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DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi

·April 25, 2025·2 min read

“We’re pushed to our limits,” said Ayaki Ito, Director for Emergencies for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. One mother was so desperate to reach safety she crossed the 100-metre wide Rusizi river separating DRC and Burundi with her three small children and their belongings, Mr. Ito told journalists in Geneva:...

Gaza aid crisis deepens as border closure stretches into 50th day

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·April 23, 2025·1 min read

The UN relief coordination office, OCHA, said on Tuesday that this marks the longest period without aid or commercial supplies entering the Strip since the conflict began in October 2023. “Right now, it is probably the worst humanitarian situation ever seen throughout the war in Gaza,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke...

Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds

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·April 22, 2025·4 min read

That is the warning from a new report by the UN Spotlight Initiative, which finds that climate change is intensifying the social and economic stresses that are fuelling increased levels of violence against women and girls. The report finds that extreme weather, displacement, food insecurity, and economic instability are key factors increasing...

Haiti crisis could impact regional and global stability

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·April 20, 2025·1 min read

As heavily armed gangs expand their control and public institutions are facing intense pressure, delivering humanitarian aid on the ground is becoming harder as funding is dwindling. “Haiti has not received the level of attention or funding that is so desperately needed,” said Ms. Pope. Just returned from a high-level...

Myanmar: Thousands remain in crisis weeks after deadly earthquakes

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·April 18, 2025·2 min read

The earthquakes – which hit central Myanmar on 28 March – killed at least 3,700 people, injured 4,800 more and left 129 still missing. However, humanitarians warn the true toll is likely much higher due to underreporting and continued challenges in data collection and verification. More than 140 aftershocks –...

Gaza faces deepening crisis as aid stocks dwindle

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·April 17, 2025·1 min read

More than 500,000 people are reported to have been newly displaced since 18 March, many of them uprooted multiple times due to ongoing military operations across the Gaza Strip. Conditions on the ground are deteriorating rapidly, with critical shortages in basic supplies and growing malnutrition, especially among children. “Tents are...

World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis worsens, South Sudan clashes, Ecuador oil spill update

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·April 14, 2025·2 min read

“It has now been a month and a half since any supplies were last allowed through the crossings into Gaza,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the daily media briefing in New York.  OCHA said about 70 per cent of the Gaza Strip is currently under displacement orders or in...

DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence

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·April 12, 2025·1 min read

Spokesperson James Elder told reporters in Geneva via video link from Goma that children could account for up to 45 per cent of the nearly 10,000 cases of rape and sexual violence documented in January and February, amid heightened tensions between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Government forces across the mineral-rich...

Ukraine crisis: ‘Even wars have rules,’ UN relief chief tells Security Council

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·April 9, 2025·4 min read

Briefing the Security Council, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher called on the international community to step up support and do more to protect civilians under fire. In recent weeks, continued Russian strikes on cities have seen civilian casualties rise – including children – and damaged critical infrastructure including healthcare...

Aid data critical to crisis response threatened by funding cuts

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·April 8, 2025·1 min read

“Data is central to humanitarian action,” OCHA said, as aid organizations look to “focus their response to reach the communities with the most severe needs.” In its latest report on the State of Open Humanitarian Data OCHA said that “as the humanitarian system severely contracts due to unprecedented funding cuts and threats...

Sudan crisis: UN rights chief condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum

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·April 3, 2025·3 min read

Citing credible reports of extrajudicial killings in several areas of the capital, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said that the victims were suspected of collaborating with rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters. “I urge the commanders of the Sudanese Armed Forces to take immediate measures to put an...

Myanmar earthquake tragedy ‘compounds already dire crisis’

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·April 1, 2025·3 min read

Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Marcoluigi Corsi expressed the UN’s profound sorry at the immense loss of life stemming from Friday’s 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude quakes with the death toll rising to around 2,000, according to the country’s military junta. “The latest reports indicate significant loss of life, widespread injuries, and...