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A displaced child waits with his father at a food distribution point in Port Sudan.

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News in Brief 13 March 2024

13 March 2024

Gaza: More children dead from war than from four years of global conflict
Ukraine: Condemnation after Russian strike kills dozens in Dnipro region
With internal displacement at a record high, UN aid chief backs solutions

Open Arms vessel loaded with food and water and a dedicated crew ready to assist the most vulnerable in Gaza.

© Open Arms

News in Brief 12 March 2024

12 March 2024

Gaza: Ceasefire now, urges UN Secretary-General on first day of Ramadan
WFP races to preposition aid in Chad for Sudan’s displaced
Rampant abuse of counter-terrorism laws globally, Human Rights Council hears

As millions around the world start observing the holy month of Ramadan, sadly in Gaza and across the region, many will mark this month facing conflict, displacement and fear.

© UNRWA

News in Brief 11 March 2024

11 March 2024

Gaza: Ceasefire now, urges UN Secretary-General on first day of Ramadan
Syria in grip of violence not seen in years, warn top rights experts
Truth and justice call for disappeared Thai lawyer

UNHCR staff carry out a needs assessment with some of those arriving to Namapa, in Nampula province, after fleeing recent attacks by non-state armed groups in Cabo Delgado.

© UNHCR Mozambique

News in Brief 8 March 2024

8 March 2024

Marking International Women’s Day, UN chief launches plan to tackle baked-in bias
Rafah ground assault would increase risk of atrocity crimes
Mozambique: Thousands displaced over fear of violence

Families line up to receive cash assistance. WFP provides enough cash for each person to buy daily meals while they wait to travel onwards to their final destination.

© WFP/Hugh Rutherford

News in Brief 7 March 2024

7 March 2024

Gaza: Fears over growing toll of starvation among young
Sudan: UN chief leads call for Ramadan cessation of hostilities
Nigeria mass abductions condemned

Sudanese refugees in the UN-run transit centre in Renk, South Sudan.

© IOM/Elijah Elaigwu

News in Brief 6 March 2024

6 March 2024

Gaza humanitarian update
11 months into Sudan war, ‘world's worst hunger crisis’ looms
2023 was deadliest year on record for migrants

Developing countries, like Iraq (pictured) lack the resources to invest in recovery, climate action and the SDGs.

© WMO/Abbas Raad

News in Brief 5 March 2024

5 March 2024

North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger
El Niño weakens but impacts continue
Drug controls: UN-backed body offers e-solutions to counter narcotics surge

Arlene (left) takes every opportunity to include her mother in her walks along the beach in Belle Garden, Tobago.

© WHO/Alasdair Bell

News in Brief 4 March 2024

4 March 2024

Gaza: Gaza conflict could fuel much wider Middle East ‘conflagration’, warns UN rights chief
Türk: ‘Mega election year’ 2024 could be a landmark for democracy:
Pacific accounts for nine in 10 most obese countries in the world (WHO)

Conditions across the Gaza Strip are deteriorating as the conflict continues.

© UNRWA

News in Brief 1 March 2024

1 March 2024

Gaza: Worst famine fears realized as 10th child reportedly starves to death
Myanmar crisis now a never-ending nightmare, warns UN rights chief
Sudan’s displaced in desperate need of basics to survive: UNHCR

A man holding a baby walks amid the rubble of his destroyed neighbourhood in Gaza.

© UNRWA/Ashraf Amra

News in Brief 29 February 2024

29 February 2024

‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council
Risks from climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss are real
UN chief “committed” to Sudan as UNITAMS mission ends

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