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People who have fled El Fasher arrive in Tawila in North Darfur, Sudan.
Rights chief warns 'abominable atrocities' likely continue in Sudan's El Fasher

Warnings of worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan continue, despite reports of a ceasefire deal brokered by international mediators on Thursday.

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Human Rights
UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) joins a discussion on energy transition in Belém, Brazil.
In Brazil, Guterres calls for 'fair, fast and final' shift to clean energy

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is continuing his campaign to accelerate the global switch from fossil fuels to clean energy – "the cheapest source of new electricity in nearly every country." 

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Climate and Environment
Rescue workers stand outside a bombed building in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital.
World News in Brief: Russian rights abuses in Ukraine, US a no-show for rights review, Orlando Blooms highlights Rohingya plight

Independent UN human rights investigators have heard first-hand accounts of torture, unlawful detention and the forced transfer of civilians during their first visit to Ukraine in more than a year.

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Peace and Security
The issue of missing persons in Syria is one of the most prominent humanitarian challenges resulting from years of conflict.
'Worrying reports' continue of abductions and disappearances in Syria

Nearly 100 people in Syria have been abducted or forcibly disappeared since January, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, calling for greater accountability from the authorities.

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Human Rights
Emergency food assistance is provided to displaced people in Goma in the eastern DR Congo.
DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid fighting and lack of aid funding

The crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to worsen amid ongoing fighting that has driven tens of thousands of people from their homes and created acute hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

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Peace and Security
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