Unprecedented and devastating” flooding in east Africa has triggered widespread displacement with hundreds of thousands ...

Money sent home by migrants abroad has surpassed foreign direct investment in boosting the gross domestic product (GDP) of ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken “crucial steps” in the event of a large-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah, Dr. Ahmed Dahir, team lead of its office in Gaza, told UN News on ...

Displacement after displacement. That describes the reality facing thousands of Palestinian families in Gaza who took Rashid Street from Rafah to the centre of the Gaza Strip after receiving ...

The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday reiterated his appeal to Israel to stop any escalation in Gaza, amid reports that its forces have taken over key border crossings in Rafah.

The UN’s second Trailblazer award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers has gone to Major Ahlem Bouzi, an officer with the UN’s peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

The ongoing conflict between rival militaries in Sudan has stalled progress towards the determination of the final status of the disputed oil-rich Abyei region which straddles the Sudan-South Sudan ...

Israeli military manoeuvres and shelling continued in and around eastern Rafah in southern Gaza on Wednesday morning as UN humanitarians stressed that “no fuel or aid” is getting into the enclave. “We ...

UN independent human rights experts on Monday issued a stark warning about the ongoing severe violations of women and girls’ ...

Amid reports that 100,000 Palestinians have been told to leave Rafah ahead of an anticipated Israeli military operation in ...

The UN General Assembly on Monday debated Russia’s veto in the Security Council which blocked a draft resolution aimed at ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Russia to end its crackdown on journalists in a statement issued on Tuesday shortly after President Vladmir Putin began a fifth term in office.