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DR Congo violence has pushed 35,000 to Burundi, says UN refugee agency

·February 20, 2025·3 min read

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, reported on Thursday that 35,000 Congolese nationals have now reached Burundi since the beginning of February, as Rwanda-backed M23 fighters continue to advance across both South and North Kivu. The UN human rights office (OHCHR) in DRC also expressed concern over growing lawlessness as warlords...

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...

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...

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...

UN rights office raises alarm over escalating violence in occupied West Bank

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·January 25, 2025·3 min read

OHCHR spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan added that the Israeli military operation in and around the Jenin refugee camp had involved “disproportionate” use of force, including airstrikes and shootings that reportedly targeted unarmed residents. “The deadly Israeli operations in recent days raise serious concerns about unnecessary or disproportionate use of force, including...

World News in Brief: Antisemitism action plan, DR Congo violence escalates, new migration movie, year of ‘peace and trust’

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·January 19, 2025·3 min read

The plan was announced by the High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), a platform for intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation. Miguel Ángel Moratinos called antisemitism – prejudice or hatred towards Jews – “a toxic ideology with deep roots in bigotry and racism that still plagues our world manifesting...

Haiti: spiralling gang violence has left more than one million displaced

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·January 14, 2025·2 min read

Latest data from the International Organization for Migration indicates that more than one million people have been displaced across Haiti so far, up from the 315,000 recorded on 20 December 2023. “The most concrete data we have is that around 1,041,000 people are currently living in displacement in Haiti. Most...

More than 5,600 killed in Haiti gang violence in 2024

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·January 8, 2025·1 min read

These deaths represent an increase of over 1,000 on the total killings for 2023, according to figures verified by OHCHR. A further 2,212 people were injured and 1,494 kidnapped. “These figures alone cannot capture the absolute horrors being perpetrated in Haiti but they show the unremitting violence to which people...

World News in Brief: Communal violence in South Sudan, Syria and Gaza updates

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·January 7, 2025·3 min read

In an update covering July to September last year, the UN Mission in South Sudan – or UNMISS – expressed concern about the steep increase in abductions and combat-related sexual violence, compared with the same period last year. UNMISS’s human rights division said that 299 non-combatants were killed between July...

UNHCR urges greater support for people fleeing post-election violence in Mozambique

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·January 1, 2025·1 min read

The violence comes after the top court in Mozambique confirmed on 23 December that the ruling Frelimo party won the disputed presidential election held in October, sparking protests. The southern African country is also still recovering from the devastating effects of Cyclone Chido, which hit just weeks ago. The current...

Haiti’s destiny ‘bright’ despite terrifying escalation of violence

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·December 27, 2024·5 min read

Haiti is faced with a multifaceted crisis including rising gang violence, political instability, the displacement of over 700,000 people as well as widespread hunger. UNICEF has reported a sharp increase in the recruitment of minors by armed gangs, with the number of child recruits rising by 70 per cent in the past...

Occupied Palestinian Territory: Security Council hears of ongoing violence, ‘relentless’ Israeli settlement expansion

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·December 22, 2024·3 min read

Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General in the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), presented the latest quarterly report on the implementation of Council resolution 2334 (2016). It calls for Israel to immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the OPT, including East Jerusalem, and for immediate steps to...