After more than two years of civil war, more than 25 million people are now acutely hungry and at least 20 million require health services urgently. […]
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Gaza City: Daily bombardment, more displacement amid escalating military offensive
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said people are once again on the move after Israel placed the entire city under displacement orders. Aid partners recorded more […]
Haiti: UN relief chief implores ‘we have to do better’ to support gang-ravaged nation
“I’m ashamed on behalf of the world that we cannot find it in ourselves to be more compassionate, to be more kind, to recognise what […]
80 million more children benefiting from school meals, WFP reports
The number of children receiving school meals through government-led programmes has gone up by 20 per cent since 2020, found the latest edition of the […]
Attacks on schools surge by ‘staggering’ 44 per cent over the past year
Over 41,000 incidents of violence against school-age children were reported by the UN in 2024. Countries with the highest levels of violations in were Israel […]
DAMILOLA AFOLABI – Wikinews, the free news source
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The night the mountains shook: A doctor on the front lines of Afghanistan’s earthquake
At his home in Jalalabad, roughly 50 kilometres away from the epicentre, Dr. Sahak and his wife stormed out of their bedroom to find their […]
The missing half: The urgent need for more women’s representation in the media
“When women are missing, democracy is incomplete,” said Kirsi Madi, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director with the UN gender equality agency, UN Women, responding to […]
DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented a high-level human rights probe into the DRC emergency created […]
ADEDOSU MERCY – Wikinews, the free news source
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