World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines, more hurricanes ahead for Haiti
According to UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, more than 290 schools have been damaged or destroyed in Ituri this…
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World News in Brief: UK cedes sovereignty over Chagos Islands, suffering in Sudan deepens, UN releases new emergency relief funds
Before granting Mauritius independence in 1968, Britain unlawfully separated the Chagos archipelago to create the British Indian Ocean…
World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week
In recent years, criminal and terrorist groups have seized “every” opportunity afforded by growing instability to “entrench, expand,…
World News in Brief: Russia-Ukraine talks, Sudan exodus worsens, Colombia displacement rises
Delegations met in Istanbul for the first direct negotiations in three years, including on a potential ceasefire and…
World News in Brief: Sudan refugees, aid for Syrian returnees, MERS alert in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela urged to end secret detentions
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Wednesday that most of the new arrivals are women and children.…
World News in Brief: Sudan aid update, child migrant deaths at sea, nursing shortages, invasive pest scourge
Port Sudan – the main entry point for humanitarian supplies and personnel into the country – came under…
Guterres welcomes India-Pakistan ceasefire | UN News
The UN chief’s statement, released on Saturday, came shortly after news broke of a decision by the two…
World News in Brief: ‘Massive’ needs in Sudan, DR Congo aid shortfall, support for Congolese refugees and Angola cholera relief
The UN estimates that in the past few weeks, over 330,000 people have fled into Tawila after the…
World News in Brief: South Sudan urged to avoid slide to war, Türk calls on EU not to weaken landmark law, Ukraine and Mali updates
The Quartet is calling on the country’s leaders to end hostilities and return to dialogue to fully implement…
World News in Brief: Deadly attacks in South Sudan and Ukraine, World Court rejects Sudan case, lifesaving aid in Yemen
According to the UN relief coordination office (OCHA), the hospital in Old Fangak was struck early Saturday, killing…
World News in Brief: Guterres on India-Pakistan tensions, eastern DR Congo update, weather boost for locusts in Africa
UN Secretary-General Guterres has spoken to leaders on both sides on India-Pakistan tensions. “This morning, he spoke separately…