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Members of the Mulanje Teen Club enjoy a debate around some of the challenges facing youth in Malawi.

WOMEN’S DAY LIVE: ‘Equality is the gamechanger’

International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March, is about challenges, backlashes against gender equality and cause for celebrations around the world. UN News app users can follow our coverage here.

A child's plush toy lies in the ruins of a home in Ghouta, which was the site of a deadly chemical attack in 2013. More a thousand people were killed and many more injured. (file)

Post-Assad Syria faces critical test over eliminating chemical weapons

An UNMISS peacekeeper guards a helicopter that had to make an emergency landing. (file photo)

Scores killed in ‘abhorrent attack’ on UN helicopter in South Sudan

Two children walk through Gaza's destroyed landscape.

Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli operations continue to have dire consequences

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DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi

Millions in Central Sahel and Nigeria face food cuts amid WFP funding crisis

Syria: Up to one million people plan to return home in desperation

Online ‘manosphere’ is moving misogyny to the mainstream

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WOMEN’S DAY LIVE: ‘Equality is the gamechanger’

People advocate for action at a global meeting on climate change in Baku, Azerbaijan.

‘Let us never lose hope’: Young leaders on the frontlines of climate action

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is 20 years old.

WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty

Timusifu is one of around 700,000 people who fled Goma.

‘We’re afraid to return home’: Uprooted again, Congolese civilians face hunger and more insecurity

Returning Home - A Doctor’s Journey Through Gaza

Three Years On: The Effects of Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

Syrian family shows the power of compassion & community

New Report Reveals the Cost of War in Ukraine

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Sufyan Al-Majdalawi inspects the rubble of his home in Jabalia in northern Gaza.

‘This is our land’ – Building Gaza’s future from the wreckage of war

Peace and Security At night he sleeps under a tarpaulin sheet on the ruins of his family home. Like others returning to northern Gaza after months of being displaced by war, Sufian Al-Majdalawi clings to whatever he can find.

Wisam is among many children returning to school in Port Sudan amid the ongoing war.

Packed with promise: Wisam’s journey back to school in Sudan

Olena stands in front of her damaged home in Kharkiv, hit during a May 2024 attack (file)

Ukraine three years on: Pain, loss, solidarity and hope for a better future

An information and awareness-raising session in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Explainer: 5 common myths about child marriage

The Hadhad family gathers in their kitchen in Antigonish to prepare their favorite chocolate recipes.

Peace by chocolate: One Syrian refugee family’s journey to sweet success

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People living in areas recently liberated by Ukrainian forces receive aid.

Ukraine: Keeping the lights on during the darkest times

The 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia has had an indelible effect on the civilian population, displacing millions, straining the economy and inflicting physical and mental trauma. During these dark years, the UN has stayed alongside the Ukrainian people, providing aid, necessities and healthcare, and restoring energy supplies.

UN peacekeeping’s long history of support to DR Congo

UN peacekeepers patrol the eastern DR Congo.

‘Massive response’ needed following Gaza conflict’s ‘horrific toll’ on children

Hot meals are distributed to children in Khan Younis, Gaza.

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Displaced families flee North Darfur's El Fasher town in search of safety. Across Sudan, more than 12 million people have been driven from their homes by the war between rival militaries that erupted in April 2023.

Sudan: Access to stricken Zamzam camp ‘is nearly impossible’

Peace and Security Civilians sheltering in the vast Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region are now “nearly impossible” to reach, the UN’s top aid official in the country warned on Thursday.

Yemen: ‘Fear of a return to full conflict is palpable’, says UN envoy

Peace and Security After several years of fragile truce, there is a “palpable” fear of a return to all-out war in Yemen, said Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Thursday, briefing the Security Council.

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