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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United Nations

Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United...

The number of children dying globally before their fifth birthday declined to 4.8 million in 2023, while stillbirths declined modestly, still remaining around 1.9 million, according...
South Sudan on the brink of civil war, top UN official warns

South Sudan on the brink of civil war, top UN official warns

Briefing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York via videolink from Juba, Nicholas Haysom described indiscriminate attacks on civilians, mass displacement and rising ethnic...
‘Don’t cut the aid’: Insecurity worsens for stateless Rohingya, says UNHCR’s Grandi

‘Don’t cut the aid’: Insecurity worsens for stateless Rohingya, says UNHCR’s Grandi

In a joint appeal, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) urged all countries to step up to...
‘Racism requires ignorance’: How art and culture can help end racial discrimination

‘Racism requires ignorance’: How art and culture can help end racial discrimination

"Ignorance allows for racism, but racism requires ignorance. It requires that we don't know the facts," says Sarah Lewis, Associate Professor of African and...
UNICEF condemns looting of lifesaving supplies for children in Sudan

UNICEF condemns looting of lifesaving supplies for children in Sudan

The attack on one of the last operational hospitals in the area further deepened the ongoing humanitarian crisis sparked by the civil war between...