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Guterres voices alarm over post-election violence in Tanzania
In a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres deplored the loss of life and extended his…
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Famine tightens grip on Sudan, with civilians trapped and aid blocked
According to the latest IPC food security report, more than 21 million people across Sudan are facing high…
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UN agencies on hand as deadly new quake hits northern Afghanistan
Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that first responders from the UN agency…
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Jamaica: International support ‘crucial’ to hurricane recovery says Guterres
António Guterres spoke by phone to Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness earlier in the day emphasising afterwards in…
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‘We want to get our lives back,’ Gaza children declare
“What we need now are notebooks, books, and pens. We want to get our lives back”, said one…
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Iran: Human rights investigators alarmed by ‘surge in repression’ and spike in executions following Israeli airstrikes
Briefing at UN Headquarters in New York – the first time the mission has presented findings to the…
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UN aid push continues across Gaza despite Israeli airstrikes
“Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that their partners continue their scale-up efforts, despite reported Israeli airstrikes across the…
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‘Blood on the sand. Blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, the UN’s top relief official Tom Fletcher said “women and girls are…
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Tens of thousands fleeing on foot amid atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher
Since the powerful paramilitary group made a major incursion into the city last week, the UN human rights…
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US strikes in Caribbean and Pacific breach international law, says UN rights chief
More than 60 people have reportedly been killed in the continuing series of attacks since early September “in…