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Daily Wrap 30 January 2026

Reaching a child in Darfur is 'hard-won and fragile', says UNICEF Reaching a single child in Sudan's Darfur region can take days of negotiations, security clearances and travel across sandy roads that cut through shifting frontlines, UNICEF warned Friday – as children live "on the brink" of survival. Read more Peace and Security Myanmar crisis deepens five years after coup, as military ballot entrenches repression Five years after Myanmar's military seized power and jailed the country's elected leaders, the United Nations says the country's crisis has only deepened, marked by escalating violence, mass displacement and a military-controlled election that UN officials warn has further entrenched repression rather than restored civilian rule. Read more Peace and Security South Sudan: 'All the conditions for a human catastrophe are present' Military tensions in South Sudan are "rapidly expanding" between Government forces and opposition militia as fighting continues in restive Jonglei state. Read more Peace and Security World News in Brief: Syria ceasefire welcomed, 'Olympic truce', Ukraine's freezing children The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has welcomed a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian Government and the mainly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), urging all parties to seize the moment to protect civilians and prevent further violations in the country's northeast.  Read more Human Rights UN watchdog warns Ukraine war remains world's biggest threat to nuclear safety The war in Ukraine remains the world's biggest threat to nuclear safety as a fifth year of combat looms, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned on Friday, citing continued risks to power supplies at nuclear sites vulnerable to fighting nearby. Read more Peace and Security

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