Rokaya needed time to recover after illness forced her to quit as a live-in maid in Malaysia and return home to Indramayu, West Java. However, under pressure from…
Read more From Desperation to Determination: Indonesian Trafficking Survivors Demand JusticeSelvan is heading out on his motorcycle to buy groceries from a nearby shop in the city of Jaffna in Sri Lanka, but the direct sunlight disturbs him,…
Read more Adrift at sea for 28 days, struggles continue for Sri Lankan migrants© IOM/Gema Cortés Migrants come ashore from the Chucunaque River after crossing the Darién jungle. A rising number of migrants are attempting the dangerous journey across the Darién…
Read more From the Field: Transforming lives in Darién jungleMore than 800 people have been reportedly killed by armed groups in Ardamata, West Darfur, an area which has so far been less affected by the conflict that…
Read more Sudan: UNHCR warns Darfur atrocities of 20 years ago may reoccurDespite progress in clearing debris, the city still wears a haunting emptiness that is slowly returning to community life, thanks to support from the UN International Organization for…
Read more Türkiye: Rebuilding lives in quake-affected communitiesOHCHR is urging the authorities to halt deportations, which are set to begin on 1 November, Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told journalists in Geneva. Currently, more than two million…
Read more Pakistan urged to halt Afghan deportations to avoid ‘human rights catastrophe’Some 100,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia since the end of September and many have received support from the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM). Here are some…
Read more First Person: ‘A handful of soil’ – refugee stories from ArmeniaIt was released as leaders prepare to meet for the African Climate Summit, taking place next week in Nairobi, Kenya. Children in 48 out of 49 African countries…
Read more African children bearing the brunt of climate change impactsThe International Organization for Migration (IOM); the UN refugee agency, UNCHR; and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) also called for coordinated search and rescue mechanisms. The tragedy occurred…
Read more Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the MediterraneanThe UN agency added that there have been more than 2,500 severe violations of children’s rights – an average of more than one an hour – in a…
Read more Sudan: Child deaths rise, concern intensifies for refugees after 100 days of battleThe two-day military operation was the fiercest in over 20 years, according to the UN agency that supports Palestine refugees, UNRWA. At least 12 people were killed, including…
Read more UN and partners visit severely damaged Jenin Refugee CampWith forced displacement at a record high of 110 million people around the world, Mr. Guterres called for more solutions to resettle refugees and help them rebuild their…
Read more World Refugee Day: UN calls for solidarity and inclusion amid record displacementIn this feature, part of a series exploring trafficking in the Sahel, UN News focuses on migrant smuggling. Migrant smugglers have been reaping rich dividends over the past…
Read more Trafficking in the Sahel: Smugglers ‘will take you anywhere’The number fleeing violence in Sudan since fighting between rival militaries began in mid-April in Khartoum, quickly destabilizing the entire country, has now topped 100,000. The majority of…
Read more Urgent support needed for Chad, as arrivals from Sudan top 100,000: UNHCRWFP’s Country Director in Sudan, Eddie Rowe, told reporters in Geneva that in a major breakthrough, the agency distributed food assistance to 15,000 people in both Sudanese Armed…
Read more UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children, intensify“I can’t think of a better way than using food to bring everyone to the table,” said Elroi Yee, an investigative reporter and producer of the Dari Dapur…
Read more Malaysia: ‘Everyone has a migration story’, now let’s eatPeriod poverty, or the inability to afford menstrual products, is a serious issue especially in developing countries, an issue menstruating girls and women grapple with monthly and a…
Read more Menstrual Hygiene Day: Putting an end to period povertyThis feature, which focuses on the illegal trade in substandard and fake medicines, is part of a UN News series exploring the fight against trafficking in the Sahel.…
Read more Trafficking in the Sahel: Killer cough syrup and fake medicineAhead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday 31 May, WHO deplored that 3.2 million hectares of fertile land across 124 countries are being used to grow deadly…
Read more Stop tobacco farming, grow food instead, says WHOVolker Türk was issuing a clarion call to protect and expand civic space, arguing that it’s the only way to enable us all “to play a role in…
Read more ‘Safe digital public square’ never more important, says Türk
