Kenya to send more police to Haiti after new gang attacks
Reuters Kenya will send 600 more police officers to Haiti next month to bolster an international anti-gang mission, President William Ruto said on Friday during a visit by the Haitian…
S.Sudan floods affect 893,000, over 241,000 displaced: UN
AFP Some 893,000 people have been affected by flooding in South Sudan and more than 241,000 displaced, the UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA said Thursday in a grim update on the…
UN refugee chief says airstrikes in Lebanon have violated humanitarian law
Reuters The United Nations’ refugee chief Filippo Grandi said on Sunday that airstrikes in Lebanon had violated international humanitarian law by hitting civilian infrastructure and killing civilians, in reference to…
UN ‘horrified’ as at least 70 killed in Haiti gang attack
AFP The United Nations said Friday it was “horrified” by the killing of at least 70 people, including women and children, in a gang shooting in troubled Haiti. The UN…
Haiti PM says nation far from winning gang war as UN deadline looms
Reuters Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille said on Wednesday that the Caribbean country was a long way from winning its war against armed gangs that control most of the capital,…
UN chief Guterres ‘gravely alarmed’ by reports of RSF assault on Sudanese city of al-Fashir
Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “gravely alarmed” by reports of a full-scale assault on the Sudanese city of al-Fashir by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and called…
UN members demand end to ‘unlawful’ Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories
AFP UN member states formally demanded in a non-binding resolution Wednesday an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 months and sanctions for non-compliance. The text,…
UN to demand Israel end ‘unlawful’ presence in Palestinian territories within 12 months
Reuters UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations General Assembly will on Wednesday adopt a Palestinian-drafted resolution that demands Israel end “its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” within 12…
UN announces $6m to support flood victims in Nigeria’s Borno
Agency Report MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohammed Fall, has announced 6 million dollars from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund to support flood victims in Borno, a…
6 UNRWA staff killed in Israeli attack on UN-run school in Gaza: Guterres
‘What’s happening in Gaza is totally unacceptable. A school turned shelter for around 12,000 people was hit by Israeli airstrikes again today,’ says UN chief Agency Report Six employees from…