News in Brief 7 May 2024
- Uncertainty in Gaza amplified by closure of key border crossings
- Russia: UN rights chief troubled by increasing crackdown on journalists
- DRC: more than 80,000 newly displaced people amid new fighting in Kivu
News in Brief 6 May 2024
- We won't abandon Gazans sheltering in Rafah, says UNRWA
- Seven months into the war in Gaza, deep fears over unexploded ordnance threat
- Urgent appeal launched for Yemen where 18.2 million people need lifesaving assistance
Kenya: ‘Whiplash’ between drought and flooding calls for building climate resilience
Kenya remains on high alert as Tropical Cyclone Hidaya threatens to dump more torrential rains on East African countries, which recently emerged from three years of historic drought.
Unexploded weapons in cities create new danger zone in Sudan
More than a year of fighting between Sudan’s rival militaries has the country’s people on the verge of famine and uprooted huge numbers caught up in the crossfire. Now, there’s a new threat - unexploded weapons littering Sudan’s towns and cities, where people have received little training about the very real dangers of these lethal devices.
News in Brief 3 May 2024
- Targeting Rafah could lead to slaughter, warns UN aid agency
- Sudan violence leaves many areas beyond reach of aid teams; UNHCR
- Tropical cyclone Hidaya threatens further flooding in east Africa: WMO
News in Brief 2 May 2024
- Development in Palestine set back more than 20 years due to Gaza war
- Niger responds to 50 per cent spike in meningitis since last year
- Detention of child migrants in EU must end, say top rights experts
Sudan: Parts of besieged Darfur city ‘on the brink of famine’
After more than a year of brutal fighting between rival militaries across Sudan, the last Government-held stronghold in Darfur of El Fasher is in danger of slipping into famine unless rebel fighters end their siege.
Trinidad’s young climate activists make the case for urgent action
Caribbean island nations are vulnerable to a host of extreme weather events, from hurricanes to floods and droughts, that are becoming more dangerous and intense as a result of the climate emergency.
Negotiators advance plastic pollution treaty amid ‘extremely ambitious timeline’
Since the 1950s, 9.2 billion tonnes of plastic have been produced, seven billion tonnes of which have become potentially toxic waste. If no action is taken, plastic pollution could triple by 2060.
News in Brief 1 May 2024
- Gazans on tenterhooks awaiting news of ceasefire call
- Ukraine landmine contamination still having global economic impact
- DR Congo conflict driving record levels of displacement, hunger