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Malaria vaccine price cut set to protect 7 million more children by 2030

·November 24, 2025·1 min read

Under the agreement, the price of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine will fall to $2.99 per dose within a year – a reduction expected to save up to $90 million. Those savings should allow countries to secure more than 30 million extra doses over the next five years. “Today’s announcement is a...

Famine declared in two Sudanese cities cut off by war, fragile gains elsewhere

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·November 5, 2025·2 min read

Although food security has begun to improve in areas where fighting has subsided, famine has taken hold in conflict-hit locations that have been cut off from aid or under siege, according to the latest UN-backed IPC food security analysis. Famine conditions have been confirmed in Darfur’s El Fasher and Kadugli, where “people have endured months...

Afghanistan: Lifesaving services cut as Taliban bars women aid workers

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·September 15, 2025·2 min read

“All of us at the United Nations are suffering from a reinforcement of the ban on females working with us…We are simply unable to operate without females,” said Arafat Jamal, UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Representative to Afghanistan, a day after agencies warned that the de facto authorities’ measures have impacted...

‘Our livelihoods have been cut off’, say West Bank farmers ahead of olive harvest

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·August 31, 2025·4 min read

Like thousands of Palestinian farmers, he faces growing restrictions from Israeli forces and settlers, who have made the olive harvest season – running from September to November – a time of uncertainty and struggle. In recent years, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has supported olive farmers and...

Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions

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·April 13, 2025·2 min read

The framework – agreed during the just-concluded meeting of the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee – aims for net-zero emissions from the sector by 2050 and will be formally adopted in October before coming into force in 2027. They will apply to large ocean-going vessels over...

Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF

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·March 5, 2025·2 min read

The agency said that despite the huge influx of humanitarian goods into Gaza during phase one of the ceasefire which began on 19 January, it has not been enough to make up for the 15 months of war when supply convoys were frequently blocked, impeded or cancelled by the Israeli...

‘Cut the theatrics’: UN climate chief tells COP29 negotiators to focus on solutions as talks enter final week

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·November 18, 2024·3 min read

“We can’t lose sight of the forest because we’re tussling over individual trees,” said Simon Stiell, urging delegates to wrap up “less contentious issues” as early as possible this week, so there is enough time for the major political decisions. COP29 opened in the Azerbaijan capital this past Monday with...

Deadly floods in Spain highlight need to cut greenhouse gas emissions

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·November 2, 2024·1 min read

The UN weather agency is highlighting the importance of early warning systems for all corners of the planet and reducing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. “The flooding that we’re seeing in Spain is just one of many, many, many, extreme weather and water-related disasters that have been taking...

Tech progress, automation, AI, cut workers’ share of wealth: ILO

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·September 4, 2024·2 min read

“Global labour income share, which is the proportion of total global income that goes to workers, is shrinking,” said Celeste Drake, Deputy Director-General. “This means that even as workers contribute to a growing global economy, they’re taking home a smaller share of that growth. This needs to be changed, because...

World News in Brief: Aid cut threat for Afghan deportees, saving Rohingya lives at sea, China respiratory illness spike, new rail transport treaty

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·November 24, 2023·2 min read

Pakistan announced in October that it would begin deporting “undocumented” foreign nationals starting on 1 November, affecting thousands of Afghans who have found refuge in the country. WFP said most families crossing the border are arriving hungry, desperate and in need of immediate support. The UN agency continues to supply...

Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza’s north cut off from aid; death toll rising

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·November 2, 2023·4 min read

According to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health, 8,805 Palestinians have been killed since 7 October, including at least 3,648 children and 2,187 women, and some 22,240 have been injured, UN humanitarian coordination affairs office OCHA said. Strikes on Jabalia Refugee Camp OCHA stressed that as Israeli ground operations and bombardments...

Gaza Crisis: UN ramps up calls for humanitarian truce as Israeli bombardments cut communications, cripple healthcare

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·October 28, 2023·5 min read

Secretary-General António Guterres said: “I reiterate my strong appeal for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, together with the unconditional release of hostages and the delivery of relief at a level corresponding to the dramatic needs of the people in Gaza, where a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in front of our eyes.”...