The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...

The United Arab Emirates and Senegal, co-hosts of the 2026 UN Water Conference, convened the international community for the Organisational Session ...

M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing ...

Amid deep cuts to global humanitarian funding, the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund, CERF, on Thursday allocated $110 million to neglected crises across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

The United Nations World Food Programme, which relies on the U.S. for nearly half its budget, is closing its Southern Africa ...

With global humanitarian funding being scaled back precipitously, the United Nations today allocated US$110 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost life-saving assistance in ...

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