Ukraine war could create widespread food insecurity, warns FAO
Millions of Ukrainians may soon face serious food insecurity because of the ongoing conflict, the UN warned on Tuesday, amid reports that people are...
World football goes for goal, in aid of Ukraine
With the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine rapidly approaching four million, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday...
Dire impact from floods in South Sudan as new wet season looms
Flooding and displacement in South Sudan are expected to worsen when the wet season begins in around a month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR,...
Response plan launched to support 1.4 million Rohingya and Bangladeshis
“Robust and sustained international support” is again needed for Rohingya refugees and the Bangladeshi communities generously hosting them, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said...
DR Congo: UN envoy calls for strategy to address root causes of conflict
Amid deteriorating security in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the top UN envoy in the country has called...
UN highlights human cost of transatlantic slave trade
The United Nations on Tuesday remembered the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and its continued impact on the modern world, by honouring the tradition...
‘Difficult months ahead’ in Ukraine, as deaths rise, along with global shortages
At least 1,100 civilians have been killed in a month of fighting in Ukraine, a senior UN humanitarian official told the Security Council on Tuesday, stressing...
South Sudan: Oil Underground, Blood on the Surface
MADRID, Mar 29 (IPS) – While several politicians -and media– have been viewing the ongoing armed conflict in South Sudan as a “civil war”...
Wealthy Nations, Corporate Titans False Promises of Fair COVID-19 Recovery Exposed, How Africas Inequality Deepened
Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 29 (IPS) – Even as COVID-19 brought Africa’s already fragile health care and economic systems to the brink, wealthy states colluded...
Learning from the Tuberculosis Pandemic
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 29 (IPS) – As countries around the world—from Kenya to Canada, South Africa to Sweden—relish the prospect of an unofficial transition of...
‘Make or bake time’: Guterres urges climate justice pact as leaders gather at COP31 
Lebanon: After 48 years patrolling the Blue Line, UN peacekeepers prepare exit 
Hotter World, Older Population: How Long Can Climate COPs Ignore the Obvious? 
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026