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Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief

5 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief 17 April 2025 © UNRWA The UNRWA water well serves around 20,000 displaced people in Jabalia, Gaza. 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…

Rise in violence against civilians in South Sudan

5 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Rise in violence against civilians in South Sudan 17 April 2025 © WFP/Eulalia Berlanga People in Rupchai, South Sudan collect food aid that was dropped by airplanes. 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.…

Universal Declaration of Human Rights among new entries to UNESCO Memory of the World Register

5 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Universal Declaration of Human Rights among new entries to UNESCO Memory of the World Register 17 April 2025 UN Photo Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Universal Declaration of Human Rights poster in English in 1949. (file) The archives of British naturalist Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized understanding of nature and humanity’s…

Record hunger in Haiti amid rising needs

5 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Record hunger in Haiti amid rising needs 17 April 2025 © OHCHR/Marion Mondain Vendors surrounded by garbage sell goods in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 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.…

Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers

5 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers 17 April 2025 © UNFPA/Karel Prinsloo A girl carries water at the Farchana camp for Sudanese refugees in Chad. 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…

Libya’s fragile transition plagued by deepening economic and political divides

5 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Libya’s fragile transition plagued by deepening economic and political divides 17 April 2025 © UN Photo/Abel Kavangh A central plaza in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. 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…

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Armenia on Proactively Addressing Issues in Prisons, Raise Questions on Ensuring Police Accountability for Excessive Use of Force and Tackling the Criminal Subculture in Prisons

5 days 22 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Armenia on Proactively Addressing Issues in Prisons, Raise Questions on Ensuring Police Accountability for Excessive Use of Force and Tackling the Criminal Subculture in Prisons 16 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Armenia.  Committee Experts commended the State on proactively…

Countries finalize historic pandemic agreement after three years of negotiations

6 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Countries finalize historic pandemic agreement after three years of negotiations 16 April 2025 WHO/Christopher Black WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (right) and INB Co-Chair Anne-Claire Amprou of France (left) celebrate at the conclusion of negotiations in the early hours of 16 April 2025. In the early hours of Wednesday morning in Geneva, countries finalized a draft global…

Global growth on recessionary path amid trade tensions and uncertainty

6 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Global growth on recessionary path amid trade tensions and uncertainty 16 April 2025 © IMF/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds A shopkeeper sells African print fabrics at a market in Ghana. 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…

Gaza faces deepening crisis as aid stocks dwindle

6 days 2 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza faces deepening crisis as aid stocks dwindle 16 April 2025 © UNFPA/Media Clinic Women and children sit on a hill overlooking a destroyed neighbourhood in Gaza. 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…