A teenage Haitian girl who was forced to flee her home in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, due to gang violence has urged adults not to “give […]
Tag: Conflict
Gaza aid lifelines under strain as winter worsens
Since the fragile October ceasefire began as phase one of the US-led peace plan, thousands of tents and hundreds of thousands of tarpaulins have been […]
Security Council: New faces, old tensions as five nations take their seats
Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia and Liberia have begun two-year terms as non-permanent members, replacing Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, […]
New year dawns amid rubble and resolve in Gaza
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians remain uprooted, many living in makeshift tents pitched on bare ground or squeezed into damaged buildings without reliable access to […]
Health advances marked 2025 as wars and funding cuts strained systems
Even as funding cuts, conflict and climate shocks strained health systems worldwide – disrupting essential services in many countries – governments and partners still recorded […]
UN chief condemns Israeli amendments targeting UNRWA operations
The amendments, adopted on 29 December, to the Law to Cease UNRWA Operations “seek to further impede UNRWA’s ability to operate and carry out its mandated activities,” […]
Sexual violence against children ‘entrenched, systemic and widespread’ across DR Congo, UNICEF warns
The surge is unfolding against the backdrop of escalating conflict in eastern DRC, where renewed fighting has triggered mass displacement, eroded protection systems and deepened […]
UN chief urges world leaders to ‘get priorities straight’ as New Year message calls for peace over war
“The world stands at a crossroads,” he said, warning that conflict, climate breakdown and systemic violations of international law are eroding trust in leadership worldwide. […]
US launches strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria
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Development cooperation agreement marks new chapter in UN-Iraq partnership
On Thursday, the UN and Iraq signed a new agreement, the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2025 to 2029, to assist the country in making progress on its national […]
