Uphold promise to protect civilians caught in conflict: Guterres
The world is failing to live up to its commitment to protect...
Gaza: Over a quarter of UNRWA centre patients needing mental health support
More than one in four patients screened in violence-afflicted Gaza at UN-run...
Cyclone Mocha: urgent funding needed as hunger, diseases loom
As a clearer picture emerges of the trail of destruction left by...
Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished
Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, water scarcity,...
Ukraine: Power loss at nuclear plant underscores ‘highly vulnerable’ safety situation
The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine lost all external power...
Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost $4 trillion over last 50 years
Over two million deaths and $4.3 trillion in economic losses; that’s the...
El Salvador: Renewed state of emergency undermines right to fair trial
The decision by El Salvador to extend a state of emergency aimed...
Ceasefire in Sudan could ‘pave the way’ to peace talks
A crucial ceasefire poised to enter into force in restive Sudan on...
World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief
Although COVID-19 may no longer be a global public health emergency, countries...
Ghana peacekeeper named UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year
A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA)...
