DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has entered its most lethal Ebola chapter yet, with more than 2,300 deaths confirmed since the current outbreak…
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Mpox: Children account for half of suspected cases in Guinea-Bissau
Mpox - Children, who are particularly vulnerable to the disease, account for half of the 46 suspected mpox cases identified in Guinea-Bissau – with…
Russian missiles kill 17 more in Ukraine as Guterres calls for ceasefire
Thursday brought another devastating chapter to the war that has engulfed Ukraine since February 2022. Russian ballistic missiles struck the Ukrainian capital
Somalia: Humanitarian aid cuts leave millions of children vulnerable to hunger
A funding collapse in the international humanitarian system is now stripping away the last safety nets for millions of Somali children, with aid programmes
New initiative launched to shield terrorism victims from online harm
From a packed stadium in Kampala to a music festival in Israel, the scars of terrorism extend far beyond the physical wounds inflicted on…
AI for Good: How the UN uses AI to advance human rights
In a gold mine in Ethiopia, a worker coughs into a chest X-ray machine, and within seconds an algorithm flags a pattern that a…
DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreading exponentially, UN responders warn
The Ebola epidemic gripping the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has entered a phase of exponential growth, according to UN field coordinators briefing
As elections near, South Sudan risks new atrocity crimes, warns rights probe
As elections near, South Sudan stands at a crossroads that a UN human rights panel says could tip the nation back into mass atrocity.…
Aid workers under fire as drones reshape warfare
The battlefield has changed shape. Cheap, adaptable armed drones now place lethal firepower in far more hands than ever before, pushing explosive strikes deep
Sudan war: 200,000 newly displaced as fighting and floods intensify
The humanitarian emergency in Sudan has reached a new and more dangerous threshold. At least 200,000 additional people have been forced from their homes…