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Sudan crisis: Türk condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis: Türk condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum 03 April 2025 © Unsplash/Ammar Nassir Eighteen months of war have deeply affected urban households in Sudan. The fight for Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent recapture by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on…

Myanmar: UN chief calls for urgent access as quake toll mounts

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: UN chief calls for urgent access as quake toll mounts 03 April 2025 © UNICEF/Nyan Zay Htet Devastation caused by the earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city. The UN chief on Thursday called for immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to Myanmar, where last week’s devastating earthquakes claimed over 3,000 lives and left millions in urgent need of aid…

AI’s $4.8 trillion future: UN warns of widening digital divide without urgent action

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home AI’s $4.8 trillion future: UN warns of widening digital divide without urgent action 03 April 2025 Public Domain Цифровые технологии могут стать важным инструментом в борьбе с изменением климата. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on course to become a $4.8 trillion global market by 2033 – roughly the size of Germany’s economy – but unless urgent action is taken, its benefits may remain in the…

DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens 03 April 2025 © UNICEF/Jospin Benek Children play football in an empty classroom at the UNICEF-supported Bulengo Primary School in the Bulengo displacement site, near Goma, North Kivu province in DR Congo, on 10 February 2025. Ongoing violence in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…

World News in Brief: Israeli military escalation in Syria, Nicaragua rights probe, South Sudan talks

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Israeli military escalation in Syria, Nicaragua rights probe, South Sudan talks 03 April 2025 UNMISS/Nektarios Markogiannis Une famille a trouvé refuge dans une ancienne base de la MINUSS dans le sud-ouest du Soudan du Sud (Archives) The UN Special Envoy for Syria has condemned the repeated and intensifying military escalations by Israel in the country, including…

UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza 03 April 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further concerns over the commission of war…

UN envoy urges international support for West Africa and the Sahel

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN envoy urges international support for West Africa and the Sahel 03 April 2025 © UNICEF/KC Nwakalor Children walk through the mud in a displaced persons camp in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria. In a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday, the UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel painted a mixed picture of the region, which is facing a growing terrorist threat but…

From bombs to beauty: ‘Every piece tells a story’

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home From bombs to beauty: ‘Every piece tells a story’ 03 April 2025 © Courtesy of Stanislav Drokin Ukrainian designer Stanislav Drokin uses shrapnel to make fine jewellery. What happens to bombs after they land? Some explode. Some don’t, leaving behind a deadly legacy of war, but now some of the remnants of conflict and devastation are being turned into wearable messages of peace…

Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls

1 week 6 days ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls 02 April 2025 © UNICEF/Nyan Zay Htet Affected families in Sagaing, the epicenter of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake, shelter under a tarp in a field. Friday’s devastating earthquakes in Myanmar not only caused mass casualties and widespread destruction, they also deepened long-standing gender inequalities – leaving…

World is ‘failing’ people with disabilities: UN deputy chief

1 week 6 days ago Breadcrumb Home World is ‘failing’ people with disabilities: UN deputy chief 02 April 2025 © UNICEF/Gabriel Vockel A young girl in a wheelchair moves along a path in Kyrgyzstan. The “world is failing” people living with disabilities, UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed has told a major summit which aims to galvanize global efforts to ensure they are fully integrated into all parts of society…