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Sudan: Civilian Death Toll Triples In One Week Amid Escalating Hostilities
Monday, 10 February 2025, 8:33 pm | UN News
The civilian death toll in Sudan has surged dramatically, with at least 275 people killed between 31 January and 5 February, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported on Friday. More >>
DR Congo Crisis: Thousands Flee Clashes In South Kivu
Monday, 10 February 2025, 8:31 pm | UN News
Continued clashes in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are triggering mass displacement and causing civilian casualties, UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA said on Friday. More >>
After Years Of Conflict, Timor-Leste Turns Peacemaker
Monday, 10 February 2025, 8:30 pm | UN News
During the turbulent early years of Timor-Leste’s independence, the UN was a constant presence, helping maintain peace & stability. 24 years on, the country has made the successful transition from a host nation for UN peacekeeping operations, to one that ... More >>
US Aid Funding Cuts Put HIV Prevention At Risk, Warns UNAIDS
Sunday, 9 February 2025, 10:20 pm | UN News
The US pause in foreign assistance funding has created “confusion” in the vital work of community HIV prevention, despite a waiver issued for HIV/AIDS programmes, the UN agency to combat the still deadly disease said on Friday. More >>
Palestinians’ Rights Matter, Says UNRWA Chief
Sunday, 9 February 2025, 10:13 pm | UN News
The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA underscored its commitment to assist a population whose rights “continue to be violated”. More >>
Iraq: How The World Helped Mosul Rise From The Rubble Of War
Friday, 7 February 2025, 12:02 pm | UN News
Terrorist fighters with ISIL/Da’esh invaded Iraq’s second city of Mosul in 2014, destroying centuries-old landmarks in a bid to erase its history and impose a bleak and repressive future on the nearly two million people who lived there. More >>
Toxic Air Threatens Children’s Lives Across East Asia And The Pacific, UNICEF Warns
Friday, 7 February 2025, 11:17 am | UN News
More than 100 children under the age of five die every day in East Asia and the Pacific due to air pollution, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in a new analysis released on Thursday, calling for urgent action to tackle the crisis. More >>
It’s Official: January Was The Warmest On Record
Friday, 7 February 2025, 11:11 am | UN News
The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday, citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus Climate Service More >>
Gaza: UN Health Agency Urges Rapid Scale-Up Of Medevacs As Thousands Remain In Critical Condition
Friday, 7 February 2025, 11:09 am | UN News
More than 12,000 critically ill and injured patients, including at least 5,000 children, urgently need to be evacuated from Gaza, amid the crumbling health system, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)’s top official in the region said on Thursday. More >>
Sudan: Top Aid Official Warns Against Escalating Violence In Two States
Friday, 7 February 2025, 10:18 am | UN News
South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan are on the brink of catastrophe as violence continues to escalate at an alarming rate, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Thursday in a statement. More >>
‘Step Up The Pace’ And End Female Genital Mutilation, UN Says
Friday, 7 February 2025, 9:26 am | UN News
As the world marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on Thursday, the United Nations is warning that without urgent action, a staggering 27 million more girls could undergo the procedure by 2030. More >>
Guterres Calls For Full Gaza Ceasefire, Rejecting ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 10:58 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza, and “to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing” in the enclave, in a speech in New York on Wednesday. More >>
Explainer: How Family Planning Saves Lives
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 9:40 am | UN News
Sakina Sani was married off when she was 12 years old amid conflict and food shortages in northern Nigeria. She became pregnant at 15 but miscarried and then had two children in rapid succession. More >>
Clock Ticking On South Sudan’s Transition, Security Council Hears
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 9:02 am | UN News
As South Sudan enters a so-called “extended transitional period” this month, the UN’s top envoy to the country has warned that the clock is ticking to accomplish the commitments under a key 2018 peace accord, ahead of a new deadline set for February ... More >>
Gaza: More Than A Million Receive Food Aid Since The Start Of The Ceasefire
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 8:58 am | UN News
Over one million people in the Gaza Strip have received food assistance since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect nearly three weeks ago, UN aid coordination office OCHA said in an update on Wednesday. More >>
Why Have UN Peacekeepers Been In DR Congo For 65 Years?
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:29 pm | UN News
Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; these recent developments in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are just the latest in the central African nation’s troubled ... More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: Marian Anderson Broke Barriers With Music And Diplomacy
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:27 pm | UN News
Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century, once performed in the UN's gilded General Assembly Hall in New York and also represented her country, the United States, as a delegate. More >>
Sudan: UN Chief Condemns Reported Executions As Starvation Risks Rise
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:23 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General expressed deep alarm on Monday over reports of summary executions of civilians in the Sudanese city of Khartoum North, allegedly carried out by fighters and militias allied with the forces of the military Government. More >>
DR Congo: UN Call To Reopen Goma Airport ‘Lifeline’, As Crisis Deepens
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:21 pm | UN News
The UN’s top humanitarian official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday called for Goma airport to be urgently reopened, warning its continued closure is paralyzing relief operations. More >>
Deadly Attacks In Eastern Aleppo Highlight Syria’s Vulnerability
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:19 pm | UN News
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned a deadly car bomb attack in the Syrian city of Manbij that killed 20 people, mostly women, and left many others critically injured. More >>
