes killing and injuring many civilians, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Thursday. More >>
Sudan War: UNHCR Chief Stresses Need To Help Refugee Hosts In Chad
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:36 am | UN News
As the brutal war in Sudan nears the two-year mark, thousands of people continue to flee into neighbouring countries, including Chad, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said on Wednesday. More >>
World Court Begins Hearing Sudan’s ‘Complicity In Genocide’ Case Against The United Arab Emirates
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:16 am | UN News
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday began hearing Sudan’s case against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which it accuses of being complicit in acts of genocide against the Masalit community in West Darfur by backing the paramilitary ... More >>
Syria’s Political Transition At Risk Due To Israeli Military Action, Security Council Hears
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:11 am | UN News
Recent military actions by Israel are undermining Syria’s political transition and the chances of a new security pact between the two countries, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday. More >>
Sudan Faces Unprecedented Hunger And Displacement As War Enters Third Year
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:02 am | UN News
The conflict in Sudan has become one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century, leaving millions of women, children and displaced families suffering from violence, food insecurity and the collapse of essential services. More >>
East Jerusalem Schools Told To Close, Guterres Saddened By Santo Domingo Deaths, DR Congo And Haiti Updates
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 10:52 am | UN News
Six schools run by the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem have been issued “illegal closure orders” after being forcibly entered by Israeli security forces, according to the agency’s head Philippe Lazzarini. More >>
Fear And Uncertainty Are Daily Staples For Gaza’s Most Vulnerable
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 8:04 am | UN News
In Gaza, ongoing Israeli military operations and the aid blockade have continued to add to daily fears and hardships being faced by those about to give birth in the devastated enclave. More >>
South Sudan: Conflict And Hunger Push Millions To The Brink
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 7:09 am | UN News
Hunger in South Sudan’s northeast has reached a critical tipping point, with nearly 7.7 million people facing severe food insecurity as conflict escalates, the UN’s emergency food relief agency warned on Wednesday. More >>
