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31 January 2025

A malnourished child in the eastern DR Congo receives attention from a health worker.

UN agencies warn of worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis in eastern DR Congo

United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between Government forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group expands.

Humanitarian Aid

In Haiti, the ongoing crisis has led to children being recruited by armed groups, often drawn in due to poverty, lack of access to education, and social instability, which make them vulnerable to exploitation.

'Robbed' of their childhood: UNICEF warns of crisis facing Haiti's youth

Violent clashes this week between security forces and armed groups on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince have led to another wave of displacement, according to the UN aid coordination office (OCHA).

Humanitarian Aid

A WFP humanitarian convoy heads from Port Sudan to deliver lifesaving food aid to conflict-affected communities.

Sudan: UN rights chief 'alarmed' by summary executions, attacks on civilians

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced deep alarm over reports of summary executions of civilians allegedly carried out by fighters and militias allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in the city of Khartoum North, calling for an immediate halt to the killings.

Peace and Security

A woman walks through the streets with children in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Diplomacy key to ending crisis in eastern DR Congo: UN peacekeeping chief

The head of UN Peace Operations has underscored the need for continued diplomatic efforts to end the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and avert the potential for wider conflict.

Peace and Security

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

Gazans depend on us for 'sheer survival' insists UNRWA

The largest UN agency in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, UNRWA, said on Friday that its staff are still providing aid to the people of Gaza and the West Bank including East Jerusalem who depend on them "for their sheer survival", a day after the Israeli parliament ban on its activities entered into force.

Peace and Security