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UN says civilians fled fighting in Kordofan, aid on rise
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq on Wednesday in an update told reporters in New York that families are fleeing intense hostilities across the Kordofan region of Sudan and humanitarian needs are surging.…
WHO says new influenza strain circulates in Europe
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – World health agency on Wednesday said that the early arrival of seasonal influenza has continued sweeping across Europe, with at least 27 European countries reported “high or very high” flu activity.…
WHO says new influenza variant surging, vaccine ‘most effective defence’
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – World health agency said on Tuesday that an early start to the Northern Hemisphere influenza season a new variant of the virus is rapidly gaining strength but vaccination remains the “most effective…
OCHA warns key Gaza water pipeline repaired, miserable conditions remain
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – OCHA on Wednesday said that in Gaza, a key water pipeline in the south is back up and running, after a repair team was granted access to the site by Israeli authorities.
UN aid coordination office…
Top official warns Ukraine suffer as electricity cut in ongoing Russian attacks
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – UN Assistant Secretary-General on Ukraine Matthias Schmale on Wedsnday said that imagine living through a war and not being able to make a meal or heat your home; that’s the reality for thousands of Ukrainians…
Guterres urges restraint, calls for release of UN detainees in Yemen
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UN head António Guterres on Wednesday called on Yemeni leaders to return to the path of peace and release all UN personnel detained there, after a briefing to the Security Council.
He addressed…
UN agencies reports 500,000 fled homes in DRC violence
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UN agencies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday said that over half a million people have fled their homes in past few days, in eastern areas overrun by Rwanda-backed M23 fighters.
WFP…
Ex UN chief Ban Ki-moon warns UNSC risks irrelevance without reform
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN Security Council on Monday were challenged to look backwards when, despite deep rivalry and distrust, the body chose leaders capable of steering the world away from catastrophe towards active…
UN summit in Doha says corruption costs lives, livelihoods
Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - According to a UN report released on Monday said that in 2024, one in five people who dealt with a public official were asked to pay a bribe.
Heads of State, civil society and private sector leaders will…
UN mission says 6 blue helmets laid to rest after deadly drone attack in Sudan
Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UN Interim Security Force for Abyei on Monday in a solemn farewell ceremony honoured 6 Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed in a drone attack on a UN logistics base in Kadugli, South Kordofan, in a soleman…