Sudan// –United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the looting of vital humanitarian supplies—intended to save the lives of malnourished children and provide critical healthcare to mothers and newborns from Al Bashair Hospital in Jabal Awlia, Khartoum.
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo/ — The resurgence of conflict in the province of South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has forced more than 850,000 people—nearly half of them children—to flee their homes.
Geneva, Switzerland/ — UN experts* today expressed outrage at the arbitrary executions of at least ten people in Mali, saying the killings may amount to war crimes.
Juba, South Sudan// — Just before dawn on a February morning, the smell of burning thatch suddenly filled the air. Neighbours immediately rushed to the scene, and yet they arrived too late. Inside what used to be a home, they found the charred remains of a young woman and her children.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria// — Fatima Ibrahim (name changed) was just a child when her world was torn apart. At age 10, she was abducted during a violent raid on her village in Bama, Borno State. What followed was a decade of unimaginable hardship and suffering.
New York, United States of America/ — A UN report released on Wednesday has uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations committed by armed groups in southeast Central African Republic (CAR), targeting Muslim communities and Sudanese refugees.
Nairobi, Kenya//-The High Court in Garissa, Kenya ruled on January 21, 2025, in favour of thousands of Kenyan nationals whose nationality and citizenship rights were violated based on incorrect data that designated them as refugees instead of Kenyan citizens, Human Rights Watch and Haki na Sheria said today.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania// — A delegation of seven Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from the Committee on Development will visit Tanzania from 24-26 February.
Geneva, Switzerland// — In recent days, the security situation around the city of Uvira, in South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has rapidly deteriorated, reaching a critical point on 15 February.
New York, United States of America/ — As the Security Council prepared to meet on Wednesday to discuss the international community’s response to the growing emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN’s top aid official urged all warring parties to allow lifesaving relief supplies to reach the most vulnerable.
