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Gaza: Aid ban pushes civilians to the brink

4 days 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Aid ban pushes civilians to the brink 24 April 2025 © UNICEF The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to worsen as essentials are running out. The near two-month ban on humanitarian aid and supplies entering Gaza is driving families to the edge of survival, as critical essentials – including food, shelter and medicine – are rapidly running out…

As budgets shrink, UN Peacekeeping looks to the future

4 days 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home As budgets shrink, UN Peacekeeping looks to the future 24 April 2025 UN Photo/Jorge Aramburu A German UN peacekeeper carries out his duties on a ship in Lebanon in 2007. With just weeks to go before a key ministerial meeting in Berlin, the UN and Germany have reaffirmed their commitment to peacekeeping – a vital tool for global stability that must now adapt to dwindling resources…

Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights

4 days 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights 24 April 2025 IFAD Remote mountain pastures in Kyrgyzstan. Low-lying islands aren’t the only ones at risk from our warming planet, as mountain communities are now finding. Investment in organic farming, sustainable textiles and eco-…

Hundreds killed in Sudan’s camps for displaced people

4 days 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Hundreds killed in Sudan’s camps for displaced people 24 April 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal The UN provides food aid to communities which have been forced to flee their homes. Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling targeting the El Fasher and Zamzam camps in Sudan’s Darfur region, triggering an unprecedented wave of…

UN alert over rising deportations of Haitian mothers and newborns from Dominican Republic

4 days 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN alert over rising deportations of Haitian mothers and newborns from Dominican Republic 24 April 2025 © IOM/Antoine Lemonnier Migrants who were deported from the Dominican Republic arrive back in Haiti. The UN has raised concern over a growing number of vulnerable Haitians – particularly pregnant women, new mothers, and infants – being deported from the Dominican Republic.…

More action needed to beat malaria for good, says UN

4 days 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home More action needed to beat malaria for good, says UN 24 April 2025 © WHO/Isaac Rudakubana WHO has been supporting Universal Health Coverage in Rwanda. Although strong global collaboration has helped to save nearly 13 million lives from malaria over the past 25 years, more action is needed to stamp out the disease.…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Ukraine’s Presence Despite the Prevailing Circumstances, Raise Questions on the Treatment of Ukraine’s Indigenous Peoples and the Roma Population

4 days 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Ukraine’s Presence Despite the Prevailing Circumstances, Raise Questions on the Treatment of Ukraine’s Indigenous Peoples and the Roma Population 24 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth periodic reports…

Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza

5 days 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza 23 April 2025 © WHO A man carries possessions through the ruins of Gaza. Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing an escalating public health crisis as aid remains blocked and medical supplies dwindle…

Largely eradicated diseases at risk of returning due to budget cuts

5 days 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Largely eradicated diseases at risk of returning due to budget cuts 23 April 2025 © UNICEF/U.S. CDC A young girl receives the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination at a health clinic in Katsina, Nigeria. Vaccines have saved around 150 million lives over the past 50 years, but that progress is now under threat.…

Health, education, opportunity at stake, amid stubborn digital gender divide

5 days 21 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Health, education, opportunity at stake, amid stubborn digital gender divide 23 April 2025 UNDP Uruguay A young girl uses a computer to study, highlighting the power of digital learning to open up new opportunities for children everywhere. As transformative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence continue to reshape the global economy, millions of women and girls remain excluded from…