At Chad’s fragile Sudan border, UN and partners redouble connectivity drive for refugees and hosts
Stories & Blogs UNHCRNov 10, 2025(Press Release )Connectivity for Refugees initiative is making strides in bringing private and public partners together to facilitate digital inclusion for 20 million people.
‘Blood on the sand. Blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls
Stories & Blogs UNOct 30, 2025(News )El Fasher has “descended into an even darker hell,” senior UN officials warned on Thursday, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia seized control of the North Darfur capital after a 500-day siege, forcing tens of thousands to flee on foot amid reports
UN commends Nigeria for its leadership in addressing internal displacement
Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaOct 22, 2025(Press Release )Senior United Nations officials have commended the Government of Nigeria for its leadership in addressing internal displacement and called for sustained international engagement to ensure that long-term, development-anchored solutions are fully realized.
Global progress on social justice slowed by persistent inequalities, new ILO report warns.
Stories & Blogs ILOSep 23, 2025(News )New assessment shows advances in poverty reduction, education and productivity, but progress has stalled in recent years, leaving deep inequalities and eroding trust in institutions.
At least 11 children reportedly killed in attack on a mosque in Sudan’s North Darfur State.
Stories & Blogs UNICEFSep 19, 2025(Press Release )Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell
FATF, Egmont Group, INTERPOL and UNODC call for stronger cooperation between countries as they launch handbook to fight money laundering.
Stories & Blogs UNODCSep 05, 2025(News )Money laundering almost always crosses borders, and criminals exploit gaps between national legal systems to hide their activities and avoid punishment.
DRC: UN report raises spectre of war crimes and crimes against humanity in North and South Kivu
Stories & Blogs OHCHRSep 05, 2025(Press Release )All parties to the conflict in the Congolese provinces of North and South Kivu have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a UN Human Rights Office report publ
“A war of atrocities:” Sudan civilians deliberately targeted, UN Fact-Finding Mission reports international crimes on large-scale
Stories & Blogs OHCHRSep 05, 2025(Press Release )Rival forces in Sudan are deliberately targeting the devastated nation’s civilian population, committing atrocities including war crimes on a large scale, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan said in its latest report today.
DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence.
Stories & Blogs UNSep 05, 2025(News )Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance for survivors has had to be halted as sweeping funding cuts bite, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Friday.
Mali: Türk deplores indefinite suspension of elections, deepening crackdown on civil society.
Stories & Blogs OHCHRSep 04, 2025(Press Release )UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday warned of a further deterioration in the human rights situation in Mali, amid deepening democratic reversals, rising insecurity and a crackdown on civil society.