First Person: Bodies of children in Haiti have turned into ‘battlegrounds’
The agency’s spokesperson James Elder has just visited Port-au-Prince, the capital of the embattled Caribbean nation and has been speaking about what…
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DR Congo crisis: Thousands flee clashes in South Kivu
Escalating fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese troops has caused thousands of people to flee, with many heading towards the provincial capital,…
Gaza: 10,000 aid trucks reached enclave since ceasefire began
Announcing the development, the UN’s top aid official, Tom Fletcher, said that the trucks contained lifesaving food, medicine, and tents – all…
Sudan: Top aid official warns against escalating violence in two states
Clementine Nkweta-Salami said the latest outbreak of hostilities in South Kordofan’s capital, Kadugli, has reportedly claimed at least 80 civilian lives and…
What the UN is doing in DR Congo
Despite security challenges, UN agencies and peacekeepers have pledged to stay and deliver amid rising deaths and injuries alongside an alarming spread of highly…
Gaza: More than a million receive food aid since the start of the ceasefire
The temporary agreement to stop the fighting and release hostages brought an end to some 15 months of conflict and destruction in…
Guterres calls for full Gaza ceasefire, rejecting ‘ethnic cleansing’
He was addressing the opening of the latest session of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the…
UNRWA delivers bulk of aid in Gaza as destruction mounts in West Bank
UNRWA’s communications director Juliette Touma described catastrophic scenes at the camp, where some 100 buildings had been “destroyed or heavily damaged” by…
US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians
The development follows the pause announced to billions of dollars of funding on 24 January by the US administration affecting “nearly all…
DR Congo: UN call to reopen Goma airport ‘lifeline’, as crisis deepens
“Goma airport is a lifeline,” said Bruno Lemarquis. “Without it, the evacuation of the seriously injured, the delivery of medical supplies and…