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29 January 2025

Palestinians, some still sheltering in UNRWA schools, are fearful that the agency will stop providing lifesaving assistance in Gaza.

Israel's new laws banning UNRWA already taking effect

Israeli legislation banning the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is due to enter into force in the coming hours, bringing fundamental changes to its operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to the agency and Palestinians they serve in Gaza who spoke with UN News on Wednesday.

Peace and Security

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed delivers remarks at the opening of the African Heads of State Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

From policy to progress: UN deputy chief Mohammed outlines path for Africa's clean energy transformation

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed highlighted on Tuesday the critical need for collaborative and urgent action to achieve the ambitious goal of bringing electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030.

Economic Development

The Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza has been destroyed in the conflict.

Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows

As more than 423,000 displaced Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza following the opening of key roads, UN agencies are scaling up humanitarian aid and addressing the growing risks posed by unexploded ordnance such as landmines (UXO).

Humanitarian Aid

Between 2020 and 2024, Myanmar's gross domestic product (GDP) has contracted by nine per cent, reversing the economic progress of the previous decade.

Four years after the coup, Myanmar remains on the brink

Four years after the military coup which plunged Myanmar into turmoil, the country is facing an unprecedented "polycrisis," marked by economic collapse, intensifying conflict, complex climate hazards and deepening poverty, according to a new report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

Peace and Security

A woman in Moutarwa, Cameroon, holds an HIV test which shows a negative result.

UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment

UNAIDS has welcomed Wednesday's emergency waiver from the United States Secretary of State that will allow the continuation of life-saving HIV treatment funded by the US across 55 countries worldwide.

Health

Patients receive treatmen for mpox in eastern DR Congo in August 2024. The violent escalation has interrupted the vital work of tracing infections to prevent community transmission.

DR Congo crisis: A public health 'nightmare' is unfolding, warns WHO

As UN agencies reported "relative calm" on Wednesday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), humanitarians warned that the chaos caused by advancing M23 rebel forces could fuel a region-wide health emergency.

Peace and Security