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Officials say nearly 10,000 houses were destroyed, an alarming number in an area where the average household size is more than 20 people. Picture: Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN/AFP

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Afghan quake survivors without food and shelter as floods hamper relief effort

By AFP

Entire villages have been levelled in some of the worst affected districts, where survivors said they were even struggling to find equipment to bury their dead.

  • FILE: A view of the United Nations headquarters in New York. Picture: AFP

    Israel pushes for UN action against Iran over deadly ship attack

    The MT Mercer Street tanker was struck Thursday in the northern Indian Ocean, killing two crew members, in what the United States said was a drone-style attack.

    377 days ago
  • FILE: Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali. Picture: AFP

    UN warns of 'full-scale humanitarian crisis' in Ethiopia conflict

    The warning came as diplomats and humanitarian officials reported heavy fighting in northern and southern Tigray, and as federal forces claimed "major victories" that would bring them closer to the regional capital Mekele.

    633 days ago
  • FILE: Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres takes part in the Global Climate Action High-Level event at the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 at the 'IFEMA - Feria de Madrid' exhibition centre, in Madrid, on 11 December 2019. Picture: AFP

    The UN marks 75th anniversary facing world split by Covid-19

    With COVID-19 still limiting global movement, just one representative from each of the 193 UN members will be allowed, and only someone already in the United States.

    692 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    COVID-19 could make more communities vulnerable to human trafficking: UNODC

    The UNDOC says every day, in every country across the globe, human traffickers are exploiting people for profit and the poor and vulnerable remain most at risk.

    743 days ago
  • FILE: In its so-called general comment on Article 21, the committee highlighted the obligations of governments to facilitate peaceful assemblies and to protect participants from possible abuse by members of the public. Picture: AFP

    Peaceful protests a 'fundamental human right': UN watchdog

    The independent experts on the Human Rights Committee published a fresh interpretation of the right of peaceful assembly, offering comprehensive legal guidance about where and how it applies and also outlining governments' obligations.

    744 days ago
  • A Yemeni youth carries a portion of food aid, distributed by Yadon Tabney development foundation, in Yemen's capital Sanaa on 17 May 2020. Picture: AFP.

    UN warns of alarming rise of hunger in war-torn Yemen

    Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now the novel coronavirus were creating a perfect storm for the expected sharp rise in food insecurity, according to a report by several UN agencies.

    751 days ago
  • A view of the Secretariat Building, with a flag flying in the foreground, at United Nations headquarters in New York. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    UN report to highlight urgent need for Nature rescue plan

    Up to a million species face extinction, many within decades, according to the report, and three-quarters of Earth's land surface has been "severely altered".

    1201 days ago
  • This picture from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken and released on 1 January, 2018 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un delivering a New Year's speech at an undisclosed location. Picture: AFP

    Crippling or bearable? The UN sanctions squeezing North Korea

    The cash-strapped regime has been under multiple UN sanctions for decades over its weapons programmes and has blamed them for its economic woes.

    1260 days ago
  • Peacekeepers in armoured vehicles from the UN’s mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    UN chief sees 'wind of hope' in African peace deals, elections

    Ethiopia and Eritrea last year ended a two-decade-long cold war, while South Sudan is trying to implement the latest in a long line of peace deals to end a bloody five-year conflict.

    1280 days ago
  • A Yemeni mother holds her malnourished child as they wait for treatments in a medical centre in the village of Al Mutaynah, in the Tuhayta province, western Yemen, in November 2018. Picture: AFP.

    'Food is a weapon': Fight over Yemen granary tests truce

    The site, on Hodeida's eastern edges, was rigged heavily with mines when it slipped from Huthi control in November.

    1292 days ago
  • Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Picture: Getty Images

    Sudan's Bashir tells police to rein in force against protesters

    At least 19 people have been killed since December 19 during protests sparked by Khartoum's decision to hike the price of bread, according to the government.

    1321 days ago
  • FILE: Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a contributor to 'The Washington Post', who vanished on 2 October 2018 during a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Picture: AFP

    UN calls for 'credible' probe into Khashoggi murder

    The UN chief said he had no information on the case except what had been reported in the media.

    1335 days ago
  • A view of the Secretariat Building, with a flag flying in the foreground, at United Nations headquarters in New York. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    UN seeks $4 billion for Yemen

    Each year, the world body needs an additional billion dollars, UN Under Secretary General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said.

    1340 days ago
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    Why home is the least safe place to be a woman

    At home, according to new research from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, which shows almost 6 in 10 women intentionally killed are murdered by an intimate partner or a family member.

    1353 days ago
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    Home 'most dangerous place' for women, UN study shows

    The UNODC calculated that the global rate of female homicide victims stood at around 1.3 victims per 100,000 female population.

    1355 days ago
  • Soldiers of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) patrol in the northerneastern part of the Central African Republic to secure the area from rebel groups' possible attacks, on June 25, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Central Africa's forest rangers in rebels' line of fire

    Often armed with little more than Kalashnikov assault rifles, these men must contend with rebel groups who can be far better equipped.

    1360 days ago
  • A Rohingya Muslim refugee waits with others for food aid at Thankhali refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district on 12 January 2018. Picture: AFP

    Facebook says human rights report shows it should do more in Myanmar

    The move came hours after United Nations investigators said the army carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent.”

    1375 days ago
  • Medics treat a Yemeni child who was injured in a reported air strike at an emergency clinic in the Iran-backed Huthi rebels' stronghold province of Saada on 8 August 2018. Picture: AFP

    UK to urge Security Council action over Yemen

    Britain will use "all its influence to push for such an approach," he added, saying there was "a small but real chance that a cessation of hostilities could alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people."

    1376 days ago
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