Sharp rise in deadly attacks by armed groups in Ituri and South Kivu provinces in eastern DRC
More than 11,500 Nigerians have fled to neighboring Niger, seeking refuge from increasingly violent, deadly attacks by armed groups
Humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are rising to epic proportions as winter sets in and millions of Afghans face a crisis of hunger and starvation
Appeal for $41 billion next year is to help 183 million of the world’s most vulnerable people suffering from multiple crises, including poverty, hunger, conflict, impact of COVID-19
The planeload of winterization kits will be distributed to thousands of families living under precarious conditions
World Food Program reports successive years of extreme weather events have plunged thousands of people into hunger
WHO says road accidents kill more than 3,500 people every day, adding up to nearly 1.3 million deaths and some 50 million injuries every year
Research shows that if global temperatures climb an additional 2 degrees Celsius, another 189 million people could become food insecure
Scientists tracking the impact of human activity on the warming of the planet say the scientific case for urgent climate action is unequivocal
UNICEF predicts a global shortage of around two billion syringes needed for COVID-19 vaccine and routine immunizations
UN refugee agency says more than 60,000 Burundian refugees have voluntarily returned home this year, ending years of exile in five neighboring countries
UN refugee agency says this will help mitigate Afghan refugees being pushed into potentially deadly dangers at the hands of human smugglers and traffickers
New data indicate a worse than expected post-pandemic recovery in the global labor market, with the economies of poorer countries falling further behind
Before the voluntary repatriation program was stopped, the UN refugee agency had helped more than 5,000 refugees return from DR Congo to Central African Republic
Weather killed thousands of people and resulted in enormous economic losses in all parts of Asia last year
The head of the World Meteorological Organization says it is not certain how much longer forested areas, often referred to as the lungs of the Earth, will continue to act as effective carbon sinks
Global Witness report last year found of the more than 300 human rights defenders who were killed, 70% were environmental activists
After 9-month hiatus, negotiations resumed with high hopes for constitutional drafting process
Investigators found staff, local hires responding to Ebola outbreak between 2018 and 2020 forced women into sex for the promise of jobs
UNDP has established Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan to protect hard-won development gains the country has achieved over the past 20 years
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