“Sometimes the simplest things are the most profound. My job is to bring out in people & what they wouldn’t dare do themselves“
UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti
The migrants were on a boat carrying at least 77 people from Ras al-Ara off Yemen’s coast which capsized off the coast of Djibouti,...
Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over...
A major landmark study to be published by The Lancet reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the...
WMO report: Asia hit hardest by climate change and extreme weather
Following close on the heels of the study of climate change in Europe, published by WMO on Monday, the State of the Climate in Asia 2023...
Healing page by page in earthquake-affected Türkiye
Ahead of World Book and Copyright Day, marked annually on 23 April, Miko Alazas of IOM caught up with a bibliophile in Adiyaman, Türkiye,...
Hungry for data: Tackling food insecurity in rural Indonesia
“I was not aware that vegetables were that important or how to grow them,” said the 25-year-old farmer from Idas in West Kalimantan on...
War in Sudan is ‘a crisis of epic proportions’ as atrocities...
The Sudanese people have endured “unbearable suffering” since the conflict started just over a year ago when an outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese...
Myanmar: Rohingyas in firing line as Rakhine conflict intensifies
Rakhine was the site of a brutal crackdown on the Rohingyas by the military in 2017, leading to killing of some 10,000 men, women...
WHO prequalifies new oral simplified vaccine for cholera
A new oral vaccine for cholera has received prequalification by the World Health Organization (WHO) on...
Leading health agencies outline updated terminology for pathogens that transmit through...
Following consultation with public health agencies and experts, the World Health Organization (WHO) publishes a global technical consultation report introducing updated terminology for pathogens...
Women in Afghanistan: The future ‘depends on them’
Released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Wednesday, Listening to Women Entrepreneurs in Afghanistan, Their Struggle and Resilience, analyzes data collected over the...
UN leaders call for more action to end racism and discrimination
UN Secretary-General António Guterres celebrated the achievements and contributions of people of African descent from across the world, while addressing the forum via video...
Geneva conference pledges $630 million in life-saving help for Ethiopia
The UN-backed $3.24 billion humanitarian response plan for 2024 is only five per cent funded. Organised by the UN along with the Governments of Ethiopia...
Libyan leaders must put national interests above their own, top envoy...
Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily told the Security Council that since the end of 2022, UN-led efforts to resolve Libya’s political crisis have encountered national...
‘Concerted global push’ for Sudan ceasefire is essential: Guterres
With attention over the weekend focused on the Middle East he said the conflict between the national army and Rapid Support Forces militia had...
Sudan catastrophe must not be allowed to continue: UN rights chief...
A year to the day since heavy fighting erupted between Sudan’s rival militaries, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned of a further...
In world first, Nigeria introduces new 5-in-1 vaccine against meningitis
In a historic move, Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine (called Men5CV) recommended by the...
Enhancing Global Health and Well-Being: WHO and the Netherlands strengthen their...
WHO and Netherlands Strategic Dialogue in The Hague, Netherlands 10 April 2024. Credit: WHOThe WHO and the Netherlands convened in The Hague on 10...
Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war
Suffering is growing too and is likely to get worse, Justin Brady, head of the UN humanitarian relief office, OCHA, in Sudan, warned UN...
Nigeria first country to introduce ‘revolutionary’ meningitis vaccine
The Men5CV vaccine offers a powerful shield against the five major strains of the meningococcal bacteria - A, C, W, Y and X -...
UN pays tribute to victims and survivors of the 1994 Genocide...
The commemoration in the General Assembly Hall was held to remember the victims and honour the survivors and those who tried to stop the...
