Food lifeline fading for millions in South Sudan hit by conflict and climate shocks
Posted in Travel

Earlier this month, the UN agency began airdropping emergency food assistance in Upper Nile State…

Continue Reading

Food lifeline fading for millions in South Sudan hit by conflict and climate shocks

‘Bet on youth’ to realise Africa’s digital potential, UN deputy chief says
Posted in Travel

In 2024, only 34 per cent of women and 45 per cent of men on…

Continue Reading

‘Bet on youth’ to realise Africa’s digital potential, UN deputy chief says

Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in Sudan
Posted in Travel

Globally, $1.4 billion of the agency’s programmes are being shuttered or put on hold, UNHCR…

Continue Reading

Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in Sudan

Malnutrition crisis deepens for Sudan’s children as war rages on
Posted in Travel

Across the five states that make up Darfur, UNICEF data revealed a 46 per cent…

Continue Reading

Malnutrition crisis deepens for Sudan’s children as war rages on

International Criminal Court: War crimes, systematic sexual violence ongoing in Darfur
Posted in Travel

Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told ambassadors in the UN Security Council that the ICC…

Continue Reading

International Criminal Court: War crimes, systematic sexual violence ongoing in Darfur

South Sudan’s longest cholera outbreak enters critical stage
Posted in Travel

The outbreak – which started in September 2024 and was confirmed a month later –…

Continue Reading

South Sudan’s longest cholera outbreak enters critical stage

UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan as displacement, hunger and disease escalate
Posted in Travel

The situation is particularly dire in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, which…

Continue Reading

UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan as displacement, hunger and disease escalate

‘A spirit of oneness’: Cooperatives cultivating peace in South Sudan
Posted in Travel

“Cooperatives are a system that enables the South Sudanese to improve their livelihoods, but at…

Continue Reading

‘A spirit of oneness’: Cooperatives cultivating peace in South Sudan

Sudan: ‘Fighting shows no signs of abating,’ senior UN official tells Security Council
Posted in Travel

On Friday, the UN Security Council heard sobering briefings from Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General…

Continue Reading

Sudan: ‘Fighting shows no signs of abating,’ senior UN official tells Security Council

DR Congo: Conflict survivors ‘have been through hell,’ says UN aid chief
Posted in Travel

Speaking from the Goma region, whose main city was overrun by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in…

Continue Reading

DR Congo: Conflict survivors ‘have been through hell,’ says UN aid chief