Cameroonian refugee Cindy Ngamba makes history with first ever medal for Refugee Olympic Team
Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offered his congratulations immediately after Sunday’s fight “for reaching the boxing semi-finals at Paris 2024 and being assured of a medal – the first ever medal for the Refugee Olympic team”.
Big Three lie? Questions raised about credit rating of Africa as experts doubt methodology
At the UN Development Programme, the agency instrumental in the push to get credit ratings for sub-Saharan nations, senior economist Raymond Gilpin disagreed, saying it was “unconscionable” that the Big Three didn’t have a larger presence on the continent. At the same time, he said he saw no bias in the way the Big Three apply their methodologies, and he echoed other officials and academics when he told said that the rating agencies’ work can be hampered by local realities.
New UN report details ‘unprecedented’ levels of insecurity and sexual violence displaced women in Haiti face
Women and girls account for more than half of the 580,000 displaced people in Haiti, and the UN Women Rapid Gender Assessment highlights how makeshift camps, which lack basic necessities, are putting them at particular risk of sexual and gender-based violence.
Another contingent of 200 Kenyan police arrives in Haiti for UN-backed mission to stamp out criminal gangs
More Kenyans are expected to arrive in coming weeks and months and will be joined by police and soldiers from the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Chad and Jamaica for a total of 2,500 personnel. They will be deployed in phases at a cost of some $600 million a year, according to the UN Security Council.
Poverty and inequality: UN honours Nelson Mandela’s fight for children’s rights and equity
The UN’s Goodwill Ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultural Development Sabreina Elba noted that since 2020, the wealth of the world’s five richest billionaires had more than doubled – while over half of humanity has become poorer.
South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis worsens as WHO announces over 650,000 new refugees from Sudan
Right now, approaching six million people – or 46 per cent of the population – face crisis levels of food insecurity – a number that’s expected to rise to around 7.1 million during the current lean season.
UN boss appeals for funds for humanitarian work in Palestine as Gaza death toll nears 40,000
UNRWA’s 30,000 staff provide education, primary health care and other development activities to about six million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
UN experts estimate up to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers fight alongside M23 rebels in Congo
Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi, along with US and UN experts, have accused Rwanda of giving military backing to M23. Rwanda denies the claim, but in February it effectively admitted that it has troops and missile systems in eastern Congo to safeguard its security, pointing to a buildup of Congolese forces near the border.
New report says Kenyan police force and their Haitian hosts retake largest public hospital from gangs
Rameau Normil, the new head of the Haiti National Police, says police took control of the Hospital of the State University of Haiti, also known as the General Hospital, on Sunday night. In their effort to topple Haiti’s previous governments, armed groups have torched and looted more than 30 private and public health facilities in metropolitan Port-au-Prince since February 29.
Kenyan police force in Haiti promises ‘no room for failure’ against powerful gangs
The UN-backed mission, to which the United States has pledged over $300 million in support, has been questioned from the start. At home, Kenyan police have long been accused by watchdogs and witnesses of human rights abuses, including in recent protests.
