Haiti army wants to takeover mantle of fighting gangs to cover gaps created by delayed deployment of UN multination force
Haiti’s government has not said how many soldiers it aims to hire nor how many have applied so far, but documents published online by the defence ministry show that at least 3,000 people were selected in mid-August and asked to submit documents as they await physical and mental tests.
Aid teams in Sudan say heavy fighting, flooding and access obstacles makeg it hard to rein in new cholera outbreak
UN refugee agency’s Ms Hambrouck warned that cholera is spreading in areas hosting internally displaced people uprooted by the violence and those from other countries, in particular Kassala, Gedaref and Jazirah states.
In wake of deadly riots against ethnic minorities, UN rights experts tell UK to curb xenophobia
In calling for action, the UN Committee urged the UK authorities to implement comprehensive measures to curb racist hate speech and xenophobic rhetoric, including on the part of political and public figures. Members emphasised the need for thorough investigations and strict penalties for racist hate crimes, and effective remedies for the victims and their families.
Latest UN report says delayed humanitarian support has exposed over 600,000 people to gang violence
Following the spiralling security situation in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and Artibonite in the north in February, the number of displaced persons has soared by 60 per cent, the report showed, using the latest figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) data tracking matrix for Haiti.
UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2023 and this year may be even higher
More than 280 aid workers have been killed in the war in Gaza, now in its 11th month, mainly in airstrikes. The majority of them are Palestinians who worked for the UN agency helping Palestinian refugees known as UNRWA, according to OCHA. It said that “extreme levels of violence in Sudan and South Sudan ” also have contributed to the death toll both this year and last.
Haitian inmates stage third jailbreak as local police protest poor treatment, UN support lags
Inmates broke out of a prison in the Haitian city of St Marc in the third jailbreak in recent months, the Miami Herald reported on Friday, citing a notice saying the police were mobilised to search for the escaped prisoners. The police notice asked the public to report suspicious people,...
Irony of DR Congo turning to abusive Wazalendo militias to help national army to fight M23 rebels
Increasing Rwandan support has allowed the M23 to massively expand its footprint this year, overshadowing other insurgencies in the east and raising the risk of a major regional conflagration between Rwanda and DRC and its allies.
Some 130 people are killed every day in Gaza since conflict broke out in October last year – UN
The severe shortage of clean water throughout Gaza since the war began has compounded families’ efforts to stave off disease and malnutrition, highlighting the importance of the reopened facility in the southern city and beyond to tens of thousands of people.
South Sudan’s security bill evolves into law without presidential assent, allows warrantless arrests
Yasmin Sooka, chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, said on Thursday that the new law will give security agencies powers to conduct “more arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances.”
Taliban took my life: No respite for scientists and researchers during three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
More than 15 million people in Afghanistan needed emergency food or cash assistance in 2023, according to the World Food Programme. Women’s rights have deteriorated and girls are banned from education once they reach 12, albeit with some recent exceptions made for medicine. Female university staff are restricted from teaching.
