Edited News | OHCHR , UNHCR , UNITED NATIONS
Reported Ethiopia massacre: UN rights chief warns of spiralling situation, urges an end to fighting. Disturbing reports of an alleged massacre have surfaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray region amid fighting between national and regional forces that threatens to spiral “totally out of control”, the UN warned...
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
Landmine toll still high amid concerns over COVID-19 impact on clearance efforts. Thousands of people continue to be killed and injured every year by landmines and explosive weapons in conflicts around the world, while the COVID-19 pandemic has forced mine-clearance efforts to be scaled back, a ...
Edited News | WFP , IOM
COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the plight of millions of migrants, finds UN study. The global COVID-19 pandemic is making life much harder for millions of migrants and is expected to increase their number, two United Nations agencies said in a report published jointly on Tuesday.
Edited News | OCHA
Typhoon’s impact on Philippines hugely reduced by pre-emptive measures, UN says
Edited News | WFP , FAO
Aid agencies call for urgent action to prevent hunger crisis in famine hotspots
Edited News | UNHCR
Côte d'Ivoire: UN reports 3,000 flee abroad amid electoral violence. Several thousand people have fled from Côte d'Ivoire into neighbouring countries after a presidential election that sparked violent clashes, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNITED NATIONS
Belarus human rights situation under review at UN forum. Belarus’s rights record received support from some Member States and urgent calls for reform from others at a regular review at the United Nations in Geneva on Monday.
Edited News | UNICEF , OCHA , UNITED NATIONS , WFP
Yemeni children suffer record rates of acute malnutrition as funding runs low
Edited News , Press Conferences | UNOG , UNITED NATIONS
Libya’s warring sides agree permanent ceasefire at Geneva talks. Peace talks aimed at ending almost a decade of chaos in Libya reached agreement on a permanent ceasefire on Friday. Five senior officers from the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli and five from the opposition Libyan...