UN Declares Famine in Gaza, First Ever in Middle East
UN agencies have for months been warning of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, which has worsened as Israel steps up its offensive against Hamas.
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UN Experts Denounce Attacks on Syria’s Druze
A panel of UN experts denounced Thursday what they described as an outbreak of massacres, sexual violence and kidnappings targeting the Druze minority in southern Syria in the past month.
Iran Says Official to Meet UN Nuclear Chief on Monday
Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said the meeting with the International Atomic Energy Agency was “part of our ongoing engagement with the agency”.
Waziri Mkuu wa DRC asema zaidi ya watu 7,000 wamefariki mashariki mwa nchi
Waziri Mkuu wa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo (DRC) alisema Jumatatu kwamba zaidi ya watu 7,000 wamefariki mashariki mwa nchi hiyo tangu mwezi Januari, wakati kundi la M23 lililokuwa likiungwa mkono na Rwanda lilipochukua miji miwili mikubwa.
More Than One Million People Internally Displaced in Haiti: UN
The latest data “reveals that 1,041,000 people, many displaced multiple times, are struggling amidst an intensifying humanitarian crisis”, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration said.
Over 30 Million in Need of Aid in War-Torn Sudan: UN
The UN has launched a $4.2 billion call for funds, targeting 20.9 million people across Sudan from a total of 30.4 million people it said are in need in what it called “an unprecedented humanitarian crisis”.
Nearly 10,000 Fleeing Sudan War to South Sudan a Day
Since April 2023 fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions more, triggering what the UN calls one of the world’s worst displacement crises.
UN Says Over 200 Children Killed in Lebanon in Under Two Months
Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel in October last year in support of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.
France Summons Israeli Envoy Over Attack on Lebanon UN Peacekeepers
UN peacekeepers said Israeli fire on their headquarters in south Lebanon on Thursday injured two Blue Helmets, sparking condemnation from European members of the mission. No French soldiers were hurt in Thursday’s incident, France said.
Liberian refugees return to limbo decades after conflict
Like thousands of Liberians, 50-year-old Wolo spent decades establishing a new life in a Ghanaian refugee camp, but has now returned to her homeland in a wave of repatriations by the Liberian government.
