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Gaza is now a graveyard and there’s no escape, say UN aid teams

Hunger, dire living conditions made worse by heavy winter rains and ongoing hostilities continue to endanger people’s lives in Gaza, which has become “a graveyard”, UN humanitarians warned on Friday. 

20 December 2024

Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies

The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee crisis on the South Sudan border, have intensified an already alarming humanitarian crisis, according to UN agencies on Friday. 

20 December 2024

Syria transition may fail if support lifeline is delayed, says IOM chief

The head of the UN migration agency stressed on Friday that Syria is in no position to take back millions of Syrians following the fall of the Assad regime, while there is an urgent need to “re-evaluate” sanctions impacting the war-ravaged country.

20 December 2024

Security and economic woes plague West Africa, as key elections loom

West Africa and the Sahel continue to grapple with a confluence of political, security and humanitarian crises as countries prepares for pivotal elections in 2025, the UN special envoy for the vast region told ambassadors in the Security Council on Friday.

20 December 2024

Syria: Rights investigators call for protection of evidence, including mass grave sites

In a landmark mission to Syria, the UN probe into the most serious rights violations committed in the country since 2011 has called on caretaker authorities to take immediate measures to protect mass grave sites and preserve critical evidence.

20 December 2024

Humanity’s fate can’t be left to algorithms, UN chief tells Security Council

The UN Secretary-General on Thursday urged the Security Council to act decisively to establish international guardrails for artificial intelligence (AI), warning that delays could heighten risks to global peace and security.

19 December 2024

Staggering scale of Sudan crisis ‘demands sustained and urgent attention’

A senior UN humanitarian official on Thursday issued an urgent plea for international support to alleviate the devastating toll of the ongoing war in Sudan, as millions remain in desperate need of aid and protection.

19 December 2024

‘Dying hungry and in pain’: An increasingly likely outcome in Gaza

The head of the UN aid coordination office in Gaza, Georgios Petropoulos, issued a harrowing update on the dire situation in the enclave on Thursday, describing it as "the most dangerous place on earth right now." 

19 December 2024

World News in Brief: Deaths and injuries mount in Ukraine, refugees from Sudan, Vanuatu quake response

In Ukraine, the UN continues to provide aid and support to communities impacted by Russia’s full-scale invasion.

19 December 2024

Syria’s new ‘flame of hope’ must not be extinguished: Guterres

A flame of hope burns bright today in Syria – but if it’s not carefully managed by both Syrians themselves and the international community, it risks being extinguished.

19 December 2024