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NewsUN fortifies presence and work in Africa, calling the continent a “driver of solutions”
New York/Nairobi, 12 May 2026 – The United Nations is expanding its headquarters in Africa, located at Kenya’s capital of Nairobi, whose presence has become ...
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NewsConflict and violence become the leading driver of internal displacements
Geneva, Switzerland, 12 May 2026 – Conflict and violence drove a record 32.3 million internal displacements in 2025, surpassing disaster displacements for the first time on ...
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NewsLebanon: New analysis shows conflict escalation pushing nearly a quarter of population into acute food insecurity
Note: UN agencies and Government warn acute food insecurity is likely to deepen without sustained and timely humanitarian and livelihood support. Following is a joint ...
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NewsRush for Critical Minerals Echoes Oil Extraction Injustice as Harms Fall on World’s Most Vulnerable, UN Scientists Warn
Note: Race to build EVs, renewable energy systems and AI infrastructure, with benefits flowing mainly to wealthy nations, is driving severe, largely hidden costs borne ...
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NewsUN warned of alarming nuclear dangers as it launches review of nuclear non-proliferation treaty
New York, 27 April 2026 – The United Nations has begun the difficult task of reviewing the effectiveness of a decades-old Treaty on the Non-proliferation ...
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NewsAcute food insecurity and malnutrition remain alarmingly high as crises deepen, UN, EU and partners warn in new report
Note: Over the past decade acute hunger numbers have doubled, while funding retreats to 2016 levels. The following joint news release was issued by: EU/BMZ/FCDO/g7+/DAFM/FAO/IFAD/WFP/UNHCR/UNICEF/WB ...
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NewsUN-backed roadmap provides blueprint for eradicating poverty beyond growth: UN expert
Geneva, 22 April 2026 – A UN expert today called for a major overhaul of global development, unveiling a new roadmap designed to end poverty ...
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NewsWFP Releases HungerMap Live; a Modernized Intelligence Platform that Turns Data on Global Hunger into Early Action
NewYork, 16 April 2026 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today released its next-generation platform, HungerMap Live, a powerful digital monitoring and intelligence ...
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NewsMiddle East military escalation could cost Asia-Pacific up to US$ 299 billion, UNDP
Note: New assessment by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) links Asia-Pacific’s reliance on imported energy and critical supply chains to rising pressure on households, small ...
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NewsOngoing Middle East war could push more than 30 million people into poverty, UN development agency says in new analysis
New York, 13 April 2026 – Failure by the United States and Iran to work out a solution to end the war in the Middle ...
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NewsThree years on, war-weary Sudanese remain on the move
Note: Millions of Sudanese have been displaced by the war, which started in April 2023 and fighting is still raging in large parts of the ...
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NewsUN efforts to keep the Strait of Hormuz open to shipping failed
New York, 7 April 2026 – The United Nations Security Council convened in an effort to adopt a resolution that would allow action to keep ...
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