KABUL (SW) – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has stated that globally 40% of the population does not have access to an education in a language they speak or understand.
KABUL (SW) – UN World Food Program (WFP) has announced that 10 million people in Afghanistan were cut from food assistance, most of whom have to choose between feeding their children or keeping them warm.
MONITORING (SW) – Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv, killing seven people, including three small children, triggering blazes and damaging infrastructure and residential houses, regional officials said on Saturday.
ISLAMABAD (SW) – Afghan families, who recently immigrated to Pakistan say that their children are being deprived of education, as they are not permitted to enroll in Pakistan’s public schools.
MONITORING () – U.S., Qatari and Egyptian mediators prepared a diplomatic push to bridge differences between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire plan for Gaza after the Palestinian group responded to a proposal for an extended pause in fighting and hostage releases.
MONITORING (SW) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday landed in Cairo for his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi as the United States works to advance a Gaza truce and hostage deal mediated by the Egyptians and Qataris.
KABUL (SW) – The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Afghanistan announces that Britain has donated $36.5 million to support their program in providing aid to the needy in Afghanistan.
ISLAMABAD (SW) – A number of Afghan journalists, who immigrated to Pakistan after the collapse of the republic regime, complain about the sluggishness in the process of handling their cases at the foreign embassies.
MONITORING (SW) – At least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip have been left unaccompanied or separated from their families nearly four months into Israel’s assault on the enclave, the United Nations children’s agency estimates.
MONITORING (SW) – All states have an obligation to stop funding and facilitating Israel’s military actions in Gaza after the World Court made clear those actions could be genocidal, South Africa’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
MONITORING (SW) – The secretary-general of the United Nations on Sunday called on countries to continue funding the main agency providing aid in Gaza after several of its employees were accused of taking part in the Hamas attack on Israel that ignited the war four months ago.
MONITORING (SW) – The UN chief Antonio Guterres said he hopes Israel will “duly comply” with the ruling from the International Court of Justice ordering it to take action to prevent acts of genocide being carried out in war-torn Gaza.
