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Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP

Conflict has plagued the DRC for decades, particularly in the east. Armed clashes escalated sharply this year as M23 rebels...

UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting

At least 75 civilians have been killed in hostilities between the national army (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In...

Guterres calls on Israel to accept UN’s ‘detailed, principled’ aid plan for Gaza

Addressing reporters outside the Security Council, António Guterres called once again for a permanent ceasefire to end the fighting between...

‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fibrosis affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable

16 years – that is how long Dah had to live with the agonising condition, undergoing eight different surgical procedures...

Syrians face staggering needs amid insecurity and healthcare crisis

Wrapping up a visit to the country, Edem Wosornu, who heads operations and advocacy for the UN humanitarian affairs coordination...

Aid teams highlight growing anxiety in Gaza after food is looted

“Fifteen World Food Programme trucks were looted late last night in southern Gaza, while en route to WFP-supported bakeries,” the...

World News in Brief: UK cedes sovereignty over Chagos Islands, suffering in Sudan deepens, UN releases new emergency relief funds

Before granting Mauritius independence in 1968, Britain unlawfully separated the Chagos archipelago to create the British Indian Ocean Territory. In...

Civilians ‘trapped and terrorised’: UN sounds alarm over collapse of critical protections

Speaking at a high-level open debate in the Security Council on protection of civilians in armed conflict on Thursday, UN...

Gaza: Attacks on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths last week

Last week, 629 Palestinians were reportedly killed, according to OHCHR in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. At least 358 were killed because...

Kenya: Refugees facing ‘lowest ever’ emergency food rations amid funding crisis