UN project empowers refugees in Angola
With more than 160 refugees actively working the fields through the initiative, and another 110 expected to join soon, the impact resonates far beyond just sustenance for them and their…
UNICEF extends aid to children in Afghanistan affected by flash floods
Afghanistan’s most recent floods killed about 350 people, including dozens of children, and damaged more than 7,800 homes leaving over 5,000 families displaced. UNICEF has since provided safe water, hygiene…
Ongoing war destroying social fabric in Gaza, UN aid official says
Andrea De Domenico, Head of OCHA‘s Office in the occupied Palestinian territory, recently spent three weeks in the enclave, where over one million people have fled the southern city of…
UN experts concerned about migrant labour exploitation in UK
The experts said they have received allegations that migrants are being deceived about “working and living conditions and the nature of their agreements with employers in the agricultural or care…
World News in Brief: Aid breakthrough for Haiti, police violence in Chicago, celebrating ‘pedal power’
Jean-Martin Bauer, Country Director in Haiti for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), also said that the UN agency had managed to resume flights into Port-au-Prince international airport. ‘Exceptionally complex’…
Iran’s uranium stockpile grows following three years of denied access
Addressing the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Director General Rafael Grossi indicated no progress had been made in resolving outstanding issues. He mentioned that Iran…
Gaza: conditions ‘unspeakable’ as one million people flee Rafah: UNRWA
The city of Rafah on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt had been home to well over a million forcibly displaced by nearly eight months of daily bombardment by the Israeli…
At World Health Assembly, countries agree on efforts to boost pandemic preparedness
Member countries of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), on the final day of the seventy-seventh World Health Assembly, adopted important amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR), including defining…
Explainer: What’s a dignity kit?
What exactly is a dignity kit? On the heels of Menstrual Hygiene Day, marked annually on 28 May, here are five fast facts: 1. What’s a dignity kit? Responding to…
Counting down the days: UN’s 218 international days explained
Right now, the UN observes 218 international days (and counting)! The tradition started long before the UN’s inception in 1945, but it didn’t take long for the Organization and its…