Author: UN News

Gaza: International community must ‘match words with action’ now Sep 13, 2025

Olga Cherevko, Spokesperson in Gaza for the UN aid coordination office OCHA, warned that history will not judge the international community “based on...

Israeli strike in Doha marks ‘alarming escalation’, warns top UN official Sep 12, 2025

Qatar, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the League of Arab States, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemned the action and expressed concern...

Sudan’s people tortured and killed in ‘slaughterhouses’, rights probe says Sep 10, 2025

Shortly after presenting a mandated report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, the chair of the Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan, Mohamed C...

The night the mountains shook: A doctor on the front lines of Afghanistan’s earthquake Sep 07, 2025

A native of the Jalalabad area, he knew first-hand what this new disaster would mean for the country’s northeast, where extended families all live und...

DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of violence Sep 06, 2025

The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented a high-level human rights probe into the DRC em...

UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups Sep 06, 2025

While WHO is doing the best it can to alleviate suffering in Gaza, supporting medical evacuations of over 7,640 patients, more than 15,000 others need...

Air pollution is on the rise – but not everywhere, says UN weather agency Sep 06, 2025

The UN is leading efforts to tackle household air pollution which is one of the world’s greatest public health threats and particularly harmful for ch...

The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns Sep 05, 2025

Only 44 out of 92 UNICEF-supported outpatient nutrition treatment centres are still functional, which means thousands of malnourished children lack ac...

DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave Goma amid M23 takeover Sep 04, 2025

Gunfire tore through the dark. Night after night, the 44-year-old physician from Guinea clung to the hope that the besieged city would hold somehow. T...

From classrooms to shelters: Gaza children face third year without education Sep 03, 2025

Nearly 660,000 children remain out of school, according to the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNWRA. In one UNRWA school corridor now transformed i...

WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide Sep 03, 2025

The UN health agency stresses that mental health should be treated as a fundamental human right. Without urgent action, millions will continue to suff...

Funding cuts could push six million more children out of school, warns UNICEF Sep 03, 2025

The heaviest impact is expected in regions that are already vulnerable. West and Central Africa could see 1.9 million children lose access to school,...

Aid effort underway after Afghanistan quake ‘wipes out’ villages Sep 02, 2025

On the ground, several UN agencies reported devastation across four eastern provinces of Afghanistan including Nangarhar and Kunar, where staff and hu...

‘The people of Haiti are in a perfect storm of suffering,’ warns UN chief Aug 29, 2025

State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, “paralysing daily life and forcing famili...

Hunger and disease in Gaza will only worsen from ‘man-made’ famine: WHO Aug 28, 2025

Across the Gaza Strip today, the WHO said that more than half a million people are trapped in famine, with destruction to food and health services, an...

Sudan: ‘Devastating tragedy’ for children in El Fasher after 500 days of siege Aug 28, 2025

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been battling forces of the military government for control of Sudan for over two years, has cut off all sup...

Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office Aug 27, 2025

The OHCHR spokesperson told journalists in Geneva that Israeli authorities had carried out investigations in the past, as the occupying power.

Explainer: What is the threshold for famine and how hunger is tracked Aug 24, 2025

With the release of the latest food security report from the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) on war-ravaged Gaza since December, World Food Prog...

DR Congo: Rising insecurity in the east impedes diplomatic progress, Security Council hears Aug 23, 2025

The DRC is currently facing one of the most acute humanitarian emergencies in the world, with food insecurity on the rise and 5.9 million Congolese cu...

Hunger in Gaza: Women and children face death in search of food Aug 22, 2025

The race for food is not limited to men. Women are forced to take this risk, driven by the responsibilities of motherhood and the needs of their child...

West Bank settler expansion scheme threatens Palestinian life: UN Aug 21, 2025

OCHA said the wider occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) would feel the effect, with 18 Palestinian Bedouin communities put at a higher risk of displa...

‘Africa is poised for progress’ Guterres tells development conference in Japan Aug 21, 2025

In this regard, he emphasised the need to accelerate progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through investment, reform and partn...

Amid ongoing Israeli attacks, ‘the systematic destruction of Gaza City is already underway’: UN rights office Aug 21, 2025

Since August 8, the office has recorded 54 attacks on residential buildings and entire blocks in Gaza City, killing 87 Palestinians, including at leas...

It’s time to end physical punishment of kids once and for all, WHO says Aug 21, 2025

But wherever it happens, this sort of punishment has wide-ranging effects, including increased risk of anxiety and depression in addition to reduced c...

Gaza aid insufficient to avert ‘widespread starvation’ Aug 20, 2025

Al-Kheetan insisted that in the past few weeks, Israeli authorities have only allowed aid to enter in quantities that remain “far below what would be...

DR Congo: UN condemns deadly attacks in the east of the country Aug 20, 2025

The Mission also urged “the Congolese authorities to conduct thorough investigations to identify those responsible for the massacre of civilians and b...

