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UN food agency ramps up deliveries amid worsening food security in Ethiopia

[ad_1] “WFP, with our partners, are working tirelessly to reach millions of Ethiopians at risk of hunger in the first quarter of the year to help keep a major humanitarian…

World News in Brief: Unprecedented cholera spike in Africa, Julian Assange extradition update, locusts compound Sudan crisis

[ad_1] Dr. Fiona Braka from WHO’s regional office in Brazzaville, Congo, said that eastern and southern Africa have been particularly badly affected. In just the first four weeks of the…

UN rights office voices concern ahead of elections in Pakistan

[ad_1] OHCHR denounced all acts of violence against political parties and candidates in the lead-up to Thursday’s vote. Spokesperson Liz Throssell said there have been no less than 24 reported…

War crimes fears over Israeli ground invasion of Rafah

[ad_1] “We as the UN and Member States of the UN can bear witness,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told journalists in Geneva. “We can make clear what the law says……

UN’s political chief warns of escalating toll as third year of war in Ukraine looms

[ad_1] Briefing the Security Council, Political and Peacebuilding Affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told ambassadors “we are no closer to the end of this illegal and unjustified war.” “With each passing…

UN deputy chief calls for ‘courage, vision and solidarity’ to boost middle-income nations

[ad_1] Speaking at a conference on addressing development challenges of middle-income countries (MICs), in Rabat, Morocco, Amina Mohammed said recent crises have laid bare inequalities and exposed stark contrasts. “While…

One year on, for survivors of Türkiye-Syria quakes the suffering is far from over

[ad_1] In the early hours of 6 February 2023, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region between the two countries, claiming over 50,000 lives in Türkiye and a…

With Middle East at a ‘critical juncture’, UN Iraq envoy appeals for restraint

[ad_1] “With the conflict raging in Gaza, as well as armed action elsewhere, the Middle East is at a critical juncture, and the same is true for Iraq,” said UN…

Guterres: End ‘abhorrent practice’ of female genital mutilation

[ad_1] “Even one mutilation is one too many,” António Guterres said in his message to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), observed annually on…

US must uphold judges’ right to speak freely about race and gender bias: rights expert

[ad_1] Special Rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite voiced serious concerns that a Supreme Court Justice in the state of North Carolina, Anita Earls, was investigated for comments made regarding the potential role that…

Guterres appoints independent UNRWA review panel

[ad_1] The independent Review Group – appointed in consultation with UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini – will examine whether the agency is doing everything it can to ensure neutrality and to respond to allegations of…

World News in Brief: Artificial Intelligence pledge, child abuse online, Sudan crisis deepens

[ad_1] Lenovo Group, LG AI Research, Mastercard, Microsoft, Salesforce, Telefonica, GSMA network of mobile phone operators, and INNIT have pledged to “integrate the values and principles” of UNESCO’s Recommendation on the…

Gaza: Northern aid push frustrated as regional tensions rise

[ad_1] “This morning a food convoy waiting to move into northern Gaza was hit by Israeli naval gunfire; thankfully no-one was injured,” said Tom White, Director of Affairs for the…

Middle East: Security Council meets on US strikes in Iraq and Syria

[ad_1] The UN’s Rosemary DiCarlo, briefed ambassadors first, warning that escalating attacks were fuelling chances of miscalculation. She said that as everyone in the diplomatic world is all too aware,…

UN force steps up patrols after weekend of bloodshed in Abyei

[ad_1] Heavily armed assailants attacked civilians in the villages of Malual Aleu, Banton, Awolnhom, Abathok, Majbong, Awal, and east of Rumamier, using rocket-propelled grenades and mortars, reportedly over a land…