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More than 450,000 children in South Sudan are at risk of acute malnutrition as a surge in violence disrupts health and nutrition services, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.

Sudan is now the world's most severe humanitarian emergency, the UN's top relief official warned on Tuesday, urging donors and diplomatic partners to act swiftly as the fighting nears a third year with no end in sight.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched its 2026 global appeal for nearly $1 billion to ensure that millions of people living in humanitarian crises and conflicts can access healthcare.

Up to four in 10 cancer cases globally could be prevented, new analysis has revealed, highlighting the need for stronger tobacco control and other measures to reduce risks and save lives.

AMSTERDAN / LONDON, February 3 (IPS) - "The ocean's health is humanity's health", said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in September 2025.He was commenting after the High Seas Treaty (BBNJ) [1] finally achieved ratification, going on to call .. ...

UNITED NATIONS, February 3 (IPS) - A sharp cut in funding for "South-South Cooperation" (UNOSSC) has triggered a strong protest from the 134-member Group of 77 (G-77), described as the largest intergovernmental organization of developing countries .. ...

NEW YORK, February 3 (IPS) - In the month of February 2025, one year ago, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commenced his briefing of the media by announcing that "I want to start by expressing my deep concern about information ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, February 2 (IPS) - When US special forces seized Nicolás Maduro and his wife from the presidential residence in Caracas on 3 January, killing at least 24 Venezuelan security officers and 32 Cuban intelligence operatives in the . ...

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, February 2 (IPS) - Hunger shadowed Mercy Lung'aho's childhood, fueling her campaign to promote nutrition as a foundation for Africa's development.

NEW YORK, February 2 (IPS) - Several events, meetings, consultations, initiatives, etc. taking place among faith-inspired, 'faith-based' and a variety of other similar efforts, over the past year, in the United States especially, concern me.