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Civilians at breaking point in eastern DR Congo warns top aid official, in call to resume talks

·February 19, 2025·2 min read

“The rapid and uninterrupted expansion of the conflict, particularly in South Kivu province, continues to inflict a heavy toll on the civilian population,” said UN humanitarian coordinator for DRC, Bruno Lemarquis. “The population can no longer continue to pay such a heavy price for a conflict that continues to spread...

DR Congo: Shortage of humanitarian routes threatens aid operation, top UN official warns

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·February 14, 2025·3 min read

“The frontline is getting closer to Kavumu Airport,” warned Bruno Lemarquis on Wednesday. Following the fall of regional capital Goma, in North Kivu, at the end of January, the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group is now making headway against Congelese Government forces towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu. Kalehe, a...

Sudan: Top aid official warns against escalating violence in two states

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·February 7, 2025·1 min read

Clementine Nkweta-Salami said the latest outbreak of hostilities in South Kordofan’s capital, Kadugli, has reportedly claimed at least 80 civilian lives and left scores more injured. She condemned the reported use of women and children as human shields there, along with the obstruction of humanitarian aid and the detention of...

DR CONGO CRISIS: Updates as top UN official tells emergency Security Council meeting ‘we are trapped’

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·January 26, 2025·1 min read

Intensifying hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo involving the non-state armed group M23 have caused further mass displacement in the mineral-rich region, with fears that the regional capital Goma could come under attack, UN agencies warned on Friday....

Top humanitarian official issues ceasefire appeal during visit to Gaza City

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·January 13, 2025·1 min read

Muhannad Hadi, who is also the Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, made the appeal during a visit to Gaza City, where he met with representatives from non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The senior official also visited Holy Family Church, where he recorded a video message on the church...

UN official warns against further escalation amid attacks in Yemen, Israel and the Red Sea

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·December 31, 2024·8 min read

Briefing the Security Council in New York, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Khaled Khiari, warned the Middle East was witnessing another dangerous escalation. He said that attacks in Israel and Yemen, as well as in the Red Sea, are of grave concern, and warned that further...

‘I saw the blood on the tarmac’: top UN official in Yemen recounts aftermath of Israel airstrike on civilian airport

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·December 29, 2024·2 min read

On 26 December, Israeli forces struck Sana’a International Airport, Red Sea ports and power stations. Tedros was at the airport when it was hit, along with Mr. Harneis and other members of a UN party negotiating the release of several UN workers held hostage by Ansar Allah, the de facto...

Gaza: ‘Devastation is absolutely staggering’, says senior WFP official

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·December 13, 2024·3 min read

Speaking from Gaza, Jonathan Dumont said many people have been displaced multiple times, and that families are living either in tents or in the rubble of collapsed buildings, with no access to electricity or running water. The text has been edited for length and clarity. UN News: How do you...

305 million people need lifesaving help next year, says UN’s top aid official

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·December 4, 2024·4 min read

“The world is on fire…We are dealing with a polycrisis right now globally and it is the most vulnerable people in the world who are paying the price. We are dealing with the impact of conflicts – multiple conflicts – and crises of longer duration and of more intense ferocity” said...

‘Reverse dangerous cycle of escalation’ in Ukraine, UN official urges, amid ballistic missile strike

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·November 27, 2024·1 min read

“The latest developments follow the already disturbing reports of troops from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) being deployed to the conflict zone,” Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, told ambassadors. He said the Ukrainian city of Dnipro was hit by a ballistic intermediate-range Russian missile...

Sudan: UN official decries attacks against civilians in Al Jazirah state

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·October 27, 2024·2 min read

Preliminary reports indicate that between 20 and 25 October, fighters from the paramilitary RSF launched major attacks across eastern parts of the Al Jazirah state (also spelled Gezira), indiscriminately shooting at civilians and committing sexual violence against women and girls. “I am shocked and deeply appalled that human rights violations...

‘Entire population of north Gaza at risk of dying,’ warns UN’s top humanitarian official

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·October 27, 2024·1 min read

“What Israeli forces are doing in besieged north Gaza cannot be allowed to continue,” said Joyce Msuya, acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, in a statement posted on the social media platform X. Hospitals have been hit, health workers detained and first responders prevented from rescuing...