© UNOCHA/Themba Linden News in Brief 28 March 2024 28 March 2024 UN News Today Facebook Twitter Gaza: health system ‘barely surviving’ warns UN health agency chiefSudan’s 24 million children have a right to live in peace: UNICEF Refugee agency launches $1.4 billion appeal for South Sudan
© UNHCR/Moise Amedje Peladai News in Brief 27 March 2024 27 March 2024 UN News Today Facebook Twitter Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began 783 million people go hungry today but one-fifth of all food goes to waste Cameroon: vital aid assistance under threat, warn UNHCR, WFP
© UNHCR/Blaise Sanyila News in Brief 26 March 2024 26 March 2024 UN News Today Facebook Twitter Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnightOne in three migrant deaths linked to countries at war or with large refugee populationsDevastating humanitarian crisis in DR Congo: UNHCR
United Nations News in Brief 25 March 2024 25 March 2024 UN News Today Facebook Twitter We must push for lasting peace in Gaza, UN chief insists, as starvation threat nears Deadly cholera infections spreading fast in Somalia, warn UN aid teamsYemen conflict enters 10th year with 17 million-plus people in need of health aid
© WFP/Arete/Abood al Sayd News in Brief 22 March 2024 22 March 2024 UN News Today Facebook Twitter Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger Mass grave found in Libya highlights migrant horror, says UN migration agencyAid ramps up to Mozambique communities impacted by tropical storm Filipo
ITU News in Brief 21 March 2024 21 March 2024 UN News Today Facebook Twitter Amid ongoing strife in Gaza and Ukraine, UN chief reiterates peace call Sudan war could see 222,000 children die from malnutrition, says aid coordinatorMobile phones called to order for part in 62 million tonnes of e-waste
Unsplash/Andrew Keymaster News in Brief 20 March 2024 20 March 2024 UN News Today Facebook Twitter Gaza: Less than 1 in 2 UN aid missions allowed into northern zones this month M-pox deaths falling everywhere but Africa, says UN health agency expert panel Belarus opponents ‘increasingly oppressed and punished’: Human Rights Council
© UNICEF/Abed Zaqout News in Brief 19 March 2024 19 March 2024 UN News Today Facebook Twitter Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warnForced labour exploiters make $236 billion a year, says ILO More climate records smashed, WMO report confirms
© WHO News in Brief 18 March 2024 18 March 2024 UN News Today Facebook Twitter Famine could happen ‘anytime’ in Gaza’s northern governorates, warn UN humanitarians Iran: Repression continues two years after nationwide protests, say rights investigators ‘Pandemic treaty’ deal enters final round of negotiations
© UNICEF/Ahmed Elfatih Mohamdee News in Brief 15 March 2024 15 March 2024 UN News Today Facebook Twitter I lost hope and will to live in Russian jail, says Ukraine prisoner of war Gaza: Nearly 23 million tonnes of debris ‘will take years to clear’Sudan: hunger ‘pervasive’ in Khartoum streets, warns UNICEF