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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In a statement, UNICEF identified the final victim as seven-year-old Ata Mai; he drowned on December 27 during “severe flooding” at a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons in Sudaniyeh, northwestern Gaza City. He is just the youngest child in Gaza to succumb to “extreme winter conditions and a lack of safe shelter,” said Edouard […]
The war, which broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has destroyed civilian infrastructure, collapsed basic services and caused one of the world’s largest displacement crises. A nutritional research A survey this month in the town of Um Baru in the Sudanese state of […]
The surge comes against the backdrop of an escalating conflict in eastern DRC, where renewed fighting has caused mass displacement, eroded protection systems and deepened an already dire humanitarian crisis, putting children at increased risk of abuse, exploitation and lasting trauma. UNICEF has called repeatedly for an immediate cessation of hostilities and unhindered humanitarian access, […]
The UN and Iraq on Thursday signed a new agreement, the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2025 to 2029, to help the country make progress on its national goals, which are also reflected in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by Member States in 2015. The agreement anticipates the conclusion of the UN Assistance […]
The cyclone made landfall on the east coast of the island on November 28, leading to widespread flooding and deadly landslides in all 25 districts. While some displaced families have returned home, recent heavy rains have caused fresh flooding, landslides and road closures, especially in the central districts of Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and Polonnaruwa. Nearly […]
The UN agency has revealed shocking figures regarding attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, highlighting that the country is recording the highest percentage of deaths worldwide due to the attacks on the healthcare sector, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. In a conversation with Abdelmonem Makki UN newsShible Sahbani, WHO Representative in Sudan explains […]
