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Senior envoy warns Iran-Israel conflict is deepening crisis in Afghanistan

·June 23, 2025·4 min read

Roza Otunbayeva, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said the ongoing missile attacks between Iran and Israel are already having a tangible impact. “This conflict is already having an effect in Afghanistan, disrupting trade and increasing the prices of basic goods and...

Gaza: UN warns of ‘weaponised hunger’ and growing death toll amid food chaos

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·June 23, 2025·1 min read

Speaking to journalists in Deir al Balah on Saturday, Jonathan Whittall, who heads the UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) in Gaza and the West Bank, said: “The attempt to survive is being met with a death sentence.” Since Israel eased its total blockade last month, more than 400 people are...

Civilian deaths in conflict are surging, warns UN human rights office

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·June 18, 2025·1 min read

At least 48,384 individuals – mostly civilians – were killed in 2024, based on casualties recorded by OHCHR. “Behind every statistic is a story. Behind every data point, a person,” said UN rights chief Volker Türk. This alarming rise in civilian deaths exposes major failures to protect some of the most...

Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns

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·June 17, 2025·2 min read

But hunger has followed them. Over 57 per cent of the population in the world’s youngest country to the south is already facing high levels of acute food insecurity. Sudan and South Sudan are among five global hunger hotspots of “highest concern”, trapped in a worsening cycle of conflict, climate...

Brutal cuts mean brutal choices warns UN relief chief, launching ‘survival appeal’

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·June 17, 2025·1 min read

“We have been forced into a triage of human survival,” said Mr. Fletcher. “The math is cruel, and the consequences are heartbreaking. Too many people will not get the support they need, but we will save as many lives as we can with the resources we are given.” New priorities...

Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR

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·June 12, 2025·2 min read

In December last year, the overthrow of the Assad regime by opposition forces reignited hope that most Syrians could see home again soon. As of May, 500,000 refugees and 1.2 million internally displaced people (IDPs) returned to their areas of origin. But that’s not the only reason Syria is no...

Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns

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·May 30, 2025·1 min read

This is especially true among youth users: it’s one of the main reasons young people experiment with tobacco or nicotine products in the first place, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO). Flavoured nicotine and tobacco products are inherently addictive and toxic – often more so than regular...

Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP

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·May 24, 2025·2 min read

Conflict has plagued the DRC for decades, particularly in the east. Armed clashes escalated sharply this year as M23 rebels wrested control of Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in January, followed by Bukavu in South Kivu a month later. The security and humanitarian situation further deteriorated with recent outbreaks of anthrax...

Journalists being forgotten on the frontline, warns injured war reporter

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·May 19, 2025·2 min read

“I believe in nothing right now. Our press vests are turning us into targets and it’s becoming a death sentence for us,” Christina Assi told UN News. On 13 October 2023, Ms. Assi – who was working as a photojournalist for Agence France Presse (AFP) – lost her right leg...

UN warns copper shortage risks slowing global energy and technology shift

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·May 11, 2025·3 min read

In its latest Global Trade Update, released this week, UNCTAD describes copper as “the new strategic raw material” at the heart of the rapidly electrifying and digitising global economy. But with demand set to rise more than 40 per cent by 2040, copper supply is under severe strain –...

International aid: ‘The money isn’t coming back anytime soon’, Fletcher warns

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·May 5, 2025·6 min read

UN News: You have said that policymakers who signed off on aid cuts should come to Afghanistan to see the effect they’re having on the population. You said the effect of aid cuts is that millions die. Do you use this kind of blunt language when you’re talking to these...

UN warns of growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

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·May 4, 2025·1 min read

In a statement released by the UN Humanitarian Country Team – which leads coordinated relief efforts across the Occupied Palestinian Territory – officials condemned Israeli efforts to dismantle the current aid system. The team led by the UN’s top aid official in the region representing UN and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)...