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Civilians ‘trapped and terrorised’: UN sounds alarm over collapse of critical protections

·May 26, 2025·3 min read

Speaking at a high-level open debate in the Security Council on protection of civilians in armed conflict on Thursday, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher described a grim picture of accelerating harm, disintegrating norms and growing impunity. “The scaffolding built last century to protect us from inhumanity is crumbling,” he...

DR CONGO CRISIS: Updates as top UN official tells emergency Security Council meeting ‘we are trapped’

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·January 26, 2025·1 min read

Intensifying hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo involving the non-state armed group M23 have caused further mass displacement in the mineral-rich region, with fears that the regional capital Goma could come under attack, UN agencies warned on Friday....

First Person: Gaza, where starving people are trapped in a land reduced to rubble

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·January 7, 2025·7 min read

Since the fierce bombardment of Gaza by Israel began in October 2023, in response to a deadly Hamas attack on the country, over 45,000 Palestinians have been killed, and over 100,000 injured. The vast majority of Gazans, around 90 per cent, are internally displaced, forced to relocate several times to...

Gaza: Hospitals closed, aid denied, civilians trapped

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·January 6, 2025·1 min read

A stark example of this escalation was highlighted by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who confirmed that the Kamal Adwan hospital in North Gaza is now out of service. On 27 December, the facility was raided, its patients and staff were forcibly evacuated, and...