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Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds

June 24, 2026 Village Reporterhuman rights

Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, a UN independent commission of inquiry said in its latest report released on Tuesday. Source UN News Read More

Africa

Central African Republic peace gains must be preserved: UN envoy

June 24, 2026 Village ReporterUN Africa News

The Central African Republic (CAR) “has made remarkable and tangible progress towards lasting peace and security” in recent years, but security remains fragile in border areas, including with war-torn Sudan, UN Special Representative Valentine Rugwabiza told the Security Council on Tuesday. UN Africa News Read More

Africa

Report details widespread use of sexual violence in Sudan war

June 24, 2026 Village ReporterUN Africa News

A new UN human rights report issued on Tuesday details the brutality and scale of conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan since war erupted in April 2023 and its profound, long-term impacts on victims, families and communities. UN Africa News Read More

Africa

UNAids warns US funding cut could cost lives in South Africa

June 24, 2026 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

The US decision to withdraw all of its HIV and Aids funding from South Africa is likely to cost lives, the head of the UN’s HIV agency has warned.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Africa

Djed Spence’s Thomas Partey handshake snub sparks World Cup debate

June 24, 2026 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

England defender Djed Spence appeared to be the only player in the squad who did not shake Thomas Partey’s hand before England’s World Cup clash with Ghana in Boston.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Africa

Ebola in DR Congo: first month of outbreak sees record number of cases – UN humanitarians

June 23, 2026 Village ReporterUN Africa News

Ebola has been spreading at unprecedented speed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing risk and fear into people’s daily lives, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. UN Africa News Read More

Malawi

Malawi to observe 62 years of independence and has been a republican state for 60 years

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 Janet KarimBingu WA Mutharika, Joyce Banda, Kamuzu Banda, Lazarus Chakwera, Malawi to observe 62 years of independence, Muluzi, Peter Mutharika

By Janet Karim 26 When your children ask you what this ceremony means to you, 27 you must answer, ‘It’s the Passover sacrifice in the Lord’s honor. The Lord passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.'” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped. – Exodus 12:26-27 Teach them to your children, speaking about them… Read More

Africa

Global Ebola cases top 1,000 as UN races to reach DR Congo’s most vulnerable

June 23, 2026 Village ReporterUN Africa News

As global confirmed Ebola cases reach 1,000, nearly three million children and adolescents are at risk in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while efforts increase to treat prisoners near the epicentre of the current outbreak, UN agencies warned on Monday. UN Africa News Read More

Europe

Security Council LIVE: Warnings of ‘dangerous cycle of escalation’ in Ukraine

June 23, 2026 Village ReporterEurope News

Deadly drone and missile attacks in Ukraine over the weekend represented a “dangerous cycle of escalation” in Russia’s full-scale four-year-old war, the Security Council heard on Monday from Mohamed Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, while Edem Wosornu, crisis response director at the UN relief office, OCHA, warned that “the choices… Read More

Pacific

Powering resilience: How Indonesia is building a more secure energy future

June 23, 2026 Village ReporterAsia News

As countries grapple with energy price shocks, supply disruptions and the growing impacts of climate change, energy security has become a pressing concern. Source UN News Read More