News from the United Nations

• Flooding displaces thousands amid ongoing unrest in eastern DR Congo April 15, 2025
  Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. 
• External flow of weapons into Sudan must end, insists UN’s Guterres April 15, 2025
  Two years to the day since Sudan’s brutal war erupted between rival generals who rejected the peaceful transition to civilian rule after the overthrow of Omar Al-Bashir, UN chief António Guterres insisted that the world “must not forget” the suffering of the country’s people. 
• Israeli strikes in Lebanon continue to kill civilians, UN rights office warns April 15, 2025
  Israeli military operations in Lebanon have continued to claim civilian lives and destroy vital infrastructure, the UN human rights office warned on Tuesday, raising alarm over mounting violations since a ceasefire agreement took effect last November.
• UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent April 15, 2025
  The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on African Descent in New York said on Tuesday. 
• Israeli strike on hospital ‘further cripples’ Gaza’s fragile health system April 15, 2025
  An Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday has further jeopardized already limited access to lifesaving medical care in the war-torn enclave.
• UN Youth Forum brings fresh perspectives on sustainable development April 15, 2025
  Young people from across the globe are meeting at UN Headquarters this week to share their recommendations to transform the world into a fairer, greener and more sustainable place.  
• World News in Brief: Relief supplies for Myanmar, invest in Haiti, child migrant deaths in Italy April 15, 2025
  A plane carrying some 40 metric tonnes of lifesaving aid arrived in Myanmar from Dubai on Tuesday to support survivors of the devastating earthquake last month. 
• How is the Sudanese civil war destabilising neighbouring countries? April 14, 2025
  Since 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.
• UN denounces deadly Palm Sunday attack in Ukraine April 14, 2025
  The 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.
• Thousands of Gaza patients waiting for urgent medical evacuation April 14, 2025
  The 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.