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Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world’

·February 16, 2025·5 min read

1) The war: 2023 Khartoum clashes herald end of peace process By the end of 2022, there were hopes that a UN- backed peace process would finally lead to a civilian administration in Sudan, after a tumultuous period which saw the fall of long-term dictator Omar al-Bashir in a military...

World must not turn its back on Sudan’s deepening crisis: Guterres

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·February 15, 2025·3 min read

Speaking at a high-level humanitarian conference in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, António Guterres described the situation in Sudan as a catastrophe of “staggering scale and brutality”. He warned that it is increasing spilling into the wider region. “It is a crisis that demands sustained and urgent attention,” he said,...

Airing climate justice in Costa Rica on World Radio Day

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·February 13, 2025·5 min read

In a crucial year for climate action which, in accordance with the Paris Agreement, seeks to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, World Radio Day is dedicated in 2025 to highlighting the power of broadcasting to bring climate change issues to prominence. That’s the goal of Climate Radio...

World News in Brief: Peacekeeper killed in CAR, Gaza and DR Congo latest, preventing violent extremism

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·February 13, 2025·3 min read

The ‘blue helmet’ was part of a long-range MINUSCA patrol to protect civilians, that was near the village of Zobassinda, in Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture, which came under attack on Tuesday night by an unidentified armed assailant. António Guterres expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the fallen peacekeeper, and to the Government...

World News in Brief: Deadly virus outbreak in Uganda, $500 million human rights appeal, Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws in spotlight

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·February 2, 2025·3 min read

Health authorities in Kampala confirmed that one patient has died – a nurse who had sought treatment at various other medical facilities after developing fever-like symptoms. In response to the outbreak of the often deadly and infectious haemorrhagic fever which is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids and tissue, WHO...

World News in Brief: Children killed in Darfur hospital attack, date set for US climate pact withdrawal, WHO leads call to fight neglected diseases

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·January 29, 2025·2 min read

The children were among the patients being treated in the hospital’s emergency ward for injuries from previous bombings in the area, said the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. “This heinous attack is a blatant violation of children’s rights. Children are being killed and injured in the very places where they should...

World News in Brief: More UN staffers detained in Yemen, education hit by climate crisis, Nigeria aid plan

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·January 25, 2025·2 min read

The de facto rulers of much of the country, including the capital Sana’a, released the crew of a merchant ship who had been held for more than a year, earlier this week. The move raised hopes that more than 60 staff from the UN, international organizations and diplomatic missions already...

World News in Brief: Gaza aid surge, El Fasher update, aid to Somalia, justice in Belarus

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·January 22, 2025·4 min read

Aid coordination office OCHA said the UN and our partners are dispatching supplies to designated emergency shelters and distribution centres across the Strip. “We are distributing food parcels and flour and working to re-open bakeries,” said UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq. More than 50,000 food parcels On Monday and Tuesday,...

World News in Brief: Sudan famine latest, weekend attacks in Ukraine, Tanzania Marburg virus update

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·January 21, 2025·2 min read

In an alert on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that the trucks will be the first from the UN agency to reach Wad Madani in over a year, since conflict spread there at the end of 2023. But “they must arrive safely”, the WFP insisted. Battlefield development That...

World News in Brief: Security Council Libya resolution, cyclone recovery in Mozambique, Marburg virus in Tanzania, counter-terrorism laws in Türkiye

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·January 20, 2025·4 min read

The resolution authored by the United Kingdom was passed by 14 votes with none against – permanent Council member Russia abstained. It introduces new provisions concerning the arms embargo and assets freeze measures imposed in 2011 following the overthrow of long-term ruler Muammar Gaddafi. It also establishes a new listing...

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...

World News in Brief: North Gaza under siege, aid to millions in Syria, tensions in Mozambique

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·January 15, 2025·2 min read

In his daily briefing in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists that there have been significant casualties reported in Jabalia al Balad and Khan Younis. Meanwhile, Israeli authorities continue to deny UN-led efforts to reach people with vital assistance, he told correspondents. North Gaza The Israeli siege of...