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Clock ticking on South Sudan’s transition, Security Council hears

·February 6, 2025·3 min read

Signed in 2018 to end years of conflict, the Revitalized Peace Agreement, initially set a three-year timeline for elections and the formation of a democratic government. The transition has been extended four times, with key political, security, and governance benchmarks remaining unfulfilled. Under the latest extension, announced by the authorities...

Gaza: More than a million receive food aid since the start of the ceasefire

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·February 5, 2025·3 min read

The temporary agreement to stop the fighting and release hostages brought an end to some 15 months of conflict and destruction in the Strip, following the brutal Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel of 7 October 2023. The truce came into force on 19 January and OCHA said the surge in...

UNRWA delivers bulk of aid in Gaza, as destruction mounts in West Bank

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·February 5, 2025·2 min read

UNRWA’s communications director Juliette Touma described catastrophic scenes at the camp, where some 100 buildings had been “destroyed or heavily damaged” by the detonations at the weekend. The camp’s residents had “endured the impossible”, she said, after nearly two months of “unceasing and escalating violence” linked to the Israeli military...

US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians

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·February 5, 2025·4 min read

The development follows the pause announced to billions of dollars of funding on 24 January by the US administration affecting “nearly all US foreign aid programmes, pending a 90-day review”, said Pio Smith from the UN’s sexual reproductive health agency, UNFPA, briefing journalists in Geneva. ‘Unwavering commitment’ to serve people...

Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds

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·February 5, 2025·2 min read

Released on Tuesday, the new report highlights that at least 5,626 people have been killed and more than 2,213 injured in the past year, due to the armed gangs who control much of the capital and the country at large. These figures reflect a sharp increase of over 1,000 fatalities...

DR Congo: UN call to reopen Goma airport ‘lifeline’, as crisis deepens

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·February 4, 2025·2 min read

“Goma airport is a lifeline,” said Bruno Lemarquis. “Without it, the evacuation of the seriously injured, the delivery of medical supplies and the reception of humanitarian reinforcements are paralyzed.” Growing casualties The M23 armed group, supported by Rwandan troops, seized the airport last week as its fighters swept through Goma...

West Bank violence undermining Gaza ceasefire: UNRWA

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·February 4, 2025·1 min read

It comes a day after Israeli Security Forces (ISF) carried out a series of controlled detonations at the Jenin refugee camp, located in the northern West Bank, destroying large areas there “in a split second”. UNRWA said it received no prior warning of the explosions “as contact between staff and...

Eastern DR Congo crisis increasing risk of mpox transmission, WHO chief warns

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·February 4, 2025·2 min read

Fighting escalated sharply in late January, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized control of parts of North Kivu, including areas near the regional capital Goma, and advanced towards South Kivu. Before the latest violence, mpox cases had been stabilizing, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a speech to the agency’s...

Sudan: UN chief condemns reported executions as starvation risks rise

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·February 4, 2025·1 min read

Many of the victims are believed to be from the Darfur and Kordofan regions. “The Secretary-General reminds all warring parties in Sudan of their obligations under international law, especially in relation to the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure,” said his Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing correspondents in New York. “Sudanese women, Sudanese children...

Haiti: ‘I was deported to a country I never lived in’

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·February 3, 2025·5 min read

Mireille Pregnant and exhausted and clutching a small bag with all that was left of her belongings, Mireille* stood under the relentless Haitian sun, not sure what to do next. She had just been deported from the Dominican Republic, a country she had called home since she was eight years...

DR Congo crisis: ‘The violence must end now’, UN Security Council told

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·February 3, 2025·2 min read

Vivian van de Perre, Deputy Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), provided a detailed briefing from Goma, highlighting the dire humanitarian situation and the need for “urgent and coordinated international action” to stop the fighting between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Congolese forces – as they battle...

From policy to progress: UN deputy chief Mohammed outlines path for Africa’s clean energy transformation

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·February 3, 2025·4 min read

“Access to electricity is not just a matter of convenience; it is a fundamental human right that underpins economic growth, education, healthcare, and gender equality,” Ms. Mohammed told African Heads of State attending the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Summit brought together African...