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Sudan: ‘Devastating tragedy’ for children in El Fasher after 500 days of siege

·August 28, 2025·1 min read

Around 260,000 civilians – including 130,000 children – remain trapped in the area’s main camp for internally displaced people, enduring desperate conditions without aid for more than 16 months. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been battling forces of the military government for control of Sudan for over two...

At least eight die in Red Sea tragedy as smugglers force migrants overboard

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·June 11, 2025·1 min read

At least eight people are feared dead and 22 others are missing after smugglers stopped a boat carrying around 150 passengers likely bound for Yemen on 5 June. “These young people were forced into impossible choices by smugglers who show no regard for human life,” said Celestine Frantz, the UN...

Myanmar earthquake tragedy ‘compounds already dire crisis’

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·April 1, 2025·3 min read

Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Marcoluigi Corsi expressed the UN’s profound sorry at the immense loss of life stemming from Friday’s 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude quakes with the death toll rising to around 2,000, according to the country’s military junta. “The latest reports indicate significant loss of life, widespread injuries, and...

Gaza: ‘Every day without a ceasefire will bring more tragedy’

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·January 3, 2025·3 min read

Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini stressed that no place and no one in Gaza has been safe since the war began in October 2023. “As the year begins, we got reports of yet another attack on Al Mawasi with dozens of people killed and injured,” he said, calling this “another reminder that...

Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean

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·August 11, 2023·1 min read

The International Organization for Migration (IOM); the UN refugee agency, UNCHR; and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) also called for coordinated search and rescue mechanisms. The tragedy occurred between Thursday 3 August and Friday 4 August, and to date, only four survivors have been rescued – all by a merchant...

Yemen: Killing of veteran WFP staff member ‘an unacceptable tragedy’

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·July 22, 2023·1 min read

In a statement, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator David Gressly said he was “shocked and deeply saddened by the appalling attack”, which occurred on Friday when unknown gunmen fired on the aid workers in the town of Turbah, located in Taiz governorate in southwestern Yemen. Never a target Mr. Gressley...

‘Immense tragedy’ underscores need to address unexploded ordnance danger in Somalia

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·June 13, 2023·1 min read

UNMAS issued a statement saying it was “deeply saddened and profoundly alarmed” by the deaths of 27 civilians, including 22 children, in a “tragic incident” involving unexploded ordnance (UXO) that occurred on Friday in the Lower Shabelle region. Fifty-three people were also injured. Innocent lives lost “UNMAS expresses its sincere...

After the storm: what an environmental tragedy can teach us about climate resilience and ecosystem restoration |

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·August 12, 2022·19 min read

The mountainous Colombian island of Providencia – which lies midway in the extension of the Caribbean Sea that separates Costa Rica and Jamaica – is home to stunning colours of the sea, lush underwater landscapes, extensive mangrove forests, and even tropical dry forests. The diversity of marine ecosystems and surrounding...