UN experts say COVID-19 pandemic is causing an increase in hunger and ill health
Food security threatened in large urban areas, as well as conflict-affected communities in unstable north-east
Because of underfunding, UNHRC warns it will not be able to assist and protect one-half million refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo and many of the millions of internally displaced from surging violence and COVID-19
The DRC is battling a dangerous mix of health and humanitarian crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic with little international support
International Organization for Migration was finally able to repatriate 179 migrants who had been waiting at IOM transit centers in Niamey and Agadez
Conditions of detention and lack of due process in Venezuela, Ivory Coast and Turkey put MPs at particular risk in COVID-19 pandemic: IPU
New data show climate change has reached new heights, posing a danger for biodiversity and human well-being
The Philippines government is accused of waging an illegal campaign against suspected drug users in which thousands are being killed and arbitrarily arrested with impunity
More than 1,000 refugees and displaced people have fled a site in western Niger following an attack by unidentified armed men
The UN and Saudi Arabia are hosting a virtual pledging conference to raise $2.4 billion to assist millions of Yemenis in distress
Some 1.5 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants dealing with coronavirus pandemic also face extreme hardships as temperatures fall in South America’s southern region
Nearly 4,000 displaced, two killed by a fire that swept their camp
The WHO accuses the tobacco industry of trying to get children and young people hooked on tobacco early in life, so they become life-long smokers
More than one in six young people has stopped working since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
Hundreds of thousands of urban refugees in Africa’s East, Horn and Great Lakes regions resort to desperate measures in pandemic
Epidemiologists warn the coronavirus could spread faster, more widely and with deadlier consequences in Yemen than in many other countries
The resolution allows countries to legally import or produce low-priced generic vaccines and drugs to prevent or treat COVID-19
Nations are likely to face a future of fear and insecurity unless the spread of the deadly coronavirus is stopped everywhere, according to the UN chief
An unprecedented 24 million people in Africa’s volatile Sahel region are said to be in desperate need of life-saving assistance and protection
Criminal gangs are using COVID-19 lockdowns to strengthen their control over communities by stepping up extortion, drug trafficking and sexual and gender-based violence
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