World News in Brief: UNRWA investigation updates, new recruits for Haiti-support force, gun battles in Chadian capital

World News in Brief: UNRWA investigation updates, new recruits for Haiti-support force, gun battles in Chadian capital

The UN Secretary-General received an update on Wednesday from the Office of Internal Oversight (OIOS), which launched an investigation last month following allegations that a handful of UNRWA employees were complicit in Hamas’s October attacks that left almost 1,200 dead in Israel and 240 taken hostage. So far, investigators have reviewed initial information from a…

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America, wife killed by accidental shooting while cleaning gun, husband also killed himself

America, wife killed by accidental shooting while cleaning gun, husband also killed himself

The wife was accidentally shot while cleaning the gun from the American man, the husband shot himself as a punishment after his wife was killed. According to foreign media reports, 61-year-old Simon Hendrickson was cleaning one of the guns in his home when he accidentally fired, killing his 60-year-old wife, Lori Hendrickson. According to the…

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UN voices ‘shock and condemnation’ as gender-based violence soars across Sudan

Sudan: ‘We cannot work under the barrel of a gun,’ UN relief chief says

“For three months now, the people of Sudan have endured unspeakable suffering amid violence that is tearing their country apart,” Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said in a statement. “As the conflict enters its fourth month, the battle lines are hardening, making it ever more difficult to reach the…

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Haiti: Surge in gun trafficking fuels spike in gang violence

Haiti: Surge in gun trafficking fuels spike in gang violence

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report, Haiti’s criminal markets: mapping trends in firearms and drug trafficking, warns that a recent increase in arms seizures alongside intelligence and law enforcement reporting, suggests trafficking of weapons is on the rise. ‘Volatile situation’ “By providing a rapid assessment of illicit firearms and drug trafficking, this…

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