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They urged immediate measures to protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian access and allow displaced people to return home in safety and dignity. “South Sudan is at a critical juncture,” the panel said. “All parties must immediately cease hostilities and engage in constructive dialogue to prevent a further escalation of the conflict and protect civilians. » Jonglei […]

The teaching hospital in Al Deain, the capital of East Darfur, was struck on Friday evening, a new low point in the brutal conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which erupted in April 2023. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people killed rose

Most of these deaths could be avoided with proven, inexpensive interventions and access to quality health care, the report highlights. For the first time, the analysis provides a comprehensive picture of not only how many children are dying and where they are dying, but also why, by fully integrating global estimates of causes of death.

Funds based on donor contributions will help strengthen emergency coordination, trauma care and disease surveillance, the UN agency said on Sunday, while also ensuring access to essential medicines and medical supplies. “As the number of victims increases, so do attacks on health carewhich increase the burden on health systems at a time when they are

The aid coordination office, OCHA, said casualty figures “cannot yet be independently verified” due to limited access. Schools and markets in several border districts remain closed amid continued instability, while mortar shelling has forced families to flee villages in northwest Pakistan. Aid operations in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been temporarily suspended, although assistance continues

Speaking at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr Türk stressed that violence against women – including femicide – had become a global emergency. Around 50,000 women and girls around the world have been killed in 2024, most of them by family members, he said, amid ongoing hearings in the US Congress into the entourage

This interception highlights the vital role of cooperation in combating the rapidly evolving illegal drug trade. In its 2025 annual report, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said authorities used its pre-export notification platform to stop the diversion of three tonnes of the precursor 1-boc-4-piperidone – a chemical intermediate used in the manufacture of fentanyl.

The escalation comes amid growing risks to the protection of civilians and aid workers, with three humanitarian staff killed between February 7 and 16 in Jonglei and Upper Nile states, according to the UN relief coordination office, OCHA. Access to some of the worst-hit areas remains patchy despite renewed promises from authorities to allow relief

A woman living in a conflict-affected country’s risk of dying from maternal causes is about five times higher for each pregnancy she experiences compared to her peers living in stable countries, according to new findings in the WHO report. In 2023 alone, an estimated 160,000 women died from preventable maternal causes in fragile and conflict-affected

The WHO has confirmed that two cases of a recombinant strain – combining genomic elements from clades Ib and IIb of monkeypox virus (MPXV) – have been identified to date: one in the UK and one in India. Both patients had recently traveled and neither suffered serious illness. No secondary cases were detected following contact