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Almost 80,000 flee DR Congo amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR

·March 5, 2025·2 min read

“Near the frontlines, sexual violence and human rights abuses remain rampant, as is the looting and destruction of civilian homes and businesses,” said Patrick Eba, Deputy Director of UNHCR’s Division of International Protection. Speaking in Geneva, Mr. Eba told journalists that that North and South Kivu provinces remain unstable, with...

Gaza’s recovery must be built on more than steel and concrete: Guterres

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·March 5, 2025·3 min read

Speaking at the emergency summit of Arab nations on the situation in the Middle East and Gaza reconstruction in Cairo, António Guterres welcomed Arab-led efforts to mobilize support for Gaza’s recovery. He stressed that rebuilding the war-ravaged territory must be guided by principles that respect international law and prevent further...

Sudan: Children as young as one raped during conflict, UNICEF warns

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·March 4, 2025·1 min read

Data from gender-based violence service providers in Sudan reveals the scale of the horror: more than 220 reported cases of child rape since the start of 2024. “Children as young as one being raped by armed men should shock anyone to their core and compel immediate action,” said UNICEF Executive...

‘Rapid expansion’ of synthetic drugs reshaping illicit markets, UN anti-narcotics body warns

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·March 4, 2025·1 min read

In its 2024 Annual Report, released on Tuesday, the INCB explains that unlike plant-based drugs, these substances can be made anywhere, without the need for large-scale cultivation, making them easier and cheaper for traffickers to produce and distribute. The rise of powerful opioids like fentanyl and nitazenes – potent enough...

First Person: Voices of the forgotten in Haiti, ‘crying out in the silence of distress’

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·March 4, 2025·3 min read

Armed groups now control much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, including key roads leading in and out of the city, making it nearly impossible for people to find safety. For the past 14 years, Rose, a humanitarian worker with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has been on the ground, helping...

Food prices soar as Israel blocks aid into Gaza

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·March 4, 2025·2 min read

That’s according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, which said on Monday that the Kerem Shalom, Erez and Zikim crossing closures means that vital humanitarian assistance, including thousands of tents, can’t be delivered to civilians in need. Phase one of the ceasefire mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the US...

Oceans of opportunity squeezed dry by unsustainable use

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·March 3, 2025·4 min read

In the run-up to the UN Ocean Conference 2025 in June, the UN trade and development agency, UNCTAD, emphasised that oceans are essential to all life, by sustaining biodiversity, regulating the climate and generating oxygen. Oceans also have massive untapped economic potential that is capable of delivering food security, creating jobs and driving...

‘A litany of human suffering’ in Myanmar, warns UN rights chief

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·March 3, 2025·3 min read

Addressing the Human Rights Council on Friday, he detailed the devastating toll of the ongoing conflict and economic collapse on civilians – many of whom have been displaced by the fighting. Earlier in the day the Council discussed the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, having heard a report from rights...

US cuts mean ‘essential’ UN mental health teams in Ukraine risk closure

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·March 3, 2025·4 min read

A young mother, five children in tow, steps off a train in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, holding a small bag. She is fleeing Russian attacks in the Zaporizhzhia region, she is also escaping a violent partner, a man who once beat her so severely she suffered a miscarriage....

Children already dying in Sudan’s stricken Zamzam camp: WFP

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·March 3, 2025·2 min read

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed that it has had to pause the distribution of life saving food and nutrition assistance, due to escalating violence. WFP spokesperson Leni Kinzli said the UN agency’s partners in the camp had no choice but to evacuate their staff to safety. “The recent...

Alarming trends in nuclear material trafficking highlight urgent security gaps

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·March 2, 2025·1 min read

New data released on Friday from the UN-backed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reveals that while the overall number remains consistent with previous years, the continued incidents of trafficking and radioactive contamination cases raises concerns over nuclear security. Three of the reported cases were directly linked to trafficking or malicious...

US aid cuts will make world ‘less healthy, less safe and less prosperous’: Guterres

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·March 2, 2025·2 min read

“These cuts impact a wide range of critical programmes,” he told reporters at the UN Headquarters in New York, highlighting the potential disruption to lifesaving humanitarian work, development projects, counterterrorism efforts and initiatives to combat drug trafficking. He expressed the UN’s gratitude “for the leading role” the US has played...