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First famine, now cholera and dengue fever surge hits war-torn Sudan

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home First famine, now cholera and dengue fever surge hits war-torn Sudan 04 November 2024 © Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital تعرض مستشفى الفاشر في دارفور لتدمير جزئي بعد قصف مدفعي في تشرين الأول/أكتوبر. War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system to collapse, just as cases of cholera and dengue fever are surging and hunger levels remain “above the…

Gaza: Polio campaign reaches 94,000 children in besieged north

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Polio campaign reaches 94,000 children in besieged north 04 November 2024 © UNRWA A second round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza. The UN-supported polio vaccine campaign concluded in besieged northern Gaza on Monday, with agencies inoculating 94,000 children, but thousands still remain out of reach…

Aid restrictions and dismantling UNRWA will compound Gazans’ suffering

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Aid restrictions and dismantling UNRWA will compound Gazans’ suffering 04 November 2024 近东救济工程处 近东救济工程处工作人员为加沙有需要的人提供医疗服务。 Aid entering Gaza reached a new low in October, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Monday, highlighting the continued need for its lifesaving work even as Israel moves to end its activities.…

Middle East crisis: Gaza polio vaccine campaign under fire

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East crisis: Gaza polio vaccine campaign under fire 03 November 2024 © UNRWA A UN-supported campaign plans to deliver the required two vaccine doses to ensure Gaza's 640,000 children are immune to the paralysing virus. Attacks on a clinic and UN staff member were reported during a resumed polio vaccine campaign in besieged northern Gaza, Israeli forces continued airstrikes on…

COP16: Landmark biodiversity agreements adopted

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home COP16: Landmark biodiversity agreements adopted 03 November 2024 UN Biodiversity COP16 reached the first ever agreement recognising people of African descent and Indigenous Peoples as key drivers in conserving nature. The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded this weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever agreements on nature’s…

85 per cent of journalist killings go unpunished

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home 85 per cent of journalist killings go unpunished 02 November 2024 ©UNESCO/ Enos Teche Journalists covering a terrorist attack in Kenya. Between 2006 and 2024, over 1,700 journalists have been killed around the world, and around 85 percent of the cases did not make it to court, according to a report by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).…

Gaza: Strike hits health centre as polio vaccine campaign resumes in ravaged north

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Strike hits health centre as polio vaccine campaign resumes in ravaged north 02 November 2024 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra A health worker administers the polio vaccine to a Palestinian child in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza. (file) The long-awaited final phase of a UN-supported polio vaccine campaign began on Saturday in bombarded, besieged northern Gaza even as reports emerged that one…

Lebanon: UN agencies call for ceasefire as war worsens dire conditions

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: UN agencies call for ceasefire as war worsens dire conditions 02 November 2024 © UNICEF/Fouad Choufany طفل يبلغ من العمر عامين من صور يتعافى من حروق بالغة أصيب بها إثر غارة جوية إسرائيلية. The humanitarian situation in Lebanon has surpassed the devastation wrought by the war with Israel in 2006, UN agencies said on Saturday, publishing the latest updates from the ground amid calls…

World Urban Forum: The search for solutions to the global housing crisis moves to Cairo

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World Urban Forum: The search for solutions to the global housing crisis moves to Cairo 02 November 2024 Unsplash/Sherif Moharram Cairo, the capital of Egypt. As the world’s population moves inexorably and rapidly to ever larger cities, how can we make sure that urban environments are sustainable and safe for their citizens? These questions and more will be tackled at the 12th gathering of…

‘Historic development’ in Thailand as it moves to end statelessness for nearly 500,000 people

5 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Historic development’ in Thailand as it moves to end statelessness for nearly 500,000 people 01 November 2024 © UNHCR/Apipar Norapoompipat UNHCR caseworkers are helping stateless residents in the Chiang Mai region of Thailand with their citizenship applications. In a landmark move towards ending statelessness, Thailand’s cabinet has approved an accelerated pathway to permanent residency and…