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People displaced from eastern Rafah by Israeli evacuation orders have taken everything they can carry.

Gaza: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams

Some 80,000 people have left Rafah since Monday amid continuing Israeli bombardment in and around Gaza’s southernmost city overnight and into Thursday, UN humanitarians reported.

A Haitian family arrive at a temporary reception centre in Panama after crossing the Darién Gap.

Americas: Regional cooperation crucial to address migration and forced displacement

A mother and daughter attend a handwashing training session in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Haiti: UNICEF ensures thousands have safe drinking water

A girl in Kazakhstan receives a measles vaccine. New trials of a vaccine patch instead of shots, are showing promise.

World News in Brief: Vaccine ‘patches’ trial shows promise, lowering catheter infection risk, Guantanamo detainee facing revictimisation

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First UN civil society forum held in Africa heralds ‘inclusive’ Summit of the Future

Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder sounds a note against apartheid

No sign yet of H5N1 bird flu spreading between humans, says WHO chief

Another climate record: Extreme heat, hurricanes, droughts ravage Latin America and Caribbean

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Nour Shams Palestine refugee camp, that is only 3 kilometers away from the city of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank after Israeli forces’ operation that lasted more than 55 hours between 18 and 21 April

Israeli forces bringing war to the West Bank, warns UN rights office

Russian journalist and prominent opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is imprisoned in the Russian Federation.

Rights chief urges Russia to end crackdown as journalist detentions reach all-time high

Major Ahlem Douzi is presented with the United Nations Trailblazer Award by Chef de Cabinet Courtenay Rattray at a special ceremony.

Justice officer from DR Congo mission wins UN Trailblazer award

Destruction in northern Gaza. Rubble may contain a lot of unexpoded ordnance.

Unexploded ordnance leaves dark legacy for Gaza, warn mine action experts

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The downtown area of Port-au-Prince remains extremely dangerous due to gang activity.

‘Moral obligation’ of Haitian NGO worker to carry on despite kidnapping of two children

Peace and Security A woman whose two children were kidnapped on the way to school in Haiti has said she feels a moral obligation to continue her work supporting displaced people despite the trauma the family has experienced

Dominica's geothermal energy pipe, Roseau Valley

Could the answer to 100% renewable energy in Dominica be under the ground?

Daily life continues on the streets of Port-au-Prince, despite the insecurity.

First Person: ‘Our tears are dry, we are exhausted’ – Youth voices in Haiti

Every month, thousands of Sudanese people still migrate to nearby countries like South Sudan and Chad, forgotten and voiceless on an incredibly challenging journey, and nobody knows when it will end.

Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war

A premature baby is fed in a hospital incubator.

Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby

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On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

Six months after the full-scale invasion of Gaza, 30,000 Palestinians are dead, dozens of children have died of hunger and more than half a million Gazans face starvation. As Israel continues to bomb the occupied territory and restrict the entry of lifesaving goods, the UN is scrambling to respond.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

Gaza’s displaced children: ‘A heartbreaking story of loss and grief’

A five-year-old boy sits on his mattress in a shelter courtyard surrounded by several hundred other displaced people.

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Thousands of people leave Rafah for central Gaza as hostilities escalate in and around the enclave's southernmost town.

No aid getting into Gaza, says UN aid agency

Peace and Security Israeli military manoeuvres and shelling continued in and around eastern Rafah in southern Gaza on Wednesday morning as UN humanitarians stressed that “no fuel or aid” is getting into the enclave.

Israeli forces bringing war to the West Bank, warns UN rights office

Human Rights As war rages in Gaza, violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have also increased substantially, a senior official with the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday.

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