Why ‘Tomorrow is too late’ to scale up humanitarian aid in Haiti Aug 19, 2025

Women and girls face the brunt of this crisis. Gender-based violence (GBV) such as gang rape is rampant, particularly in the capital Port-au-Prince, a...

South Sudanese ‘are counting on us’, top UN official tells Security Council Aug 19, 2025

Furthermore, the displacement crisis is a two-way street, Murtiga explained: the devastating civil war in neighbouring Sudan has driven 1.2 million re...

Trapped in Gaza: Palestinians with disabilities cannot reach aid Aug 16, 2025

Over 83 per cent of people with disabilities in Gaza do not have the assistive devices they need, including wheelchairs, hearing aids and other tools....

From dough to dough: Bahraini chefs rise with sweet, spicy success Aug 16, 2025

A key factor in Eman and Noora’s successful journey was the support of Kaaf Humanitarian, which provided them with financial backing, packaging materi...

‘The Wild West’: Desperation is rampant in Haiti as gangs, vigilantes spread Aug 16, 2025

And if you ask O’Neill what is creating conditions akin to the Wild West, the answer is desperation. With over 1.3 million Haitians displaced and half...

UN warns Gaza crisis could worsen without safe, unrestricted aid flow Aug 16, 2025

Between May 27 and August 8, the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah treated more than 4,500 wounded patients – most reporting injuries sustained while...

‘Only hunger and bombs’ for besieged civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher Aug 14, 2025

Between January and June, the RSF, which has been battling forces of the military government for control of Sudan for over two years, has attacked the...

World has tools to end Haiti’s crisis, it’s time to use them -humanitarian coordinator Aug 13, 2025

Haiti is currently facing a protracted and worsening humanitarian crisis, with gang violence expanding beyond the capital of Port-au-Prince. Civilians...

Hospitals overflowing in Gaza, as malnutrition surges Aug 12, 2025

The children’s ward at Nasser was full of malnourished patients, she added, and even injured adults were “extremely frail, extremely thin and very, ve...

From crisis to cultivation: Haiti’s farmers build resilience one seed at a time Aug 11, 2025

There are now over 200 GPAS located throughout Haiti, which cultivate high-quality seeds to distribute to other farmers with the goal of increasing fa...

A father, a witness: Gaza journalist documents war while living its daily horror Aug 05, 2025

Thousands have died and much of Gaza has been laid to waste, but life must continue, according to the correspondent, who is remaining anonymous for se...

Cholera spreads in Sudan's North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns Aug 05, 2025

The cholera outbreak is unfolding against a backdrop of deepening catastrophe. Since the war between rival militaries erupted in April 2023, critical...

Mounting civilian casualties in Sudan as fighting intensifies Aug 05, 2025

Prices of food items such as sorghum and wheat are more than four times higher than elsewhere in the country, while many families are unable to afford...

Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines Aug 03, 2025

In 2023, Kenya-based pharmaceutical company Universal Corporation Ltd became the first African manufacturer to receive World Health Organisation (WHO)...

Gaza: ‘No one should ever be forced to risk their life to find food,’ says UN humanitarian agency Aug 02, 2025

As one in three people currently go days without food, OCHA reiterated that no one should ever be forced to risk their life to get something to eat.

More than 1,500 killed between April and June in Haiti Aug 02, 2025

As many gangs expand their territory, they have committed human rights violations, according to the UN, including extrajudicial killings, child exploi...

Haitians in ‘despair’ following abrupt suspension of US humanitarian support Jul 31, 2025

Multiple political, security and socioeconomic crises have led to 5.7 million people suffering from a lack of food and have forced 1.3 million people...

Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify Jul 31, 2025

In the Tawila locality of North Darfur, humanitarian organisations have had to strengthen their responses to rising cholera cases. They have expanded...

Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war’ Jul 30, 2025

One in three people “hasn’t eaten for days”, insisted Tom Fletcher, UN Emergency Relief Chief and head of OCHA. “People are being shot just trying to...

Two ex-militia leaders in Central African Republic sentenced for war crimes, crimes against humanity Jul 25, 2025

Thousands of people were killed in the violence that swept CAR following a 2012 coup led by the mainly Muslim rebel coalition, Séléka.

World Court says countries are legally obligated to curb emissions, protect climate Jul 24, 2025

This includes the obligation under the Paris Agreement on climate change to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

Haiti: Violence and displacement driving humanitarian crisis as funding needs go unmet Jul 24, 2025

Nearly 1.3 million people in the Caribbean country have fled their homes, with an additional 15,000 uprooted last week after armed attacks in the comm...

Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained Jul 23, 2025

On Monday, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that a quarter of Gaza’s population faces famine-like conditions. Almost 100,000 women and children...

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