Civilians in Sudan’s El Obeid live in constant fear of drone attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and of a wave of arbitrary arrests by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), UN-appointed independent investigators said on Wednesday. 

Youth-led protests against corruption and inequality in Serbia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Madagascar reflect a growing demand for reinforcing human rights around the world, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said at a press briefing on Wednesday.

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday called for the 34th time for an end to the US economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba – but with the weakest backing for the resolution in two decades.

Reducing conflict is the single most effective way to tackle global hunger, the new head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Luke Lindberg, said on Wednesday, noting that conflict drives two thirds of the acute food insecurity affecting 266 million people worldwide.

As online abuse, gender-based attacks and impunity ramp up the threats to women reporting from crisis zones, journalists and UN leaders are calling for urgent action to protect those who document conflict. 

La chaleur a causé quelque 710 000 décès dans le monde en 2023, un record. Pour la première fois, plus de sept décès sur dix seraient imputables au changement climatique d’origine humaine, selon le dernier rapport « Lancet Countdown », réalisé en partenariat avec l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) et publié mercredi.

Comme chaque année depuis 1992, l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU a réclamé mercredi la levée de l’embargo américain contre Cuba. Mais le soutien international envers La Havane, autrefois massif, s’effrite. Alors que l’administration Trump accentue sa pression sur l’île, confrontée à de graves pénuries, le débat a donné lieu à une vive altercation entre les représentants des deux pays.

Les civils d’El-Obeid, ville de quelque 600.000 habitants dans le centre du Soudan, sont pris entre les frappes de drones, les pénuries et une répression croissante des forces de sécurité. Dans un nouveau rapport publié mercredi, la Mission internationale indépendante d’établissement des faits sur le Soudan alerte sur les risques d’atrocités et dénonce des violations susceptibles de constituer des crimes de guerre.

L’océan absorbe environ 30 % des émissions de dioxyde de carbone (CO₂) d’origine humaine et 90 % de l’excès de chaleur piégé par les gaz à effet de serre. Mais le réchauffement climatique fragilise ce rôle essentiel : sa capacité à absorber le carbone a déjà diminué d’environ 6 %, selon un nouveau rapport de l’ONU publié à l’approche de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le climat, la COP31.

Un fonctionnaire de l’ONU sur trois déclarait avoir subi une discrimination raciale en 2020. Six ans plus tard, le chef de l’ONU reconnaît que les progrès accomplis dans la lutte contre le racisme et les inégalités entre les sexes demeurent insuffisants.

Relatório Lancet Countdown 2026 alerta: aumento da temperatura já custa 6,7 bilhões de horas de trabalho no Brasil afetando agro e construção; eventos extremos em Angola e Moçambique aceleram fome severa e endemias de malária, cólera e desnutrição.

As Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) surpass the 10,000 mark, the World Health Organization (WHO) has underlined the need for continued efforts to contain spread of the disease. 

Climate inaction continues to harm and kill people in all countries with a record 710,000 estimated deaths globally from heat in 2023, a UN-partnered report warned on Wednesday. For the first time, more than seven in 10 fatalities were attributable to human-caused climate change.

Climate inaction continues to harm and kill people in all countries with a record 710,000 estimated deaths globally from heat in 2023, a UN-partnered report warned on Wednesday. For the first time, more than seven in 10 fatalities were attributable to human-caused climate change.

The ocean absorbs around 30 per cent of human-caused carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and 90 per cent of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. But climate change has already reduced its capacity to absorb carbon by approximately six per cent, a new UN report warns ahead of the COP31 climate conference in November.  

Quelque 50 000 personnes se sont réfugiées au Kenya pour échapper aux affrontements qui opposent depuis plusieurs jours les forces armées des régions Somali et Oromia, dans le sud de l’Éthiopie, a indiqué mercredi le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR), qui alerte sur l’aggravation des besoins humanitaires.

The ocean absorbs around 30 per cent of human-caused carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and 90 per cent of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. But climate change has already reduced its capacity to absorb carbon by approximately six per cent, a new UN report warns ahead of the COP31 climate conference in November.  

The General Assembly opened its annual debate on the US economic embargo against Cuba on Tuesday. On Wednesday, 28 October, Member States will vote for the 34th time on a resolution calling for it to end.

The General Assembly opened its annual debate on the US economic embargo against Cuba on Tuesday. On Wednesday, 28 October, Member States will vote for the 34th time on a resolution calling for it to end.

Families in Gaza are bracing for a fourth winter in tents and makeshift shelters as UN aid operations face mounting obstacles, with transport suspended on Tuesday due to Israel’s closure of the key Kerem Shalom crossing for election day.