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World News in Brief: ICJ to release emergency measures over Israel genocide allegations, Libya flood repair bill, leprosy stigma continues

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: ICJ to release emergency measures over Israel genocide allegations, Libya flood repair bill, leprosy stigma continues 25 January 2024 ICJ-CIJ/ Frank van Beek The International Court of Justice hears the case of South Africa v. Israel. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is due to issue an emergency measures order on Friday relating to South Africa’s accusations of…

The Red Sea shipping crisis is having a ‘dramatic’ impact, warns logistics chief

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home The Red Sea shipping crisis is having a ‘dramatic’ impact, warns logistics chief 25 January 2024 © Unsplash/Angus Gray Attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea have severely disrupted international shipping. (file) Attacks against shipping in the Red Sea by Houthis are devastating for global trade and supply chains, already reeling under the impacts of the war in Ukraine and climate…

Sudan war ‘a living nightmare for children’: UNICEF Representative

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war ‘a living nightmare for children’: UNICEF Representative 25 January 2024 © UNICEF/Abdulazeem Mohamed Children displaced by conflict in Sudan are now living in Atbara. War in Sudan is putting the future of its 24 million youngest citizens at risk, the Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the country has warned.…

UN representative on sexual violence in conflict to visit Israel and West Bank

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN representative on sexual violence in conflict to visit Israel and West Bank 25 January 2024 UN News/Matt Wells Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. (3 May 2019) The UN expert working to eliminate rape during wartime has been invited to Israel by the Government to gather information on sexual violence reportedly committed in the…

Displacement misery continues for Gazans, UN humanitarians warn

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Displacement misery continues for Gazans, UN humanitarians warn 24 January 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A young boy looks out of a tent in a camp in Khan Younis where is he now living. (file) The UN Security Council will hold a second day of debate on Wednesday in search of an end to the devastating conflict in Gaza amid growing tensions in the Middle East, as UN humanitarians reiterated grave…

Nine killed in direct hit on UNRWA shelter in Gaza

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Nine killed in direct hit on UNRWA shelter in Gaza 24 January 2024 UN News Many displaced people are living in tents in Tal Al-Sultan neighbourhood, in the southern Gaza Strip. Nine people were killed and 75 injured on Wednesday in a direct hit on a training centre turned shelter in southern Gaza run by UNRWA, the UN agency that assists Palestinians, according to initial reports…

World News in Brief: Houthis order US-UK staffers to leave, cholera response scales up in Somalia, teachers vital to fight against hate speech

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Houthis order US-UK staffers to leave, cholera response scales up in Somalia, teachers vital to fight against hate speech 24 January 2024 © IOM/Majed Mohammed A member of IOM’s health outreach team provides primary health care in Yemen. Houthi authorities in Yemen on Wednesday have ordered UN and other humanitarian staff holding US and UK passports to leave the country…

Bangladesh: Citing ‘dangerous decline’ of human rights, experts urge key reforms

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Bangladesh: Citing ‘dangerous decline’ of human rights, experts urge key reforms 24 January 2024 © UNICEF/Zhantu Chakma Vista de Dhaka, la capital de Bangladesh. UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Bangladesh to undertake key reforms to reverse “repressive trends” and restore dialogue…

End the war and recognize Palestine, Security Council urged

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home End the war and recognize Palestine, Security Council urged 24 January 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe The UN Security Council reconvenes its meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Work harder to end the war in Gaza and recognize the State of Palestine were the messages once more from many countries on Wednesday, taking part in the two-day Security…

Africa now ‘global epicentre’ of terrorism: UN chief

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Africa now ‘global epicentre’ of terrorism: UN chief 24 January 2024 © UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson A Nigerien military convoy on a counter-terrorism patrol in the Sahara Desert. In just a matter of years, Africa has become the “global epicentre of terrorism”, with groups such as Da’esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates exploiting local conflicts and fragilities to serve their own ends, the UN…