News in Brief 19 April 2024
- Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans
- Rights chief Türk urges peace for shattered DR Congo communities
- Fears of Middle East escalation undiminished amid ongoing violence
Millions of women and girls saw no progress in their reproductive rights simply because of who they are or where they were born, according to the new 2024 State of World Population report, released on Wednesday by UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency.
The gangs which now control up to 90 per cent of Haiti’s capital must be persuaded to end their campaign of violence which has left the children of the Port-au-Prince region without safety, schooling and sufficient food to eat, the UN’s top envoy for Children and Armed Conflict has told UN News.
Even before the war erupted in Sudan on 15 April last year, the country’s economy was already faltering, heavily reliant on international aid.
Technological advances have transformed space exploration, making it more accessible but also more commercially driven, a senior official with the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) has been telling UN News, ahead of the in