UNSC To Meet On Western Sahara Ahead Of MINURSO Vote
By Adil Faouzi October 02, 2026 A Moroccan flag stands before the UN Security Council chamber, with desert dunes in the foreground. (Designed by MWN team) For Morocco, the task now is to consolidate the gains secured through Resolution 2797 adopted last year and translate that diplomatic momentum into a lasting settlement. Marrakech – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold two closed meetings on Morocco’s Western Sahara on October 7 and 8, ahead of the October 3
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UNICEF Humanitarian Update on Djibouti
By the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) September 21, 2026 Credit: © UNHCR highlights As of 18 September 2026, according to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Solidarity, just over 3,100 people have arrived in Djibouti from Yemen. Nearly half of them are children, including 523 children aged five and under. The pace of arrivals has slowed down since 16 September, reportedly due to fuel shortages in Yemen. However, authorities anticipate a possible new surge, and partne
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Number Of Sudanese Fleeing Surges As Aid Runs Dry, UN Says
By Olivia Le Poidevin September 25, 2026 Credit: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh GENEVA, (Reuters)- There has been a sharp increase in the number of people fleeing from Sudan to Chad to escape fighting and dire conditions, and aid funding is failing to keep up with needs, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday. More than 400 people a day have been crossing into eastern Chad over the past week, a 20-fold increase from the numbers seen in recent months, UNHCR said. They
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DRC Ebola Emergency: Calls Grow For Urgent Humanitarian Aid
By United Nations News September 28, 2026 © UNOCHA/Priscilla Lecomte At the Ebola treatment centre ran by the NGO ALIMA, the medical staff follows strict infection prevention and control measures to prevent the spread of Ebola. this include wearing full personal protective equipment. 28 September 2026 | Health Aid teams trying to keep deadly Ebola disease from spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are increasingly concerned about ongoing fighting and violenc
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The Silence of Violence: The Remaking of Modern Aerial Warfare
By Franzie Schatzl and Mayya Chaykina Pablo Picasso’s Guernica at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, 1997. Photograph: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images. Unmanned aerial systems have reshaped the conduct of war without corresponding changes to the legal architecture that governs it. Today, conflicts are fought from afar, mediated by screens, algorithms, and the persistent terror of drones. This form of warfare is simultaneously more precise and less visible than conventional wa
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Judge Imposes £100,000 Bail On Rwanda Genocide Accused
By Matt Spivey September 28, 2026 Dr. Vincent Brown was allegedly a "leader" or "supervisor" of violent acts carried out by others. Source: BBC A man accused of offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide will remain in custody unless he pays the court a £100,000 guarantee. Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, was allegedly a "leader" or "supervisor" of violent acts carried out by others and is the first person in the UK to be charged over the genocide. At the
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Netanyahu’s speech at UN spurs protests in New York City
By Alice Speri and Lex McMenamin The Guardian September 25, 2026 Demonstrators gather to protest ahead of the address of Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, during the 81st session of the United Nations general assembly on 24 September 2026 in New York. Photograph: Madison Swart/AP More than 100 people were arrested outside the United Nations’ headquarters in New York City on Thursday as Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the general assembly, a speech that also prompted do
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UN Chief Condemns Mladic Glorification
By Dragana Erjavec September 21, 2026 At a meeting at UN headquarters with chair of Bosnia and Herzegovina's presidency, secretary-general Antonio Guterres says glorification of war criminals is a threat to regional reconciliation and stability. Credit: EPA/GEORGE CHRISTOPHOROU UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned the ongoing glorification of the late convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic during a meeting in New York with Denis Becirovic, chair
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Sep 24
UN Extends Partial Sudan Arms Embargo For A Month
By Edith M. Lederer September 11, 2026 Credit: AP Photo/Mohnd Blal UNITED NATiONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to briefly extend the arms embargo on Sudan’s western Darfur region while negotiations continue on a contentious U.S. proposal to expand the embargo throughout the country to pressure the warring parties to end their more than three-year conflict. The uphill struggle the United States and its allies face during the monthlong extension was
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Super El Niño May Push 26,000 Somalians Into Hunger
By Save the Children September 24, 2026 Source: Save the Children More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as families already struggling with drought brace for heavy rains and flooding. MOGADISHU, 24 September 2026 – More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as
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Sep 24
Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot Leaders Meet in the United Nations Protected Area
17 September 2026 By: UN News Photo Credit: UN News The Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Tufan Erhürman, and the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, met today, 17 September 2026, under United Nations auspices in the United Nations Protected Area. The leaders were welcomed by the top UN official in Cyprus, Mr. Khassim Diagne, on behalf of the Personal Envoy to the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Ms. María Ángela Holguín. Following the meeting, the UN statement that was is
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Sep 16
Fear Grows as Freedoms Shrink in Uganda
By: UN News July 30, 2026 Unsplash/Random Institute Since Uganda's general election in January, reports of enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrests and other human rights violations have increased against people perceived to oppose the Government. Since the country's general election in January, reports of enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrests and other human rights violations have increased against people perceived to oppose the Government. According
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