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Khan Younis lies in ruins following the withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Humanitarians locked in aid delivery ‘dance’ to avert famine in Gaza

Scaling up assistance in Gaza remains a challenge in the face of continued access denials, delays and other impediments, the head of the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territories said on Tuesday.

Children in Maroua, Domayo, in the Far North of Cameroon, a region impacted by the conflict in the Lake Chad region coupled with climate change.

UN Youth Forum focuses on sustainable future for all

Children receive treatment in a temporary field hospital in Mouraj, a neighbourhood in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Gaza: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering

The Perhentian Islands in Terengganu, Malaysia.

Tourism ‘intrinsically susceptible’ to climate shocks, political unrest, pandemic threat

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Geneva conference pledges $630 million in life-saving help for Ethiopia

Libyan leaders must put national interests above their own, top envoy tells Security Council

UN leaders call for more action to end racism and discrimination

Indigenous Kalinago lead the way towards making Dominica ‘climate resilient’

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Sylvania Burton (l), President of Dominica, with Lorenzo Sanford, Chief of the Kalinago people

Indigenous Kalinago lead the way towards making Dominica ‘climate resilient’

Some people who fled their homes due to Violence are now living in a former theatre in downtown Port-au-Prince.

First Person: ‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of the displaced in Haiti

Sudan: After one year of war will the world act before it’s too late?

Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza sits down for an interview with UN News.

Gaza photojournalist Motaz Azaiza still has hope in humanity

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Every month, thousands of Sudanese people still migrate to nearby countries like South Sudan and Chad, forgotten and voiceless on an incredibly challenging journey, and nobody knows when it will end.

Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war

Humanitarian Aid Rape. Murder. Hunger. Corpses filling streets, making it impossible to walk. Sudan was plunged into an ongoing, devastating war one year ago on 15 April, leaving in its wake almost 15,000 dead, eight million civilians on the run, 25 million in dire need of assistance and warnings from humanitarians about famine, aid blockades and a growing list of atrocities on all sides.

A premature baby is fed in a hospital incubator.

Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement is dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence, especially in the form of police brutality.

Unravelling the legacies of slavery

Rokaya stands in front of her house in Indramayu, West Java.

From desperation to determination: Indonesian trafficking survivors demand justice

Displaced men, women, and children sheltering in a boxing arena in downtown Port-au-Prince after fleeing their homes during gang attacks in August 2023.

How is the UN supporting Haiti’s struggle to overcome violence and instability?

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On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

Six months after the full-scale invasion of Gaza, 30,000 Palestinians are dead, dozens of children have died of hunger and more than half a million Gazans face starvation. As Israel continues to bomb the occupied territory and restrict the entry of lifesaving goods, the UN is scrambling to respond.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

Gaza’s displaced children: ‘A heartbreaking story of loss and grief’

A five-year-old boy sits on his mattress in a shelter courtyard surrounded by several hundred other displaced people.

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‘Concerted global push’ for Sudan ceasefire is essential: Guterres

Peace and Security “The world is forgetting about the people of Sudan” the UN chief warned on Monday, calling for a boost in humanitarian funding and a global push for peace to end a year of brutal fighting between rival militaries.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi (centre) visits the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (file photo).

World News in Brief: ‘Reckless attacks’ on Ukraine nuclear plant must cease, Chibok abductions 10 years on, action against plant pests

Peace and Security A recent spate of “reckless attacks” on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine must end immediately, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told the UN Security Council on Monday.

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