News in Brief 15 December 2023

WFP food warehouse stormed by desperate civilians, as starvation loomsThe UN honours the service and sacrifice of peacekeepersA new $15 million initiative to boost sustainable development in the Congo Basin 

Climate change: World likely to breach 1.5°C limit in next five yearsGaza: 50,000 children killed in less than 600 days warns UNICEFEssential supplies reach Sudanese hospital: WHO 

Gaza: UN agencies call for an aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan beginsUkraine’s battered communities face ongoing deadly Russian attacksSudan’s health system is on the brink of collapse, warns the WHO 

De los más de 11.000 muertos por los ataques israelíes en Gaza, la mitad eran niños. Todavía hay más de mil pequeños desaparecidos bajo los escombros en la franja. Aunque la de Gaza no es la única guerra que padecen ni su único problema: hay menores víctimas de explotación sexual ... Show More

Humanitarian organisations often push an image of refugees as passive victims in need of help. But refugees themselves say they have voices and need to be listened to. Refugee advocate Jean Marie Ishimwe tells host Obi Anyadike why it’s time for the refugee-led organisation, or R ... Show More

This session examined humanitarian conditions and issues of international law and accountability, including the ongoing genocide case before the International Court of Justice. Panelists: Raz Segal (Stockton University), Sherine Tadrous (Amnesty International), Chris Gunness (For ... Show More

World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 3rd July 2024. Today: UK Letby sentenced. Hungary Ukraine comments. UN Sudan aid. Zambia World Bank grant. UNICEF CAR report. India child labourers. India stampede. Australia stabbing arrest. Jamaica Hurricane Beryl. Canadian "Pretendian". US Bi ... Show More

The United Nations calls the conflict in the Gaza Strip a "maelstrom of human misery". At least 130 people are dead after a stampede at a Hindu religious event in northern India. More demonstrations break out across Kenya, pressuring the president to resign. 

Deux institutions judiciaires internationales ont désormais dans leur viseur Israël et la guerre que l’Etat hébreu mène à Gaza contre le Hamas. D’un côté, la Cour internationale de justice (CIJ) qui, à la suite d’une plainte de l’Afrique du Sud, fait pression sur le gouvernement ... Show More