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Peace falters as fighting in eastern DR Congo raises fears of regional war
A new offensive by the Alliance Fleuve Congo/Mouvement du 23 mars (AFC/M23) has reignited large-scale hostilities in South Kivu, just days after international agreements...
UN warns of ‘regional conflagration’ as DR Congo violence uproots 500,000
The UN’s Deputy Spokesperson said Secretary-General António Guterres was “deeply alarmed” by the surge in attacks across South Kivu, where what’s officially known as...
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Peace falters as fighting in eastern DR Congo raises fears of regional war
A new offensive by the Alliance Fleuve Congo/Mouvement du 23 mars (AFC/M23) has reignited large-scale hostilities in South Kivu, just days after international agreements...
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Peace falters as fighting in eastern DR Congo raises fears of regional war
A new offensive by the Alliance Fleuve Congo/Mouvement du 23 mars (AFC/M23) has reignited large-scale hostilities in South Kivu, just days after international agreements...
Eastern DR Congo fighting kills scores, cuts food aid and drives mass displacement
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the situation in South Kivu province has deteriorated sharply since 2 December due...
UN warns of ‘regional conflagration’ as DR Congo violence uproots 500,000
The UN’s Deputy Spokesperson said Secretary-General António Guterres was “deeply alarmed” by the surge in attacks across South Kivu, where what’s officially known as...
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UN appeals for $4.1 billion in aid for war-torn Sudan and refugee-hosting countries
“Half of Sudan’s population, 25 million people, needs humanitarian assistance,” Martin Griffiths, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, told journalists in Geneva.He emphasized that far too...
One year on, for survivors of Türkiye-Syria quakes the suffering is far from over
In the early hours of February 6, 2023, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region between the two countries, claiming over 50,000...
WFP pleads for aid access in Sudan, amid reports of starvation
WFP described the situation as dire, noting that almost 18 million people across the country are currently facing acute hunger. An estimated five million are...
UN and partners launch $2.7 billion humanitarian appeal for Yemen
Nearly a decade of fighting between Government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, pitted against Houthi rebels who control much of the country, has...
Gaza: Aid operations in peril amid funding crisis
“It’s difficult to imagine that Gazans will survive this crisis without UNRWA…“(we) have received reports that people in the area are grinding bird feed...
World News in Brief: Response plan for Somalia launched, mass executions in Iraq, Ukraine update, new European heat record
Somalia was hit by multiple shocks last year, including devastating drought, unprecedented heavy rains and flooding and further mass displacement. Millions of people also...
UN chief to meet UNRWA donors as major charities call for continued support
The UN chief also met with the head of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), the highest investigative body in the UN system,...
Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians
“There is simply not enough food,” UNRWA tweeted on social platform X, formerly Twitter, with photographs from another city slightly further north, Deir-al-Balah, showing...
UNRWA to investigate allegations ‘several’ staffers played role in 7 October attacks
Mr. Guterres has also asked UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini to swiftly investigate and any employees found to have taken part in or “abetted what...
Gaza: Top UN aid official calls for end to attacks on sites sheltering civilians
The death toll from intensified fighting “in the area” of the training centre in the southern city of Khan Younis in recent days has...
‘High-risk mission’ delivers fuel to Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza
The “high-risk mission”, carried out the previous day, was marked by delays at the checkpoint and severely damaged roads. Thousands of hungry civilians also...
Gaza: ‘The siege is the silent killer’
That’s according to Juliette Touma, Director of Communications for UNRWA, the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees, who spoke in depth to UN News’s Conor...


