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Families flee south from the central Gaza Strip.

© UNRWA/Ashraf Amra

News in Brief 18 January 2024

18 January 2024

Gaza aid obstacles continue to delay vital relief, warn UN aid teams
Sudan war: UN investigators begin probe into human rights violations
Top rights expert on freedom of expression to visit the Philippines

Airstrikes destroy buildings in the Gaza Strip.

© UNRWA/Ashraf Amra

News in Brief 17 January 2024

17 January 2024

Gaza crisis: Back two-State solution urges UN chief, ‘once and for all’
UN migration agency chief urges action to help Sudan’s displaced
Inflation rises hit international investment, warns UNCTAD

UNRWA office in Gaza.

Ziad Abu Khousa

News in Brief 16 January 2024

16 January 2024

Gaza: Fewer than 1 in 4 aid missions given green light, says OCHA
Sudan conflict passes sad milestone as UN rights office urges ceasefire
WHO calls for urgent regulation of e-cigarettes

People gather at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis n the south of the Gaza Strip.

© UNDP PAPP/Abed Zagout

News in Brief 15 January 2024

15 January 2024

No let-up in Gaza violence as war passes 100-day mark
Ukraine war: UN launches $4.2 billion appeal to help most vulnerable
166 million people require health assistance in 2024: WHO

A 5-year-old, plays in front of his destroyed house in Sheikh Zayed City, in the north of the Gaza Strip.

© UNICEF/Omar Al-Qattaa

News in Brief 12 January 2024

12 January 2024

War against Hamas in Gaza is act of self-defence, Israel tells world court
Public health risk from COVID remains high - WHO
Cabo Verde certified malaria-free

Displaced Palestinians wait for food at Al-Shaboura camp, in Rafah.

© WHO

News in Brief 10 January 2024

11 January 2024

Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals: OCHA
Sustainable global recovery at risk from interlocking crises, warns UN labour agency
Top UN rights body elects Moroccan president for a year

A view of the courtroom as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Judgment in a case at the Peace Palace in The Hague. (October 2018)

UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek

News in Brief 11 January 2024

11 January 2024

Gaza: South Africa levels accusations of ‘genocidal conduct’ against Israel
Human rights chief Türk rejects ‘blood libel’ accusation over Gaza criticism
UN launches new plan to save migrants’ lives and promote legal pathways

a child being treated for injuries on the floor at Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza.

WHO

News in Brief 9 January 2024

9 January 2024

Aid relief arriving in Gaza but ‘too little, too late’, warns WHO
Dozens killed in Ukraine fighting as UN aid teams cite urgent needs
Elections in 2024 must be free and fair, says UN rights chief

A healthcare worker tends to wounded children in Gaza.

© WHO

News in Brief 8 January 2024

8 January 2024

Gaza latest: Dire shortages of healthcare continue
Rights experts demand accountability for Israeli victims of sexual torture
Plastic pollution study launches in the Antarctic: UN nuclear watchdog

Doctors prepare for surgery at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

© UNICEF/Abed Zaqout

News in Brief 5 January 2024

5 January 2024

Gaza latest: nearly 600 healthcare attacks since start of war, says WHO
Migration agency launches $69 million appeal for Gaza relief
COVID-19 infections rise 52 per cent in a month

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