The plight of Gaza's people continues to worsen in the enclave where humanitarian operations are "ongoing where feasible" amid repeated evacuation orders from the Israeli military, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, warned on Tuesday.
Around 20 villages in eastern Sudan have reportedly been "destroyed", with 70 impacted overall, after floodwaters burst through a major dam, according to UN humanitarians – adding to the suffering of communities already devastated by the ongoing war between rival militaries.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the killing of around 200 people in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho at the weekend, which left a further 140 injured.
The United Nations has upheld the safety of the polio vaccine that will be administered to more than half a million Palestinian children during an inoculation campaign in Gaza.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that the mpox outbreak could have devastating effects on refugees and displaced families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other affected African countries if urgent support is not forthcoming.
A new morality law enacted by the Taliban in Afghanistan, cements policies that "completely erase" women's presence in public, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, calling for it to be immediately revoked.
China still has "many problematic laws and policies" regarding the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region two years after the UN human rights office, OHCHR, published a report on serious violations against the Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim communities, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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