UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo
The incident occurred in the vicinity of Sake, just 20 kilometers from Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu. The wounded peacekeepers, who were part...
First Person: Southern Madagascar, where girls are sold into marriage before...
The arranged marriage typically involves the exchange of a highly prized and culturally important Zebu cow for teenage girls as young as 13 years...
UN calls for united action to combat rising Islamophobia
The new resolution, tabled by Pakistan, calls for, among other things, concerted action to fight ongoing violence against Muslims and requests the UN Secretary-General...
Over 1 in 3 people affected by neurological conditions, the leading...
A major new study released by The Lancet Neurology shows that, in 2021, more than 3 billion people worldwide were living with a neurological...
WHO report reveals gender inequalities at the root of global crisis...
`A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work"...
Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022 – UN report
The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022, according to the...
Security Council calls for immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan
In resolution 2724 (2024), adopted with 14 votes in favour and one abstention (Russia), the Council also called on all parties to the conflict...
New manual released to support diagnosis of mental, behavioural and neurodevelopment...
World Health Organization (WHO) has today published a new, comprehensive diagnostic manual for mental, behavioural, and neurodevelopmental disorders: “ The clinical descriptions and diagnostic...
Afghanistan’s economy has ‘basically collapsed’: UNDP
Kanni Wignaraja, Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, who recently visited the country, told correspondents in New York that 69...
UN chief appeals for Sudan ceasefire, now: ‘Values of Ramadan must...
The war between rival militaries Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now in its eleventh month, has not only claimed...
UN envoy calls again for removal of restrictions on Afghan women
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), said that recent arbitrary arrest of Afghan women for alleged...
11 months into Sudan war, ‘world’s worst hunger crisis’ looms
The northeast African country is already in the grip of the world's largest displacement crisis, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, noted. Fighting between the...
Path to low-carbon construction is clear as mud
“Not many architects think that climate change is something that they need to think about, but we’re trying to change that,” says Rosie Paul,...
African health ministers commit to end malaria deaths
Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria committed today to accelerated action to end deaths from the disease. They...
Wave of new commitments marks historic step towards the elimination of...
Governments, donors, multilateral institutions, and partners today announced major new policy, programmatic and financial commitments, including nearly US$ 600 million in new funding, to eliminate cervical...
New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) Report tells us where drug resistance is growing and offers recommendations for countries to...
South Sudan: Top UN official calls for greater political investment as...
Briefing ambassadors at the Security Council, Jean-Pierre Lacroix said that if the parties display greater political will and invest adequate resources, credible elections can...
UN crime prevention chief pledges enhanced cooperation in Somalia
On a mission to the Horn of Africa nation, Executive Director Waly underscored on Friday that “Somalia faces daunting challenges that range from terrorism...
First Person: Water and electricity ‘will save us from famine’
Droughts, partly caused by climate change and the resulting lack of water, have driven many communities to the brink as they have been unable...
UNHCR assists thousands fleeing armed group violence in northern Mozambique
More than 70,000 people have fled their homes for southern districts since the start of the latest outbreak at the beginning of February, the...
