Crisis at breaking point as Sudanese refugee numbers triple in Chad
3/6/2025: The UN Refugee Agency is concerned that more than 844,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed into Chad since April 2023, far exceeding the number received during the previous two decades.
Source: UN Refugee Agency
Results of survey on UN reform options
1/6/2025: An informal survey of almost 1500 readers sheds light on opinion about the UN Secretary-General's plan to reshape the UN system. The most popular proposals are merging the peace and security departments and unifying human rights efforts into a single department.
Source: PassBlue
Climate justice movement launched in Nigeria
29/5/2025: Greenpeace Africa has brought together over 40 Nigerian civil society groups to launch the Climate Justice Movement, the first of its kind in the country. Similar launches have taken place in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and Ghana. The movement promotes collaboration among grassroots groups, advocating for environmental justice across the region.
Source: Inter Press Service
UNDP leverages $60 for sustainable development from every aid dollar
28/5/2025: A new report released today by the UN Development Programme reveals that the agency has mobilised $870 billion for sustainable development in emerging economies between 2022 and 2024. UNDP collaborates with governments, financial institutions, and private-sector partners to reduce investment risks, strengthen public financial systems, and unlock capital.
Source: UN Development Programme
European Commission endorses exporting asylum seekers
28/5/2025: The European Commission has published a proposal that would allow member states to send asylum seekers to countries with which they have no connection. Human Rights Watch believes this would undermine good faith implementation of the letter and spirit of international human rights and refugee law.
Source: Human Rights Watch
UN chief outlines plans for thousands of new job cuts
28/5/2025: The UN Secretary-General is seeking to eliminate 20% of jobs across the UN Secretariat, which employs some 35,000 people. The proposed cuts are designed to prepare the world body for a massive reduction in U.S. financial support.
Source: Devex
Can domestic financing solve the global health funding crisis?
28/5/2025: In the wake of massive cuts to aid, experts are looking to domestic governments to shore up looming gaps in global health financing. But many governments simply do not have the resources or the ability to cover all of the donor funding that is disappearing.
Source: Devex
Oxfam warns that Israel’s mass displacement campaign is erasing Gaza
28/5/2025: Israel has used mass displacement orders to force civilians into restricted zones that make up less than 20 percent of Gaza. Oxfam interprets this as a deliberate campaign to dismantle and depopulate Gaza—a process of forced displacement which is a war crime.
Source: Oxfam International
UN Security Council must renew the arms embargo on South Sudan
27/5/2025: A full UN arms embargo on South Sudan has been in force since 2018 but now there is a push from African members of the Security Council to lift it. Amnesty International says this would be a mistake as violence has recently come back to plague the country.
Source: Al Jazeera
Hungary’s continued defiance of human rights and rule of law
26/5/2025: International human rights organisations have sent an open letter to ministers of the European Union to protest against Hungary's blatant defiance of human rights and the rule of law. The crackdown on civil society organisations and independent media has intensified and the Israeli Prime Minister was welcomed despite being subject to an ICC arrest warrant.
Source: Human Rights Watch