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UNMISS has been released latest quarterly human rights reviewcovering the period July to September 2025 – a period marked by a continued deterioration of the political and security situation. Factors included ongoing inter/intra-community violence involving community militias and/or civil defense groups; hostilities between the warring parties and other armed groups – including the alleged involvement […]
In a new report released on Friday, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said that since the 2021 elections, authorities have enacted or amended laws that entrench repression and impunity and target the political opposition, journalists, human rights defenders and people with dissenting opinions. High Commissioner Volker Türk urged Ugandan authorities to fulfill their international […]
© WMO/Abbas Council Parched earth in Iraq (file) Friday January 9, 2026 UN news The United States’ intention announced this week to withdraw from a host of UN bodies targets programs and initiatives that address a wide range of critical areas, including the climate crisis, trade, gender and development. Then UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric informed […]
The latest UN data shows that 9.3 million people have been uprooted by conflict across the country and more than 4.3 million have fled across the border, putting enormous pressure on neighboring countries. More than 21 million people across the country are believed to be in acute food insecurity. Although many of the displaced have […]
For frontline workers like Oleg Kemin from the UN World Food Program (WFP), this involves traveling deep into disputed territory along the 1,000-kilometer contact line separating Ukraine from Russia, where attack drones pose a deadly threat. In an exclusive interview with UN newsOleg describes his work as a security officer and the challenges he faces […]
The storm hit 90 locations in the governorates of Aleppo, Idleb and Al-Hasakeh on December 31, affecting more than 150,000 people. Humanitarian partners reported that two babies died from extreme cold in the Harim area of northern Idleb. About 5,000 shelters were partially or completely damaged, exposing families to freezing temperatures and putting them at […]
The US action made “all states around the world less safe,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the High Commissioner. Speaking to journalists in Geneva, Ms Shamdasani rejected the US justification for its intervention on the grounds of the Venezuelan government’s “long-standing and appalling” human rights record. “Accountability for human rights violations cannot be achieved through […]
© UNHCR/Jame Magic A Venezuelan toddler finds solace at a UNHCR-led event in Lima, Peru. Tuesday January 6, 2026 UN news The political shock in Venezuela has sharpened global attention on a country already facing one of the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crises. For the United Nations, the priority remains unchanged: protecting lives, maintaining […]
A teenage Haitian girl forced to flee her home in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince due to gang violence has urged adults not to “give up on the children.” Thirteen-year-old Dieussika lived peacefully with her family before armed violence and insecurity forced them to flee. “We had to leave our house and my sister almost died because […]
“I felt betrayed by my body,” she told the World Health Organization (WHO).WHO) as part of an initiative to eliminate the disease. Cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer in women, took Jeanette’s life a year after she was diagnosed. Every year in January, Cancer Awareness Month, The WHO emphasizes that the disease is both […]
