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UN News Today 21 February 2025

  • UN chief condemns ‘parading’ of hostages by Hamas in Gaza
  • Three years since Russian invasion, Ukrainians still bearing brunt: OCHA
  • DR Congo crisis: UN refugee agency boosts support to tens of thousands seeking shelter in Burundi 
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UN News Today 19 February 2025

  • DR Congo crisis: Civilians at breaking point in eastern DR Congo warns top aid official, in call to resume talks
  • UNRWA chief condemns Israeli efforts to shut down education in occupied West Bank
  • Bridging divides is essential to progress, says Human Rights Council President
     
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UN News Today 18 February 2025

  • Alarm as Sudan violence intensifies and abuses surge
  • DR Congo crisis: Outrage at reported summary executions of children
  • Ukraine: Three years after full-scale Russian invasion, Ukrainians need peace and aid, insists UNHCR 
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UN News Today 17 February 2025

  • UN launches $6 billion appeal for 26 million people in Sudan and region
  • DR Congo crisis: WFP condemns looting of warehouse in Bukavu after M23 rebels move in
  • Top rights experts probe South Sudan’s ongoing conflict-related abuses
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UN News Today 12 February 2025

  • UN human rights probe into Bangladesh protests finds top leaders led brutal repression
  • 13 Palestinian children killed in West Bank violence so far this year: UNICEF
  • New childhood cancer meds platform is ‘a beacon of hope’ for families, says WHO
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UN News Today 10 February 2025

  • Gaza crisis: Amid winter storms, humanitarians appeal for full aid access
  • Libya mass graves discovery reveals extent of human trafficking misery
  • To Syria, where UN investigators hear victims of the Assad regime say, ‘We all have someone missing' 
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