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Sudan: 15 million children require humanitarian assistance after two years of war

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: 15 million children require humanitarian assistance after two years of war 14 April 2025 © UNICEF/UNI779552/Ahmed Mohamd On 5 April 2025, children play at a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space (CFS) in the Alhatana neighbourhood, Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan. ..Child-friendly spaces offer a secure setting where children can run, draw, sing and play together... The number of…

How is the Sudanese civil war destabilising neighbouring countries?

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home How is the Sudanese civil war destabilising neighbouring countries? 14 April 2025 © UNFPA/Karel Prinsloo Chad, 2024. Adre camp for Sundanese refugees and displaced Chadians. 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,…

UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge 14 April 2025 PAHO The International Day for People of African Descent is being celebrated for the first time on 31 August 2021. The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on Monday at United Nations Headquarters in New York. …

UN denounces deadly Palm Sunday attack in Ukraine

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home UN denounces deadly Palm Sunday attack in Ukraine 14 April 2025 © UNOCHA A UN humanitarian officer inspects a destroyed building in Ukraine. The United Nations has condemned the Russian attack on the city of Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday which reportedly killed at least 34 people, including two children, and injured more than 100 others…

Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Presents Annual Report to the Committee against Torture

1 week 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Presents Annual Report to the Committee against Torture 14 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, María Luisa Romero, this morning presented the Subcommittee’s eighteenth annual report to the Committee against Torture.Ms. Romero said she was presenting the report in an increasingly complex global context, marked by armed…

Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza 13 April 2025 UN News Ibrahim Aloush inside his truck parked in front of the desalination station in Jabaliya! In Gaza, where lack of access to water is an existential threat, Ibrahim Alloush stands out as an unsung hero, providing a lifeline to the thirsty people of the Strip.…

The ‘chinamperos’ have provided Mexico City with food for generations. Do they have a future?

1 week 3 days ago Breadcrumb Home The ‘chinamperos’ have provided Mexico City with food for generations. Do they have a future? 12 April 2025 © UNU-EHS/Rodrigo Jardón Gal Xochimilco, is located in Mexico City. Xochimilco, nestled in the heart of Mexico City, is home to the ‘chinamperos,’ farmers who have used indigenous techniques to grow food for centuries. Today, their way of life is under threat from environmental…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 week 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 11 April 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva , chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the International Trade Centre, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Women, the World Food Programme, the…

Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn

1 week 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn 11 April 2025 © UNICEF/Proscovia Nakibuuka A woman prepares food in a camp for displaced people in Kassala state in Sudan. 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…

DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence

1 week 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence 11 April 2025 © UNICEF/Roger LeMoyn Children could account for up to 45 per cent of nearly 10,000 reported cases of rape and sexual violence in eastern DR Congo in early 2025. (file photo) Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, with the…