Sudan: UN Warns of Deepening Crisis in Sudan As Famine Spreads and Violence Escalates

The United Nations has warned that Sudan is sliding deeper into catastrophe, with growing famine and surging violence - particularly in North Darfur - driving mass displacement and… Read more »

Africa: UN Warns of $4 Trillion Shortfall Threatening Global Development Goals

Facing a staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap for development and mounting trade wars, top UN officials on Monday called for urgent action to rescue the Sustainable… Read more »

Africa: One in Four Female Genital Mutilation Cases Now Carried Out By Health Workers

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is becoming less common worldwide, but when it does occur, it is increasingly performed by professional healthcare workers, the UN World Health… Read more »

Africa: 'Season of War,' As Norms of Humanitarian Law 'Cast Aside' UN Refugee Chief

Thousands of lives have been "destroyed in the pursuit of supremacy", as international humanitarian law has been "dismissed" and "cast aside", said UN High Commissioner for… Read more »

Uganda: UN Launches Network to Support Victims and Survivors of Terrorism

A new UN initiative aims to drive collective action to support the rights and needs of people everywhere whose lives have been upended by the continuing threat posed terrorism. Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Situation 'Absolutely Devastating' As UN Ramps Up Food Aid

The situation in western Sudan is "shocking" and people in the capital, Khartoum face "absolutely devastating" conditions according to a senior UN official in the African country. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Crisis Forces Refugees to Swim for Their Lives to Burundi

The number of desperate refugees fleeing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and seeking safety in Burundi continues to rise, placing immense pressure on aid… Read more »

Africa: From Border Control to Belonging - How Host Communities Gain From Empowering Refugees

With humanitarian aid in decline, the international community must shift its focus from short-term relief efforts to inclusive policies that support both refugees and host… Read more »

Africa: More Action Needed to Beat Malaria for Good, Says UN

Although strong global collaboration has helped to save nearly 13 million lives from malaria over the past 25 years, more action is needed to stamp out the disease. Read more »

Sudan: Hundreds Killed in Sudan's Camps for Displaced People

Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling targeting the El Fasher and Zamzam camps in Sudan's Darfur region,… Read more »

Africa: As Budgets Shrink, UN Peacekeeping Looks to the Future

With just weeks to go before a key ministerial meeting in Berlin, the UN and Germany have reaffirmed their commitment to peacekeeping - a vital tool for global stability that must… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Sexual Violence Systematically Used As a Weapon of War in the DR Congo

The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to have devastating consequences, particularly for women and children, who face an increased risk of… Read more »

Africa: Largely Eradicated Diseases At Risk of Returning Due to Budget Cuts

Vaccines have saved around 150 million lives over the past 50 years, but that progress is now under threat. Read more »

Africa: World Leaders Rally for 'Full-Speed' Climate Action Ahead of COP30

At a high stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought together 17 national… Read more »

Africa: Health, Education, Opportunity At Stake, Amid Stubborn Digital Gender Divide

As transformative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence continue to reshape the global economy, millions of women and girls remain excluded from the digital world - denied… Read more »

Africa: Climate Crisis Driving Surge in Gender-Based Violence, UN Report Finds

Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of intimate partner violence by the end of the century. Read more »

Ethiopia: Hunger Stalks Ethiopia As UN Aid Agency Halts Support Amid Funding Cuts

Funding and supply shortfalls for the UN World Food Programme (WFP)'s relief work in Ethiopia will halt lifesaving treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children at the end… Read more »

Africa: UN Chief Hails Pope Francis As 'A Transcendent Voice for Peace'

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has joined the world in mourning the death of His Holiness Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday in Vatican City aged 88. Read more »

Sudan: Overstretched Humanitarian Workers Struggle to Keep Up With Growing Emergency

A mass wave of displacement in Sudan's North Darfur state is pushing hundreds of thousands into precarious conditions far from lifesaving aid, as overstretched operations struggle… Read more »

Libya: Libya's Fragile Transition Plagued By Deepening Economic and Political Divides

Libya's prolonged political transition is facing renewed strain, with mounting economic pressures and tensions between rival governments threatening the calm that has held since… Read more »

South Sudan: Rise in Violence Against Civilians in South Sudan

The number of civilians in South Sudan harmed by conventional parties to the conflict and other armed groups increased by 51 per cent in 2024, the UN Mission in the country… Read more »

Sudan: No Respite for Civilians Amid Unrelenting War and Aid Access Barriers

As Sudan's civil war grinds on, millions of civilians remain trapped in a relentless cycle of displacement, hunger and violence, while relief efforts are stifled by insecurity and… Read more »

Africa: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Among New Entries to Unesco Memory of the World Register

The archives of British naturalist Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized understanding of nature and humanity's place within it, are among… Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan Peace Deal Falters

South Sudan stands at a dangerous crossroads as rising political tensions threaten to derail a fragile peace deal, amid growing fears of renewed conflict in the world's youngest… Read more »

Africa: Countries Finalize Historic Pandemic Agreement After Three Years of Negotiations

In the early hours of Wednesday morning in Geneva, countries finalized a draft global agreement aimed at improving how the world prepares for and responds to pandemics, marking a… Read more »