Alarm over rising hunger and malnutrition in Yemen In war-torn Yemen, fears are growing for vulnerable communities amid an expected shortage of humanitarian supplies, the UN said on Tuesday. The World Food Programme (WFP) which issued the warning, said that it has had to split rations in recent months to help a total of [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from United Nations Radio, with Jocelyne Sambira and Daniel Dickinson. In today's programme: Reports of ISIL atrocities surface as the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul continues; And: an activist from South Sudan warns that her country is at a "tipping point";

The risk of "outright violence" against the LGBT community is growing in cities but hopes are high that a newly-adopted agenda for future urban living will create more "safe spaces". That's the view of Cicely-Belle Blain, a Canadian youth worker, who was one of the delegates to the recent Habitat III conference on the future [...]

As the battle to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from the terrorist group ISIL intensifies, reports continue to emerge that the extremists are using civilians as "human shields." That's according to the UN human rights office which has received "very alarming information" that supports the belief that people living in areas near the city [...]

Severely malnourished children in some parts of Yemen are surviving on bread alone most days of the week. That's what mothers told a team from the World Food Programme (WFP) which concluded a visit to the country on Tuesday. Fierce conflict between Yemeni government forces and rebels has raged more than a year, but access [...]

South Sudan is at a "tipping point" and might slide back into war, a young woman activist from the country has warned. Rita Lopidia Abraham, founder and Executive Director of EVE Organization for Women Development, briefed the UN Security Council on Tuesday during a women, peace and security debate. Sixteen years ago, a resolution was [...]

The death toll among refugees and migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea has reached an all-time high, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has reported. At least 3,740 lives have been lost so far this year compared to 3,771 for the whole of 2015, the highest number on record. Many of those making the journey [...]

  Removal of "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais underway The removal of a controversial migrant camp in Calais, France, known as the "Jungle" is underway. At its height the unofficial migrant settlement was home to 7,000 people, who were hoping to travel mainly to the UK. On Tuesday the destruction of the camp continued as [...]

The UN is determined to "do the right thing" on behalf of the Haitian people when it comes to the damaging effects of cholera and Hurricane Matthew. That's the pledge from Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, who said a package of measures would be presented soon to help eliminate the cholera outbreak which has affected an [...]

Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, some girls living in displacement camps resorted to trading sex in order to meet their basic needs. This is one example of how natural disasters have a disproportionate effect on women, according to the UN's gender entity, UN Women. As Haiti emerges from the wreckage of Hurricane Matthew, which [...]