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Dr Erin McFee1 and Mohamed Ibrahimrashid Khalif The disengagement and reintegration of al-Shabaab militants—an al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadist group that has waged an insurgency in Somalia since 2006—is...

April 16, 2025 – Humanitarian aid assets funded by the EU that helped restore access to water, sanitation and hygiene to thousands of displaced people who lost their homes and are sheltering at...

GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, today condemned the Israeli attack on Al-Ahli hospital, the last functioning hospital in the northern part of the Gaza...

GENEVA – UN experts* today urged the Taliban to immediately halt all inhumane punishments in Afghanistan, including capital and corporal punishments, after four public executions were carried out in...

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Statement attributable to Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director. He made the statement after visiting Ethiopia, as part of a visit that has also taken him to...

The protection environment remained volatile, unstable and hostile to the enjoyment of fundamental human rights and freedom due to the ongoing conflict affecting populations across Far North,...

Between 13 and 14 April 2025, DTM field teams reported that between 60,000 and 80,000 households were displaced from Zamzam IDP camp. These figures represent approximately 70 per cent of total...

Kyiv - The war in Ukraine continues inflicting pressure on the agricultural sector, making it increasingly difficult for farmers and rural families to continue food production and sustain their...

Mr. President (of France), Distinguished members of the Security Council, Thank you for your support since my appointment as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya. Your backing...

Military operations (45 incidents) , armed hostilies, and planting of improvised explosive devices, presence of explosive devices (37 incidents) were among the main access constraints encountered by...

By Beth Simons In July 2012, then UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a ‘data revolution’ and a new era of data-driven, evidence-based humanitarian decision-making, including enhanced...

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Key Figures on Inflows: A total of 52,143 individuals entered Afghanistan through the Islam Qala, Milak, and Abu Nasr Farahi border crossing points with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Average daily...

Escalating Israeli offensives is harming civilians, compounding suffering, and impeding recovery efforts in Syria. On 3 April, the Israeli military reportedly launched airstrikes across the country,...

Highlights Since the collapse of the ceasefire in Gaza on the night between 17 and 18 March 2025, intense military activities and hostilities have continued to escalate, resulting in hundreds of...

Urgent International Action Needed as Transitional Government Loses Control (Washington, DC) – Increasing violence in Haiti by criminal groups and clashes with “self-defense” groups are contributing...

LONDON, 17 April 2025 - After 18 months of war, a staggering toll on civilians and aid workers, and now a six-week total siege, the humanitarian aid system in Gaza is facing total collapse with the...