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• 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 

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.

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.

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. 

• 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

More than two years since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine, the harrowing human cost of the conflict couldn’t be clearer, with thousands killed and many of the injured requiring triple or quadruple amputations, mine action experts said on Wednesday.

• ‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Rafah from feared Israeli attack: UNRWA 
• Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in Lebanon
• UN rights chief Türk ‘troubled’ by law enforcement crackdown on Gaza protests in US

Dominica may have found a solution to cover all of its electricity needs, and even sell electricity abroad, without burning fossil fuels: geothermal energy. This power source is 100 per cent clean, cheap and practically limitless.

• Gaza at ‘most dangerous’ stage amid huge unexploded weapons risk, warns demining expert
• Lift tax on aid relief, top UN emergency relief chief urges South Sudan  
• UN expresses solidarity with Kenya following deadly floods