UN News - Global perspective Human stories

Lebanon crisis: Needs soar as UN launches new funding appealIn Somalia, food is running out fast, reports WFP Haiti’s people fleeing harrowing violence, warns migration agency

Lebanon: peacekeeper dies in ongoing escalation despite ceasefire deal AI data centre water needs massively under-estimated, say UN scientists Unsafe food kills 1.5 million people each year; children most at risk: WHO 

Gaza killings, turmoil and misery continue, warns OHCHRLebanon: fear and uncertainty haunt war-torn communities 24 million people in the Sahel urgently need aid: OCHA

El Niño confirmed, extreme weather events will be more intense, says WMO Lebanon hospital strikes impact most vulnerable patients, warns WHO DR Congo Ebola mustn’t be allowed to spread further: IOM

DR Congo Ebola workers discharged after making full recovery: WHOGaza: Families live on Yellow Line ‘in constant fear’ of deathLebanon: Mass upheaval in southern Beirut amid new strike fears

DR Congo: Early detection of Ebola critical WHO warns, as treatment trials get underwayUN human rights office urges child safety improvements onlineThousands on the brink of famine in South Sudan: WFP

WHO chief appeals for ceasefire as DR Congo bears brunt of deadly new Ebola strain UN human rights chief warns against dangerous escalation in Ukraine Independent experts warn French prison conditions may breach international law 

Secretary-General warns Security Council UN Charter is facing ‘profound strain’Air travel safe for now in face of Ebola emergency says UN aviation agencyUN alarmed by escalating attacks and destruction in Ukraine

Healthcare in Gaza crippled by severe shortage of medical suppliesAid operations disrupted as civilian toll rises in UkraineUN warns against forced returns to Afghanistan

Humanitarian crisis deepens in Gaza amid ceasefire delaysAfghanistan ruling erodes women’s rightsResponse to Ebola outbreak ramps up 

Ebola outbreak risk is high inside DR Congo but it’s no pandemic emergency: TedrosUN chief calls for Security Council reform during Japan visitUN launches $529 million plan for Afghan returnees

DR Congo/Uganda Ebola outbreak: the search for patient zeroMyanmar hunger crisis deepens, EU boosts aid via WFPWorld trade wavers as Middle East crisis remains unresolved

WHO supports response as Ebola confirmed in DR Congo’s Goma LGBTIQ+ face mounting violence, discrimination: UN rights chief South Sudan: Families return to Akobo, aid resumes after conflict 

Somalia: ‘real and credible risk of famine’, warn aid teamsSudan: 825,000 small children face near-starvation: UNICEFUkraine: another UN convoy attacked twice in Kherson

Sudan war: staggering civilian suffering continues alongside famine riskUkraine: aid teams condemn night of heavy Russian attacks in Kyiv - OCHAGaza reconstruction envisages building ‘islands’ out of rubble

UN human rights chief condemns Nigeria marketplace bombingsUkraine: attack on aid convoy reaching vulnerable communities - WFP Gaza police increasingly targeted by Israeli military, alleges OHCHR

Children shot, stabbed, beaten and pepper-sprayed in occupied West Bank: UNICEFHantavirus transmission kept low thanks to united effort: WHOA world without sand? UN partners push for alternatives amid shortages 

Strait of Hormuz de-escalation is urgent for African planters and people, says UN chiefHantavirus: WHO assesses exposure risk as cruise liner docks in TenerifeSudan war: armed drones caused 80 per cent of civilian killings (OHCHR)

Deadly hantavirus outbreak is not a new COVID, insists UN health agencyLebanon crisis leaves families foraging for food: WFPStrait of Hormuz crisis linked to looming famine in Somalia 

UN rights chief Türk says ‘widening repression’ must end in TunisiaGaza: ‘Rats bite children in their sleep’ aid teams say, in plea for suppliesUkraine: aid convoys deliver life-saving relief near the frontline

Hantavirus outbreak: Another passenger contracts disease: WHO Middle East crisis: Security Council holds consultations as Hormuz crisis continuesIsrael urged to release arrested Gaza-bound flotilla members: OHCHR

Human spread of hantavirus not ruled out on cruise ship In Lebanon, fears and dangers persist, despite ceasefire: UNHCR ITU UNDRR back call for early warning system to avoid a ‘digital pandemic’ 

Strait of Hormuz, the UN maritime agency continues to urge maximum cautionWHO assisting with cruise-liner deadly respiratory illness outbreakPress freedom is shrinking and reporters still risk deadly danger: UNESCO

Middle East war: Growing consequences on global humanitarian supply chains: UNHCRUN chief welcomes release of Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrestNew death penalty in Israel perpetuates racial discrimination against Palestinians, warn independent human rights experts: OHCHR

Hormuz crisis highlights need for strategic change of course on energy - UNECE Gaza: Disease spike linked to rodent infestation, scabies and fleas - UNRWAScam no more: how the Philippines is cracking down on online fraud centres UNODC