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With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans
- UN News
Amid the ongoing Israeli aid blockade and bombardment of Gaza, aid teams warned on Monday that civilians trapped there face multiple daily challenges as relief supplies run critically low.
UN rights chief urges probe into Russian attack that killed nine children in Ukraine
- UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sunday for an investigation into the Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih which reportedly killed 18 people, including nine children.
Aid cuts threaten to roll back progress in ending maternal mortality
- UN News
Unprecedented aid cuts are putting global progress to end maternal deaths at risk, three UN agencies warned in a new report that calls for greater investment in midwives and other health workers.
World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world
- UN News
Monday’s World Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women and girls.
More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month: UNICEF
- UN News
The blockade of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is having dire consequences for more than a million children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday.
UN deplores deadly attack on city in central Ukraine
- UN News
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine has strongly condemned a missile strike in Kryvyi Rih on Friday which killed more than a dozen people, including at least nine children, and left several others injured.
AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: Why new thinking is needed on disarmament
- UN News
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) race needs to slow down and IT firms should instead be focusing on the bigger picture to ensure that the technology is not misused on the battlefield, UN disarmament experts and leaders of ‘big tech’ companies have insisted.
Trapped by Tradition: The Widows of Ukerewe and the Ritual They Cannot Escape
- Inter Press Service
UKARA, Tanzania, Apr 04 (IPS) - The night after her husband was laid to rest, 24-year-old Vivian Magesa sat in the dimly lit brick-walled house, surrounded by women from her late husband’s family. She had spent the past few days in mourning, wrapped in a white shroud, her head shaved as custom dictated. But as the hushed voices of her in-laws filled the room, Magesa realized her grief was far from over.
Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers
- UN News
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza on 23 March.
World News in Brief: Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise
- UN News
A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, natural disasters and climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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