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More than 5,600 killed in Haiti gang violence in 2024
- UN News
At least 5,601 people were killed in gang violence in Haiti last year, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, appealing for greater efforts by the authorities and the international community to address the root causes.
Avian flu risk still ‘low’ after first US patient dies from H5N1 virus: WHO
- UN News
A day after the United States reported its first human death from avian flu, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) insisted on Tuesday that the risk to the wider population remains “low”.
The most Secret Memory of Men and the Disgraceful Condemnation of Two African Authors
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan 06 (IPS) - In 2021, the Senegalese novelist Mohamed Mbougar Sarr became the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to be awarded the Prix Goncourt, France’s oldest and most prestigious literary prize.
Why Russia's Ban on Child-Free 'Propaganda' Impacts Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Jan 06 (IPS) - “A lot of people are very scared,” says Zalina Marshenkulova. “This is obviously another tool of repression. The state is waging war on the remnants of free-thinking people in Russia and trying to suppress all dissent and freedom,” the Russian feminist activist tells IPS.
Will Trump Seize the Opportunity for an Israeli-Palestinian Breakthrough?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 06 (IPS) - Trump, who wants an end to the Israeli-Hamas war even before he reassumes the Presidency, must know that denying the Palestinian right to statehood and conceding further Palestinian land to Israel is a recipe for the next horrific inferno that will overshadow even the present calamitous Israel-Hamas war.
First Person: Gaza, where starving people are trapped in a land reduced to rubble
- UN News
“We saw dead bodies scattered to the left and right, decomposing in the sun”, recounts Jonathan Dumont, Head of Emergency Communications at the World Food Programme (WFP). A veteran of conflict zones around the world, he says that the destruction and suffering he witnessed in Gaza is on a “different scale”.
World News in Brief: Communal violence in South Sudan, Syria and Gaza updates
- UN News
Communal violence remains the primary driver of conflict in South Sudan and continues to exact a heavy toll on civilians across the country, UN peacekeepers said on Monday.
‘Famine conditions are spreading’ as Sudan’s crisis worsens: Security Council
- UN News
Human suffering in Sudan has reached devastating levels, with over 11.5 million people internally displaced and 3.2 million seeking refuge in neighbouring countries.
Gaza war: UN World Food Programme condemns Israeli attack on aid convoy
- UN News
Israeli airstrikes continued across Gaza overnight into Monday, while the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that one of its aid convoys in the war-shattered enclave was targeted by Israeli fire on Sunday.
Young Venezuelan refugees get a fresh start in Trinidad’s schools
- UN News
Until recently, Venezuela child refugees and migrants in Trinidad and Tobago were barred from state-run schools. This year, a change in the law backed by the United Nations means that several dozen were able to benefit from formal education.
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