Joint global partnership aims to tackle the deadliest form of malnutrition
Nyanene Gatdoor holds her son Tuach as he’s tested for malnutrition in South Sudan’s Unity State. Photo: WFP/Samantha Reinders
The darkest moments for Nyanene Gatdoor come when her 2-year-old son Tuach sobs from hunger. “When the baby is crying in front of you, and you have nothing to give him, you feel pain in your heart,” says the 25-year-old mother of 3.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has submitted multiple formal requests to the International Criminal Court (ICC) asking that the Palestinian journalists who are victims of Israeli war crimes in Gaza be allowed to participate as such in international judicial proceedings.
BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM –Women and girls in Sudan’s Darfur region are at near-constant risk of sexual violence, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on 28 May 2025 warned.
The true scale of this crisis remains difficult to quantify, as services remain limited, and people face barriers in seeking treatment or speaking about their ordeal.
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Since breaking the ceasefire, Israel issued nearly one displacement order every two days, strangling people into isolated areas covering less than 20% of the Gaza Strip.
Children and their families are returning to their homes or the remains of their homes to check the status of their homes. (Photo: Alef Multimedia Company/Oxfam)
Israel has used mass displacement orders and relentless military assault to systematically force civilians into five restricted zones—hemmed in by military corridors and the sea—that now make up less than 20 percent of Gaza.
Combined with deliberate deprivation, this reveals a strategy not of targeting militants, but of dismantling and erasing Gaza itself, Oxfam on 28 May 2025 warned.
PORT SUDAN, 28 May 2025, (UNICEF)* – More than 7,700 cholera cases – including over 1,000 cases in children under the age of five – and 185 associated deaths have been reported in Khartoum State since January 2025, according to health authorities.
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UNICEF and partners are working with the Federal Ministry of Health to curb the spread of the deadly disease and save lives.
Since the beginning of the brutal conflict, more than 3 million people have been forced to flee their homes in Khartoum State and the violence has upended the lives of millions.
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder
UNICEF/UNI767014/Nateel2 year old Alma. Gaza City, Al-Rimal, Omar Al-Mukhtar Street March 2025
AMMAN, 27 May 2025 (UNICEF)* –“In a 72-hour period this weekend, images from two horrific attacks provide yet more evidence of the unconscionable cost of this ruthless war on children in the Gaza Strip.
“On Friday, we saw videos of the bodies of burnt, dismembered children from the al-Najjar family being pulled from the rubble of their home in Khan Younis. Of 10 siblings under 12 years old, only one reportedly survived, with critical injuries.
JERUSALEM, 27 May 2025 –The Israeli forces continue to systematically use last-minute displacement orders as a violent tool, turning the Gaza Strip, Palestine, into hell on earth for Palestinians.
Incessant bombing, a near-total blockade of aid, and displacement orders are moving and trapping hundreds of thousands of people into ever-shrinking spaces.
(UN News)* — Gaza’s population is being “starved and denied the very basics,” while the region stands at a dangerous crossroads, the UN’s Middle East peace envoy warned the Security Council Wednesday , urging immediate action to halt the violence, restore aid and advance a two-State solution before time runs out.
28 May 2025 — Global climate predictions show temperatures are expected to continue at or near record levels in the next five years, increasing climate risks and impacts on societies, economies and sustainable development, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Children and their families are returning to their homes or the remains of their homes to check the status of their homes. (Photo: Alef Multimedia Company/Oxfam)
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HUMAN WRONGS WATCH 