Tigray: As famine looms, first WFP humanitarian flight arrives
Lifesaving assistance arrived for the beleaguered Tigray region of Ethiopia on Thursday as the...
COVID-19: Africa ‘third wave’ not yet over, while vaccine inequity threatens all
Although new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed following an eight-week surge,...
FAO head urges G20 to invest in a healthy planet for healthy food
The head of the UN food relief agency called on the world’s...
Revealed: Inequalities persist in HIV prevention, child treatment services
Nearly half of the 1.7 million children worldwide living with HIV were not...
WHO’s Tedros backs Tokyo Olympic Games ‘power to inspire’
The head of the UN World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has...
Lifesaving help needed for Venezuela cancer patients hit by US sanctions
Independent UN rights experts on Wednesday warned that hundreds of Venezuelan cancer patients could...
Nelson Mandela: 'Synonymous with the fight for justice and equality'
Celebrating what would have been Nelson Mandela’s 102nd birthday on Wednesday, the UN deputy chief hailed the man who led the...
Liverpool’s historic waterfront removed from World Heritage List
Historic docklands and buildings in the UK city of Liverpool have been...
Iraq: Bomb attack on eve of Eid al-Adha, ‘terrorism knows no bounds’
Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the “horrific bomb attack targeting civilians”...
FROM THE FIELD: A genocide timeline; Srebrenica massacre remembered
Survivors of a massacre of mainly Muslims in the former Yugoslavia, and...
