The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), said no fewer than 5,601 people were killed in gang violence in Haiti in 2024, appealing for greater efforts by the authorities and the international community to address the root causes. These deaths represent an increase of over 1,000 in the total killings for 2023, according to figures verified…
The UN and Lebanon have unveiled a $371.4 million extension of the Lebanon Flash Appeal to provide life-saving assistance to civilians affected by the recent conflict and ongoing humanitarian crisis. Announced at the Grand Serail in Beirut by Deputy Prime Minister Saade el-Shami and UN Humanitarian Coordinator Imran Riza, the appeal extends emergency efforts through…
At least 34 people have been killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique since it made landfall there on Sunday, the U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA said on Tuesday, citing figures from the southern African country’s disaster agency. The small French island of Mayotte bore the brunt of the storm, and hundreds or even thousands are believed…
No fewer than 14,500 youngsters have been killed in Gaza in the past 14 months, as humanitarians condemned new deadly airstrikes across the war-torn Strip, including on a UN school-turned-shelter. Many thousands more are believed buried under the rubble, according to UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) while no fewer than 45,000 people have been killed in…
A report released on Wednesday by the United Nations agency reported a 25 per cent increase in detected human trafficking victims globally in 2022 compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The 2024 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), attributed the surge to factors such…
The world must turn away from militarised approaches to security and go back to mediation, dialogue, negotiation and confidence building, says Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Türk said 2024 has been marked by horrific numbers of people killed and injured in conflict on and off the battlefield. The UN human rights chief…
This equates to 140 women killed per day or one every 10 minutes by those closest to them. One woman was killed by a partner or relative every 10 minutes worldwide in 2023, the United Nations warned Monday, stressing that femicides remained at “alarmingly high levels”. Almost 85,000 women and girls were murdered by people…
The UN says policies and programmes addressing the root causes of violence against women and girls must be actively promoted in the strive toward gender equality. President, UN General Assembly, Philemon Yang, said discriminatory laws and social norms must end, adding that robust legal frameworks and policies to fully uphold gender equality and women’s rights…
Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2023, with 60 per cent of the homicides committed by intimate partners or other family members, UN Women has said. In a statement on Monday, UN Women said that 140 women and girls died daily in the hands of their partners or close relatives. This means…
The Director of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT), Mr Mauro Miedico, has commended the efforts of the Nigerian Government in counter-terrorism and support for the victims. Miedico made the commendation via a video message at the launch of the Model Legal Provisions (MLP) for Victims of Terrorism at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC),…
