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Mali: UN convoy concludes treacherous 350 kilometre journey

·November 9, 2023·2 min read

The development is the latest step in the accelerated withdrawal process of the Mission, known as MINUSMA, which is due to leave the West African country by the end of the year after a decade in operation. The 143 vehicles left Kidal on 31 October and travelled nearly 350 kilometres,...

At Rafah crossing, Türk says both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes

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·November 8, 2023·2 min read

Volker Türk highlighted the dichotomy at the border crossing, describing it as a “lifeline” for the 2.3 million residents of Gaza over the past month, although “unjustly, outrageously thin.” But it is also “the gates to a living nightmare”, he continued, as people in Gaza “have been suffocating, under persistent...

Fossil fuel producers ‘literally doubling down’, new UNEP report warns

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·November 8, 2023·2 min read

“The 2023 Production Gap report is a startling indictment of runaway climate carelessness,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message accompanying the landmark report. This hike in fuel extraction comes despite 151 national governments having pledged to achieve net-zero emissions. The latest forecasts suggest that global coal, oil, and gas demand will...

Sudan war turning ‘homes into cemeteries’: UNHCR

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·November 8, 2023·2 min read

“The war that erupted without warning turned previously peaceful Sudanese homes into cemeteries,” said Dominique Hyde, Director of External Relations at UNHCR. She visited the country last week, and witnessed a surge in human suffering. “Away from the eyes of the world and the news headlines, the conflict in Sudan...

World News in Brief: UNCTAD development finance call, Nepal quake update, religious freedom in Nicaragua

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·November 8, 2023·3 min read

That’s the message from the UN’s trade and development body UNCTAD, which called on Tuesday for urgent reform of the international financial system to support the world’s 46 Least Developed Countries. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, these most vulnerable economies urgently require foreign investment to add...

More action needed to write ‘final chapter’ of TB

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·November 7, 2023·2 min read

The finding comes in the latest WHO Global Tuberculosis Report which reveals that 7.5 million people were diagnosed with TB in 2022 – the highest figure ever since the UN agency began global monitoring in 1995. TB is an infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs. It is caused by...

Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’

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·November 7, 2023·2 min read

“Every day, you think it is the worst day and then the next day is worse,” UN health agency spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said, quoting a colleague in Gaza, which remains under almost complete blockade. “Access, access, access is necessary.” 160 children killed daily The level of death and suffering is...

World News in Brief: Sudan and South Sudan updates, Ukraine heritage under fire in Odesa

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·November 7, 2023·3 min read

With the civil war between rival militaries now in its 200th day, children “continue to pay the highest price for a crisis not of their making – increasingly with their own lives”, said the agency in a statement. There are more children now displaced there than anywhere in the world,...

Nepal quake: UN response continues, as aftershocks leave families traumatized

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·November 7, 2023·2 min read

According to agencies on the ground, more than 380 aftershocks have been reported since the 6.4 magnitude quake struck shortly before midnight of Friday into Saturday, local time. Initial findings suggest over 4,000 homes have been damaged in the worst affected districts of Rukum (West) and Jajarkot, leaving up to...

Gaza: ‘Unfolding catastrophe’ makes humanitarian ceasefire more urgent

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·November 6, 2023·3 min read

“The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity,” he said, speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York. He also voiced ongoing grave concern over rising violence and an expansion of the conflict between Israeli forces and Hamas militants, stating that...

Israel-Palestine crisis: ‘Enough is enough’ say UN humanitarians

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·November 6, 2023·1 min read

With the deepening Israel-Palestine crisis about to enter its second month, a dozen UN agencies have reiterated urgent appeals for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to allow more lifesaving aid into Gaza....

Explainer: How AI helps combat climate change

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·November 6, 2023·7 min read

The recent launch of the UN-led AI Advisory Body advanced a growing global trend to harness machine learning to find solutions to common challenges. AI is upping the data crunching game and a growing number of governments, businesses and civil society partners are working together to reap its many benefits. That includes...