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People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
Ross Smith, director of emergency preparedness and response, briefed journalists in New York in the wake of a…
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Syria: Ongoing violence fuelling mass displacement in Sweida
More than 93,000 Syrians have been displaced across Sweida, neighbouring Dar’a governorate and Rural Damascus due to escalating…
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‘Bet on youth’ to realise Africa’s digital potential, UN deputy chief says
In 2024, only 34 per cent of women and 45 per cent of men on the continent used…
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Gaza: Guterres condemns killing of people seeking food as humanitarian conditions deteriorate
Stéphane Dujarric was speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York a day after dozens of Palestinians…
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Dreams amid the rubble: Gaza’s women speak of homes, loss and hungry children
In Gaza City, families living in tents reveal a shared, grim reality. Many have been forced to flee…
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Terror and chaos for Gaza’s people now entering the ‘death phase’
In an alert, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, relayed desperate testimonies from its colleagues who are…
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Doha agreement brings DR Congo government and M23 rebels a step closer to peace
In a statement released on 19 July, MONUSCO said that the Declaration of Principles, signed in Doha under…
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Desks become beds as Haitian school shelters people displaced by violence
The classrooms at Anténor Firmin school in Hinche in central Haiti are no longer studiously quiet. Once a…
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UN sounds alarm over Syria as sectarian clashes and Israeli strikes escalate
The Druze-majority Suweida governorate, long relatively insulated from earlier phases of Syria’s 14‑year conflict, has now become a…
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Guterres deplores Israeli strike on Gaza church
Three people were killed and at least 10 others were injured in the bombing of the Holy Family…