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WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa 05 July 2023 © UNICEF/Harandane Dicko Over 15% of the children suffer from acute malnutrition in Timbuktu, Mali. Funding constraints mean that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to limit emergency aid to only 6.2 million of the most vulnerable people in need across West Africa, scaling back from an initial…

Iran: Executions and detentions in spotlight at Human Rights Council

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Iran: Executions and detentions in spotlight at Human Rights Council 05 July 2023 © Unsplash/Hosein Charbaghi A view of Tehran, Iran's capital city. Iran faced calls on Wednesday from top UN-appointed rights investigators to halt the executions of people sentenced to death in connection with anti-Government demonstrations that have continued since the death in custody of Mahsa Amini…

More African countries to receive lifesaving malaria vaccine

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home More African countries to receive lifesaving malaria vaccine 05 July 2023 © UNICEF/Maria Wamala A woman receives malaria prevention medication at health centre in Uganda. Twelve African countries will receive 18 million doses of the first-ever vaccine against malaria over the next two years, care of global vaccine alliance GAVI, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (…

UN voices ‘shock and condemnation’ as gender-based violence soars across Sudan

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN voices ‘shock and condemnation’ as gender-based violence soars across Sudan 05 July 2023 © WFP/Eloge Mbaihondoum أناس يبحثون عن مأوى عند نقطة دخول للاجئين تقع على بعد 5 كيلومترات من الحدود التشادية مع السودان. وكان معظم هؤلاء الأشخاص قد نزحوا داخليا من قبل في منطقة دارفور. The UN’s top humanitarian officials on Wednesday voiced shock and condemnation over increasing reports of gender-…

‘Bold and resolute’ action needed to protect children affected by war

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Bold and resolute’ action needed to protect children affected by war 05 July 2023 © UNICEF/Giovanni Diffidenti A boy runs past damaged buildings, defaced by shelling during the conflict, on his way home from shopping, in the city of Sirte. Last year, 27,180 grave violations were committed against children caught up in war – the highest number ever verified by the UN, the Security Council…

INTERVIEW: Building bridges between Afghanistan and the world because ‘isolation is not an option’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Building bridges between Afghanistan and the world because ‘isolation is not an option’ 04 July 2023 UN News / Ezzat El-Ferri Flags of the de facto Taliban authorities fly outside the Governor’s compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. When the Taliban surged back into power in August 2021, Afghanistan was virtually cut off from the rest of the world, and decisions by the de facto…

Activating ‘citizen mode’ to support democracy from the ground up

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Activating ‘citizen mode’ to support democracy from the ground up 04 July 2023 New Democracy/Edwin Msewa Villagers in Salima District, Malawi, take part in a UN-supported citizen’s assembly. (file) Against a backdrop of growing misinformation, political polarization, and a breakdown in trust between citizens and those who govern them, the UN is promoting the direct participation of citizens…

Jenin: UN concerned over ongoing Israeli military operation

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Jenin: UN concerned over ongoing Israeli military operation 04 July 2023 UN News/Shirin Yaseen The Separation wall in the West Bank. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concern about the developments in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli airstrikes have hit the densely populated refugee camp there.…

Cooperation key to weathering climate crisis, growing inequality, new tech challenge: Guterres

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Cooperation key to weathering climate crisis, growing inequality, new tech challenge: Guterres 04 July 2023 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres. (file) Divisions are growing and geopolitical tensions rising, as humanity faces three major challenges where the world has the power to “seek and unite for solutions” said the UN chief on Tuesday…

IAEA: Europe’s largest nuclear power plant regains back-up electricity feed

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home IAEA: Europe’s largest nuclear power plant regains back-up electricity feed 03 July 2023 Ⓒ IAEA The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine is now reconnected to its only back-up power line after four months, but the power situation at the site remains “highly vulnerable”, warned Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International…