News in Brief 15 May 2024
- Gaza: underweight babies, heavy fighting and more displacement
- Sudan alert as civilians remain trapped in war zone
- Saudi Arabia violated rights of religious scholar, UN rights experts warn
A breakthrough in Libya cannot be achieved if leaders continue to monopolise the political process, the outgoing head of the UN mission in the country, UNSMIL, has said.
Like many island economies, Dominica experiences high youth unemployment, and recent events, in particular Hurricane Maria and the COVID-19 pandemic, have combined to make the search for work even harder.
Rescue efforts continue in Afghanistan following deadly flash floods in three northeastern provinces this past weekend.
Two arson attacks which followed weeks of protests forced UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA to temporarily close its compound in East Jerusalem on Thursday.
The developments are part of a wider campaign to undermine the agency, said Senior Communications Manager Jonathan Fowler.
A vast array of weaponry has been used in the last seven months of conflict in Gaza, so much so that UN mine action experts say that land potentially contaminated with unexploded ordnance will take years to make safe.