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People gather outside the remains of Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest health facility. (file)

Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office

Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.

A mother and child leave Lviv's main train station in Ukraine. (file)

UK’s newly passed ‘Safety in Rwanda’ bill is anything but safe: UN officials

Pramila Patten, Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, briefs the Security Council meeting on women and peace and security.

Silence the guns, amplify women’s voices for peace to end rape in wartime

Robert Wood, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN, votes against a draft resolution on Gaza in the Security Council on 18 April 2024. (file)

General Assembly debates Security Council’s rising veto use

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Healing page by page in earthquake-affected Türkiye

From Dominica to Vogue: Big dreams on a small island

WMO report: Asia hit hardest by climate change and extreme weather

UN envoy urges international solidarity with Haiti as gang violence spirals

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Dominic Allen, UNFPA Representative in Palestine, (second from left) walking in and around the destroyed al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. (14 April 2024)

Remember Sabreen al-Sakani, one of 180 women who give birth in Gaza every day

Final Report - Independent Review Group on UNRWA

Rein Paulsen, Director of Office of Emergencies and Resilience, at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Real risk of famine in Sudan, warns senior FAO official

This automatic sound recording machine captured even the fastest spoken words in the 1940s. (file)

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Every month, thousands of Sudanese people still migrate to nearby countries like South Sudan and Chad, forgotten and voiceless on an incredibly challenging journey, and nobody knows when it will end.

Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war

Humanitarian Aid Rape. Murder. Hunger. Corpses filling streets, making it impossible to walk. Sudan was plunged into an ongoing, devastating war one year ago on 15 April, leaving in its wake almost 15,000 dead, eight million civilians on the run, 25 million in dire need of assistance and warnings from humanitarians about famine, aid blockades and a growing list of atrocities on all sides.

A premature baby is fed in a hospital incubator.

Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement is dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence, especially in the form of police brutality.

Unravelling the legacies of slavery

Rokaya stands in front of her house in Indramayu, West Java.

From desperation to determination: Indonesian trafficking survivors demand justice

Displaced men, women, and children sheltering in a boxing arena in downtown Port-au-Prince after fleeing their homes during gang attacks in August 2023.

How is the UN supporting Haiti’s struggle to overcome violence and instability?

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On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

Six months after the full-scale invasion of Gaza, 30,000 Palestinians are dead, dozens of children have died of hunger and more than half a million Gazans face starvation. As Israel continues to bomb the occupied territory and restrict the entry of lifesaving goods, the UN is scrambling to respond.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

Gaza’s displaced children: ‘A heartbreaking story of loss and grief’

A five-year-old boy sits on his mattress in a shelter courtyard surrounded by several hundred other displaced people.

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Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (file).

World News in Brief: Rising West Bank violence, dialogue critical in Kosovo, free detained Afghan activist

Peace and Security The UN Middle East envoy has expressed concern about increased levels of violence in the West Bank, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York on Monday.

Instead of being filled with children learning, UNRWA schools have been turned into shelters in Gaza Strip for displaced families during the ongoing war.

Independent review panel releases final report on UNRWA

Humanitarian Aid An independent panel released its much-awaited report on Monday about the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), providing 50 recommendations and noting that Israeli authorities have yet to provide proof of their claims that UN staff are involved with terrorist organisations.

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