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DR Congo: Record numbers face acute or emergency hunger
- UN News
A record 27.7 million people are in the grip of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid ongoing conflict linked to massive displacement and rising food prices, global food security experts warned on Thursday.
UN rights body sounds the alarm over South Sudan crisis
- UN News
The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan issued an alert on Thursday over the rapidly escalating crisis in the country, calling for urgent coordinated action to protect civilians and preserve the 2018 peace deal that ended five years of civil war.
Biological weapons ‘must not only be unthinkable but also impossible’
- UN News
The world came together 50 years ago to ban biological weapons and in today’s volatile geopolitical climate we can ill-afford to let this moral safeguard “erode”, the UN’s High Representative for Disarmament Affairs said on Wednesday.
UN calls for immediate ceasefire as South Sudan edges closer to renewed civil war
- UN News
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Wednesday called for an immediate end to hostilities and urgent dialogue between the country’s leaders to prevent a relapse into civil war, as violence escalates around the capital city.
UN welcomes Black Sea talks, warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
- UN News
The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed recent diplomatic talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States in Saudi Arabia, calling an agreement on freedom of navigation and security in the Black Sea a crucial step for global food security.
Gaza: No aid has reached war-torn enclave for more than three weeks
- UN News
It has now been three and a half weeks since Israel imposed a complete blockade on all aid into Gaza, despite daily efforts by UN humanitarians to secure fresh access, they said in an update from the shattered enclave.
World News in Brief: Alarm over Türkiye detentions, Ukraine update, Sudan-Chad border emergency
- UN News
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed major concern on Tuesday following the detention of at least 92 people by the Turkish authorities over the past week, including Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been charged with corruption and removed from office.
Niger: Mosque attack which killed 44 should be ‘wake-up call’, says rights chief
- UN News
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a mosque in Kokorou village, in western Niger, in which at least 44 worshippers were killed and 20 injured.
Aid operations stretched to the limit in Burundi by ongoing DR Congo crisis
- UN News
With thousands fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) across the border into Burundi, aid operations are stretched to the limit, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
‘Fragility and hope’ mark new era in Syria amid ongoing violence and aid struggles
- UN News
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing to the devastating violence on the coast earlier this month, which marked a grim new chapter in Syria’s fragile transition to a lasting peace.
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