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UN Middle East Coordinator strongly condemns ‘arrests and violence’ by Hamas security forces during Gaza protests

March 17, 2019 Global Author

Palestinians took to the streets on Thursday and Friday, according to news reports, after months of disputes and deadlock both between the extremist Hamas faction, and the Fatah-led Palestinian National Authority in the West Bank, together with Israeli authorities, which control all access into Gaza under a years-long blockade policy. Electricity supplies have been sporadic for months, with Israel also… Read More

Pacific

‘Stand united against anti-Muslim hatred’ urges Guterres, after mosque shootings in New Zealand leave 49 dead

March 15, 2019 Global Author

“I’m saddened and strongly condemn the shooting of innocent people as they prayed peacefully in mosques in New Zealand”, tweeted the UN chef, expressing his “deepest condolences to the victims’ families”. “Today and every day, we must stand united against anti-Muslim hatred, and all forms of bigotry and terror”, he stressed. In a statement issued later Friday morning, the UN’s Spokesperson said Mr.… Read More

Africa

Tropical Cyclone Idai affects 1.5 million across Mozambique and Malawi, as UN ramps up response

March 15, 2019 Global Author

Exceptional rainfall before the cyclone hit, has already affected a total of 1.5 million people in both Southern African countries and claimed more than 120 lives. The cyclone has now reportedly moved west, towards Zimbabwe. In addition, tens of thousands of people have been displaced and homes, roads, bridges and crops have been washed away, World Food Programme (WFP) spokesperson,… Read More

Africa

Service and Sacrifice: Guinean peacekeepers make their mark in Mali

March 14, 2019 Global Author

They are Guinean Blue Helmets from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) based in the volatile town of Kidal, in the north. Following the outbreak of the conflict in 2012, explosive hazards and complex attacks have become a new threat in the country, with wide ranging and detrimental effects on the safety and freedom of movement in the… Read More

Africa

DR Congo Ebola centre attacks could force retreat against the deadly disease, warns UN health chief

March 14, 2019 Global Author

Speaking to journalists in Geneva amid reports of a fresh attack just hours earlier on a facility in Biena health zone, close to Butembo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus explained that the deadly disease is just one of many concerns for local people. “These attacks could reverse the gains we have made,” the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General said. “We are working… Read More

Development Health Advice

99 per cent of intravenous drug users lack access to health, ‘social services with dignity’ says UNAIDS chief

March 13, 2019 Global Author

“UNAIDS is greatly concerned about the lack of progress for people who inject drugs, which is due to the failure of many countries to implement evidence-informed, human rights-based approaches to drug use,” said Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, the UN agency dedicated to combatting the virus. The new UNAIDS report, Health, rights and drugs: harm reduction, decriminalization and zero discrimination… Read More

Development Health Advice

Humanity ‘at a crossroads’ as damage to planet poses growing risk to health, UN environment agency warns

March 13, 2019 Global Author

In a statement, UN Environment described the Global Environment Outlook, which was produced by 250 scientists and experts from more than 70 countries, as the most comprehensive and rigorous assessment completed by the United Nations in the last five years. Unless environmental protections are drastically scaled up, the report says, there could be millions of premature deaths by the middle… Read More

Africa

Around 260,000 children in DR Congo’s Kasai region suffering severe acute malnutrition

March 13, 2019 Global Author

Between 2016 and 2018, large numbers of people were displaced from their homes due to militia-led violence and insecurity in the Kasais, fueling rights abuses and high levels of malnutrition among children. While pockets of insecurity still remain, thousands who had fled, have now returned to their communities: “We have been working tirelessly with partners and local communities in the… Read More

Africa

In South Sudan, mothers teaching daughters ‘safer’ ways to survive rape

March 12, 2019 Global Author

She said that “the protracted conflict in South Sudan has had the most profound impact on women and girls, who have suffered sexual violence, including multiple rapes, at the hands of both government forces and opposition forces.” The Commission, she added, has documented countless incidents of “brutal rapes including multiple gang rapes, sexual slavery, abductions, forced marriage, forced pregnancy, forced… Read More

Africa

DR Congo: ‘New waves of violence’ likely, UN warns, unless State acts to prevent intercommunal reprisals

March 12, 2019 Global Author

Several days of planned and orchestrated killings took place in Mai-Ndombe province, in Yumbi territory at the end of last year, where hundreds of men, women and children were killed. The final assessment of a UN probe into the events of 16-18 December, says the violence may amount to crimes against humanity. Preliminary results of the investigation released last month,… Read More