Africa: 'We Are At a Point of No Return' - Grave Violations Against Children Surge for Third Year

Last year, 41,370 grave violations against children were documented and verified by the United Nations, according to the Secretary-General's annual report on children in armed… Read more »

Africa: UN Relief Chief Calls for Solidarity, With Humanitarians 'Literally Under Attack'

With the humanitarian sector "under-funded, overstretched, and literally under attack" as crises continue in Gaza, Sudan and beyond, international support is needed more than ever,… Read more »

Africa: Civilian Deaths in Conflict Are Surging, Warns UN Human Rights Office

Civilian deaths in conflict surged by 40 per cent last year, according to new data released by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) with already marginalised groups facing… Read more »

Africa: Ahead of UN Summit, Countries Finalise Landmark 'Compromiso De Sevilla'

UN Member States have reached agreement on the outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, to be formally adopted at an upcoming summit… Read more »

Africa: Make Midwives Universally Accessible and Save Millions of Lives, WHO Urges

Almost 4.5 million maternal, stillborn and newborn deaths were recorded in 2023. What if there was a clear path to saving 83 percent of these people? To saving 3.7 million mothers,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Human Rights Violations Could Amount to War Crimes, UN Experts Say

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting… Read more »

Africa: Without Urgent Funding, Global Hunger Hotspots Are Set to Grow, UN Warns

Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people… Read more »

Africa: UN Ocean Summit in Nice Closes With Wave of Commitments

Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third United Nations Ocean Conference drew to a close.… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Crisis - Aid Teams Appeal for Support to Help Displaced Communities Left With Nothing

As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency (UNDP) issued an appeal on Friday on behalf of people… Read more »

South Sudan: Famine Stalks Two Counties in South Sudan As Fragile Peace Is Threatened

Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in a new report released Thursday. Read more »

Africa: 'No Ocean Declaration Without Small Islands' - Delegates Push for Inclusion As UN Summit Nears End

With one day remaining before the conclusion of the Third UN Ocean Conference, delegates in Nice are preparing for the adoption of the summit's eagerly anticipated political… Read more »

Africa: Displacement Doubles While Funding Shrinks, Warns UNHCR

With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to represent the largest displacement crisis in the world. This is no longer the case. Read more »

Africa: 'Plenty of Fish in the Sea'? Not Anymore, Say UN Experts in Nice

At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the "catch of the day" wasn't a seabass or a red mullet - it was a figure: 35 per cent. That's the share of global fish stocks now being… Read more »

Africa: The World Pledged to End Child Labour By 2025 - So Why Are 138 Million Kids Still Working?

12-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She cannot walk because of a physical… Read more »

Djibouti: At Least Eight Die in Red Sea Tragedy As Smugglers Force Migrants Overboard

Survivors of a people-smuggling operation gone wrong in the Red Sea have recounted how they were forced off their boat far from the coast of Djibouti and left to swim for their… Read more »

Sudan: We Need More Help to Prevent Famine, Says WFP

The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan's communities impacted by war, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, in an appeal for more funding to support… Read more »

Africa: The Battle to Quiet the Sea - Can the Shipping Industry Turn Down the Volume?

The ocean has never been silent - waves crashing, seabirds calling, whales singing across vast distances. But in recent decades, a new kind of noise has taken hold: the relentless… Read more »

Africa: Greed Is Driving Oceans Toward Collapse

The ocean is under siege - and greed is to blame. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged world leaders and grassroots groups alike to confront the powerful… Read more »

Central Africa: Central Africa At a Crossroads Amid Rising Tensions and Instability

Despite its wealth of natural resources and potential, Central Africa continues to face serious challenges, from political instability to growing humanitarian needs. Read more »

Africa: Guterres Calls for an End to Ocean 'Plunder' As UN Summit Opens in France

With the Mediterranean glittering in the background, UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the third United Nations Ocean Conference on Monday, delivering a blunt… Read more »

Africa: Drifting Architects - Plankton, Climate, and the Race to Understand Our Changing Ocean

Drifting with the currents, plankton are the ocean's lifeblood - invisible yet essential, regulating the climate and sustaining entire ecosystems. On the French Riviera, scientists… Read more »

Central African Republic: Stigmatised for Being Deaf - Zénabou's Story

In the Central African Republic, disability carries a deep-rooted stigma, and persons with disabilities often find themselves excluded from almost every avenue of life.… Read more »

Africa: Green Gold Beneath the Waves - How Seaweed - and One Man's Obsession - Could Save the World

As world leaders gear up for the third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, one policy expert is making waves with an ancient marine organism he believes could help feed the planet, clean… Read more »

Africa: Humans Can't Survive Without a Healthy Ocean - UN Envoy

The Ocean is in deep crisis. Factors such as acidification, declining fish stocks, rising temperatures and widespread pollution are contributing to a catastrophic decline in… Read more »

Africa: Aids Still Killing One Person Every Minute As Funding Cuts Stall Progress

AIDS-related deaths have dropped to their lowest level since 2004, but progress remains precarious, with the disease still claiming one life every minute. The impact of funding… Read more »