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News from the United Nations
- Thousands of Gaza patients waiting for urgent medical evacuation April 14, 2025The Israeli bombardment of Al-Ahli, a Gaza City hospital, has put even more pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the delivery of aid and movement of humanitarian workers is highly restricted by the Israeli authorities.
- UN denounces deadly Palm Sunday attack in Ukraine April 14, 2025The United Nations has condemned the Russian attack on the city of Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday which reportedly killed at least 34 people, including two children, and injured more than 100 others.
- Sudan war: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100 lives April 14, 2025As Sudan’s devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its “darkest chapters” may still lie ahead, following the massacre of more than 100 people at displacement camps in Darfur over the weekend.
- UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge April 14, 2025The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on Monday at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
- World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis worsens, South Sudan clashes, Ecuador oil spill update April 14, 2025The humanitarian situation in Gaza is now likely the worst it has been in the 18 months since the outbreak of hostilities, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, reported on Monday.
- How is the Sudanese civil war destabilising neighbouring countries? April 14, 2025Since April 2023, Sudan, the third-largest country in Africa, has been embroiled in war, as a brutal battle between government forces and a powerful paramilitary group has exacerbated the nation’s existing crises, including political instability and economic hardship.
- Israeli attack puts Gaza City hospital out of service April 14, 2025A Gaza City hospital has been put out of action by an Israeli strike at the weekend, while a child patient with reported head trauma died while being evacuated, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
- Sudan: 15 million children require humanitarian assistance after two years of war April 14, 2025The number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan has doubled as the war between rival militaries enters a third year on Tuesday.
- Millions displaced, health system in ruins as Sudan war fuels famine April 14, 2025More than 12.4 million people have been forced from their homes across Sudan – including over 3.3 million refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries – as two years of civil war fuel famine, disease outbreaks and the collapse of the health system.
- Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza April 13, 2025In Gaza, where lack of access to water is an existential threat, Ibrahim Alloush stands out as an unsung hero, providing a lifeline to the thirsty people of the Strip.