Archive for October 26th, 2025

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26/10/2025

A Village in Somalia Learns to Live with the Rain

Human Wrongs Watch

Huria stands among those leading efforts to restore the land and protect their homes from future floods. Photo: IOM 2025/Yusuf Abdirahman

For years, this small village in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, north of Mogadishu, was caught in a brutal cycle. Rains came hard and erratic, washing through the valley and tearing apart homes and fields.

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26/10/2025

One Wrong Letter: UN Moves to Curb Cybercrime with New Convention

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By Dina Neskorozhana

(UN News)* — Imagine this: you visit the familiar website of your local hardware store. Everything looks the same — the same design, the same brand name, the same interface. 

The UN authorities are supporting law enforcement authorities in Cambodia, and elsewhere, to fight cybercrime.
© UNODC/Laura Gil | The UN authorities are supporting law enforcement authorities in Cambodia, and elsewhere, to fight cybercrime.
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You place your order, make the payment, and only later notice a small detail: just one letter in the website address was different.

That’s how easily you can fall into a cybercriminal trap. If you’re lucky, the amount lost is small, and your bank acts fast — refunding the money and reissuing your card.

But not everyone is so fortunate: in many countries, recovering stolen funds is nearly impossible.

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26/10/2025

Millions Pushed to ‘Brink of Survival’ in Sudan

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(UN News)* — Over 900 days of brutal conflict, widespread human rights violations, famine, and the collapse of essential services have driven millions of people in Sudan to the “brink of survival” – with women and children bearing the heaviest burden.

A three-year-old is treated for malnutrition at a hospital in Omdurman, Sudan.
© Avaaz/Giles Clarke | A three-year-old is treated for malnutrition at a hospital in Omdurman, Sudan.
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Sudan stands at the epicentre of one of the world’s “most severe” humanitarian crises, according to the UN.
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Over 30 million people now need urgent humanitarian assistance, among them 9.6 million displaced from their homes and nearly 15 million children caught in a struggle for daily survival.

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26/10/2025

UN Warns Gaza’s Displaced Face Freezing Nights and Food Shortages

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(UN News)* — The UN and its partners are accelerating deliveries of life-saving aid across Gaza, but relief efforts remain constrained by access restrictions and overwhelming humanitarian needs, officials said on Friday [].

IOM is providing tents across Gaza to shelter families who lost their homes to help them stay safe as winter approaches.
© IOM | IOM is providing tents across Gaza to shelter families who lost their homes to help them stay safe as winter approaches.
 

Since the ceasefire on 10 October, the UN migration agency IOM has dispatched more than 47,000 relief items, including 2,500 tents, to help families rebuild amid devastation.
 
“People in Gaza have endured unimaginable loss,” said IOM Director General Amy Pope.

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