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Tens of thousands fleeing on foot amid atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher

Since the powerful paramilitary group made a major incursion into the city last week, the UN human rights office has received “horrendous accounts of summary executions, mass killings, rapes, attacks against humanitarian workers, looting, abductions and forced displacement,” said Seif Magango, spokesperson for the UN human rights office (OHCHR). Speaking from Nairobi to journalists in […]

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World News in Brief: Ukraine energy targeted, nuclear test warning, rights violations in Nicaragua

It marks the third large-scale combined strike in October on energy facilities in civilian areas – leading to major power outages. At least two more civilians were killed – with 23 injured, including six children – in Zaporizhzhia, which was reportedly hit by over eight ballistic missiles and 20 drones. A seven-year-old girl is among […]

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Gender equality’s not just a goal – it’s a foundation for lasting peace

The resolution “was a real game-changer,” says Laura Flores, Americas Division Director at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), in an interview with UN News. Leading the department’s initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean, she works closely with local authorities and organizations, as well as women’s and Indigenous’ communities to advance gender […]