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Haiti Faces ‘Point Of No Return’ As Gang Violence Fuels Chaos

Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 7:27 am | UN News

Haiti is on the verge of “total chaos” as coordinated gang violence continues to escalate, threatening the State’s ability to maintain public order, the UN’s top envoy for the country warned on Monday. More >>

Myanmar: Thousands Remain In Crisis Weeks After Deadly Earthquakes

Saturday, 19 April 2025, 9:00 pm | UN News

Thousands of families in Myanmar remain without shelter, water or medical care three weeks after deadly earthquakes struck the country, as frequent aftershocks compound the suffering of communities already battered by conflict and poverty. More >>

Myanmar: Military Strikes Persist Amid Earthquake Response Efforts

Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:59 am | UN News

Military operations continue in Myanmar despite ceasefires declared after the recent earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday. More >>

Sudan War: ‘Darkest Chapters’ Ahead As Darfur Massacre Claims Over 100 Lives

Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:55 am | UN News

As Sudan’s devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its “darkest chapters” may still lie ahead, following the massacre of more than 100 people at displacement camps in Darfur over the weekend. More >>

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 >>