200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies
A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age…
People of African descent facing ‘immense challenges’ in public square
It details how systemic racism, marginalization and exclusion, rooted in the legacies of enslavement and colonialism, continue to have a negative effect…
Urgent call for $1 billion to support millions fleeing Sudan conflict
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 64 humanitarian and national civil society organisations on Monday appealed for $1 billion to provide essential…
Record civilian cluster munitions victims as experts urge global ban
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of civilians killed by cluster munitions, according to new data released
UN provides funding boost for ‘neglected’ humanitarian crises
UN provides funding boost with $125 million to support 14 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.
Record numbers risking lives to cross dangerous Darien Gap
So far this year, more than 330,000 people have crossed the Darien Gap on their journey towards North America risking their lives…
Afghanistan: WFP forced to cut food aid for 2 million more
Food assistance to two million people in Afghanistan will have to be cut later this month, the UN World Food Programme (WFP)…
Niger: IOM calls for humanitarian corridor to help stranded migrants
The UN migration agency (IOM) called for the setting up of a humanitarian corridor in Niger to enable voluntary returns of stranded…
Mexico: Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists
The Government of Mexico is called upon to investigate and prosecute those who attack and kill women activists searching for their missing…
109-year-old Tulsa Massacre survivor reflects on legacy of slavery in UN visit
Viola Fletcher was just seven years old when she was forcibly displaced from her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, by an armed mob…