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Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion

·June 18, 2025·2 min read

But recently, the level of participation has reached a new low – zero. Zero women in national or local decision-making bodies. Zero girls projected to be in secondary education following a December 2024 ban. These numbers are part of the index released Tuesday by gender equality agency UN Women which is...

Frontline Ukrainian families face perilous task of farming mined fields

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·June 2, 2025·2 min read

According to the UN, many frontline Ukrainian families are at risk of missing critical planting and harvesting windows. “Agriculture is a fabric of rural society. It’s not just a way to make a living – it’s a way of being. And vulnerable rural families are holding on. They need support...

Helpless in the face of hunger: Gaza families pray for deliverance – or death

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·June 1, 2025·4 min read

Zeenat and her husband, Moamen Abu Asr, live with their children in a flimsy canvas tent, one of thousands that now line Gaza’s coastline. Once a place of rest and leisure, the beach has become a last refuge for Palestinians displaced by relentless Israeli bombardment and military operations. As displacement...

Syrians face staggering needs amid insecurity and healthcare crisis

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·May 24, 2025·3 min read

Wrapping up a visit to the country, Edem Wosornu, who heads operations and advocacy for the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) said that she could “feel the momentum for change” on the ground after years of suffering and hardship under the Assad regime ended with its overthrow last December....

Haiti: Displaced children face sexual violence risk

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·May 22, 2025·2 min read

Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, gang violence has permeated the capital Port-au-Prince and expanded into other regions, displacing over one million people. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that more than half of the displaced are children, meaning one in eight Haitian children has been...

Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza

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·April 13, 2025·3 min read

Every day, he drives his water truck through the Strip, filling up empty tanks and vessels. Our camera accompanied Alloush on a recent arduous mission to provide a little water to the residents of Jabalia. UN News’s correspondent met Alloush in Jabalia’s desalination plant, where he spends hours waiting for water....

DR Congo: Record numbers face acute or emergency hunger

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·March 28, 2025·3 min read

The situation represents one of the world’s worst food crises, according to the UN-partnered Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform. “The humanitarian situation in the DRC is deteriorating at an alarming rate. Families who were already struggling to feed themselves are now facing an even harsher reality,” said Eric Perdison,...

Haitian media struggle to survive in face of attacks, revenue collapse

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·March 19, 2025·5 min read

The Caribbean island nation is facing humanitarian, economic and political crises in addition to the break-down of law and order. In the last week, three media houses were targeted, in what appears to be a change in gang tactics in order to isolate the population. UN News asked Frantz Duval, the...

In the face of ‘unprecedented pressure’, EU calls for primacy of international law and partnership

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·March 12, 2025·3 min read

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas condemned Russia’s full-scale invasion and continuing war against Ukraine, underscored the need for humanitarian aid to reach civilians in Gaza, and reaffirmed the EU as a steadfast partner of the United Nations. She also emphasised that reinforcing multilateral cooperation is the only...

Millions in Central Sahel and Nigeria face food cuts amid WFP funding crisis

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·March 9, 2025·1 min read

The crisis is being exacerbated by the expected early arrival of the lean season – the period between harvests when hunger peaks. Chronic hunger is being driven by conflict, displacement, economic instability and severe climate shocks, WFP said, with devastating floods in 2024 affecting over six million people across West...

Syria: Assad’s armed forces must face accountability, says rights probe

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·February 6, 2025·2 min read

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria’s latest report follows the lightning operation led by mainly Hayat-Tahrir al-Sham fighters that toppled President Bashar al-Assad last December, ending the 13-year war that decimated the country and destabilised the entire region. The violence is believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of...

Will those responsible for atrocities in Syria finally face justice?

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·January 18, 2025·5 min read

For years, UN human rights bodies have been documenting, monitoring and publishing reports on abuses, and bringing Syria’s dire human rights record to the world’s attention. The fall of Bashar al Assad in December 2024 was largely greeted with euphoria by the Syrian people, but images of hundreds of people...