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People in rural Burkina Faso prepare a field to plant trees and shrubs to help revitalize the soil and prevent erosion.

Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220 villagers

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday raised alarm over the situation in northern Burkina Faso where several hundred civilians, including children, were reportedly killed amidst fighting between security forces and armed groups.

A UN team assesses damage to medical facilities in Gaza.

Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear

‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency

The situation in Gaza is dire for over 1 million displaced women, who struggle to access clean water, food, & basic sanitary supplies.

Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah

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UNESCO report spotlights harmful effects of social media on young girls

Recovery in Gaza ‘is not only physical’, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator says

Amid campus crackdowns, Gaza war triggers freedom of expression crisis

World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place, rights experts condemn Iran rapper's death sentence

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UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator, Sigrid Kaag, visiting the Nasser Medical complex in Khan Younis, Gaza.

Recovery in Gaza ‘is not only physical’, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator says

Digital technologies can be a powerful driver of development especially in countries like Mauritania (pictured).

WATCH/LISTEN: Social media negatively affects girls’ mental health

Plastic waste on Maraval River, Trinidad

Polluting rivers, beaches and the ocean: How can Trinidad solve its plastics problem?

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

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Daily life continues on the streets of Port-au-Prince, despite the insecurity.

First Person: ‘Our tears are dry, we are exhausted’ – Youth voices in Haiti

Law and Crime Prevention A youth activist in Haiti has described how years of gang violence, kidnappings and insecurity in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has forced their “tears to run dry”.

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

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

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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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Humanitarian Aid The ongoing crisis in Haiti is having a “massive” and “devastating” impact, with over half the population acutely food insecure and more than one million staring at emergency levels of hunger, a senior UN World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Thursday.

Opening the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali (3rd from left) presents the UN flag to (from left to right) President Collor De Mello of Brazil, soccer superstar and UN Goodwill Ambassador Pele, Marcelo Alencar, Mayor of Ri…

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Climate and Environment The General Assembly designated 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009, but the roots of the Day go back to the 1970s.

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