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WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty 25 February 2025 © Unsplash/Jonathan Kemper The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is 20 years old. A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has saved millions of lives over the past two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.…

Farmers must be at the heart of biodiversity action

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Farmers must be at the heart of biodiversity action 25 February 2025 © CIAT/Neil Palmer A farmer plants rice in Rupan, Nepal. “Without the farmers, it is only political policy without implementation” – that was the stark message delivered by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General on Tuesday to delegates attending the latest round of UN biodiversity talks in Rome.…

Haiti: Gang violence displaces 6,000 people in one month

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Gang violence displaces 6,000 people in one month 25 February 2025 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A family displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, lives in a tent on the roof of a former government building. More than 6,000 people in Haiti have been forced from their homes by gang violence in almost a month, hampering aid efforts by humanitarian agencies, the United Nations…

World News in Brief: Conflict in DR Congo, Europe’s ‘cradle to cane’ crisis, millions may go hungry in Chad

2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Conflict in DR Congo, Europe’s ‘cradle to cane’ crisis, millions may go hungry in Chad 25 February 2025 © UNFPA DRC/Jonas Yunus A displacement camp in Goma, capital of the North Kivu region, which is now sheltering hundreds of thousands of people fleeing violence. Ongoing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and…

World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists 24 February 2025 © WFP/Niema Abdelmageed Humanitarian aid is delivered by the UN to Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the day since the full-scale Russian invasion - UN chief António Guterres on Monday scorned the world’s “warmongers” for…

UKRAINE LIVE: Diplomatic debate intensifies as world marks three years since full-scale Russian invasion

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UKRAINE LIVE: Diplomatic debate intensifies as world marks three years since full-scale Russian invasion 24 February 2025 © UNICEF/Oleksii Filippov Roma, 4, stands in front of his destroyed home in Kobzartsi, Mykolaiv region February 24 marks three years since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of civilians have been killed and injured, the economy shattered and…

Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO warns

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO warns 24 February 2025 © UNICEF Ghana Women are raising awareness against breast cancer in Ghana. Breast cancer cases are expected to increase by 38 percent globally by 2050, with annual deaths from the disease projected to rise by 68 percent, according to a new report from the International Agency for Research on…

Nuclear weapons are ‘one-way road to annihilation’ warns Guterres

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Nuclear weapons are ‘one-way road to annihilation’ warns Guterres 24 February 2025 CTBTO A nuclear test that was carried out on an island in French Polynesia in 1971. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the risk of nuclear conflict is rising – as global security arrangements unravel and military spending soars – urging governments to push for total disarmament…

Eastern DR Congo: Crisis deepens as crime and insecurity surges

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Eastern DR Congo: Crisis deepens as crime and insecurity surges 24 February 2025 © WFP/Michael Castofas An IDP camp near Goma hosting thousands of displaced families. The humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening as M23 rebel attacks continue to drive tens of thousands from their homes and claim hundreds of lives, UN humanitarians warned on Monday…

World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, Gaza polio campaign continues, West Bank update, Kenyan officer killed in Haiti

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, Gaza polio campaign continues, West Bank update, Kenyan officer killed in Haiti 24 February 2025 UNICEF/WFP Children in a family supported by a joint JRP, UNICEF and WFP program which provides nutrtional support and free meals to school children in South Sudan. Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern on Monday following the announcement…