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Gaza: conditions ‘unspeakable’ as one million people flee Rafah: UNRWA
- UN News
A staggering one million people have now fled Rafah in southern Gaza, the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday, amid fresh reports of overnight attacks in southern, central and northern locations by Israeli forces.
World News in Brief: Updates on worsening crises in Gaza, South Sudan, DR Congo
- UN News
Continued hostilities and evacuation orders in Gaza have led to the closure of key humanitarian facilities in Rafah, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Friday.
UN human rights chief sounds alarm over rising violence in Burkina Faso
- UN News
The UN’s top human rights official on Friday voiced serious concern over the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Burkina Faso, where almost 1,800 people are reported to have been unlawfully killed between November last year and April.
UN official urges DPR Korea to halt missile activities and return to dialogue
- UN News
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) repeated launches using ballistic missile technology not only violate Security Council resolutions but also pose a serious risk to aviation and maritime traffic, a senior UN official said on Friday.
Sudan: as millions face famine, humanitarians plead for aid access
- UN News
Famine in Sudan is “imminent” if aid agencies continue to be prevented from providing relief, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.
UN refugee chief urges Security Council to ‘step up’ for millions displaced by war
- UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees on Thursday called on the Security Council to prevent millions more people from being displaced by war, violence and persecution.
Top UN officials urge comprehensive approach to Syria’s protracted crisis
- UN News
Syria remains plagued by a severe and complex security and humanitarian situation, against a backdrop of broader political impasse, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday, underscoring the need for a comprehensive approach that involves all key stakeholders.
Guterres honours service and sacrifice of UN peacekeepers
- UN News
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday paid tribute to all peacekeepers serving under the UN flag and those who have died in the line of duty.
Sudan: ‘Noose of war’ tightens on civilians in El Fasher, UN official warns
- UN News
The top UN aid official in Sudan warned on Thursday that “the noose of war is tightening its stranglehold” on civilians in El Fasher, expressing her profound distress at the dire humanitarian situation there.
Amid ongoing Israeli incursions into Gaza, aid facilities shut ‘one after another’
- UN News
With no let up in reported street battles and Israeli bombardment across Gaza on Thursday, UN humanitarians warned that the flow of vital lifesaving aid into the enclave has fallen by more than two thirds since the Israeli military stepped up its campaign in Rafah and seized the key aid conduit.
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