Ukraine flood disaster: needs grow as long-term impacts loom
Speaking to journalists from Bilozerka, a town on the Dnipro River about 20 kilometres west of Kherson and five kilometres from the…
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Arrests and hate speech target Baha’i minority in Yemen
OHCHR said that on 25 May, security forces stormed a peaceful meeting of Baha’is in Sana’a. Seventeen people, including five women, were…
Peacekeepers to be repatriated following allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse
Following serious allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse, a unit of 60 Tanzanian peacekeepers based in the Central African Republic, is to…
UN suspends food assistance as Ethiopia wrestles with aid diversions
“Food diversion is absolutely unacceptable,” said WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain, following a joint statement made by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office
“We are concerned by the continued devastating impact of the fighting in Sudan on civilians,” Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva. …
A new way of detecting natural disasters like tsunamis
Airborne infrasound can improve tsunami warnings and other emergency responses.
Quality of Europe’s bathing waters remains high
News ItemPublished 09 Jun 2023 ImageMaria Giovanna Sodero, My City /EEA The majority of bathing water sites in Europe met the European…
Morocco, Alamia held 11th Horse-riding festival of MATA
MATA Festival // The “ALAMIA association for social and cultural action” organised the 11th edition of the international Mata horse-riding festival from…
How important it is to read books
Reading books, apart from enriching our vocabulary, our general culture and speech, transports us to other worlds and even takes us away…
Dam disaster: UN ‘committed to reaching all Ukrainians in need’, says top aid official
Denise Brown, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, offered reassurance to Dmytro Kuleba that UN agencies and other humanitarian partners have been delivering water, food…