• Guterres calls for peaceful elections in the Central African Republic 

• Yemen: UN Envoy welcomes accord on new phase of conflict-related detainee release 

• Forest products show signs of recovery after 2023 decline, FAO reports 

• Myanmar: UN rights chief warns of pre-election violence and repression 
• DR Congo: WFP aims to reach thousands displaced by South Kivu violence 
• Humanitarian funding cuts impact drought response in Somalia 

• Syria: Illicit “captagon” manufacturing disrupted following regime change 
• UN mission supports landmark elections in the Central African Republic
• $880 million humanitarian appeal for Haiti

• Sudan war: Kordofan’s El-Obeid ‘one or two steps’ away from being attacked - IOM 
• Gaza: Famine is averted but a third child dies of hypothermia - UNICEF 
• DR Congo crisis: Victims of flare-up in eastern regions risk lives to reach safety, says UNHCR 

• António Guterres calls for de-escalation in Yemen
• Sudan war: UN Human Rights office puts spotlight on horrific violations, executions
• Volker Türk alarmed by spiralling Thai-Cambodia conflict and impact on civilians

• Concerns grow for Ukrainians in cities left without power for days: OCHA

• Key water pipeline repaired in Gaza, but dire conditions remain: OCHA
• ‘High or very high’ levels of early season influenza sweeping across Europe: WHO

• Afghanistan: mothers turned away at health centres amid dire funding cuts, warns WFP
• DR Congo violence pushes 500,000 from their homes: UNHCR
• New influenza variant is surging, but vaccination still our best bet: WHO

• UN Secretary-General condemns deadly attack on Hannukah celebration in Sydney
• Amid “unending atrocities” around world, @Refugees chief Filippo Grandi reaffirms solidarity with asylum seekers
• Ukraine: Aid teams provide relief after another weekend of Russian strikes on vital infrastructure - OCHA

• Sudan war: Aid teams report agreement reached to access stricken El Fasher, reports World Food Programme, WFP
• Occupied West Bank alert over ‘intense’ Israeli raids, warns UN human rights office, OHCHR
• Sri Lanka's cyclone Ditwah created ‘2.2 million stories of loss and resilience’, says UN migration agency, IOM

• Gaza: Aid teams push to step up support as driving rain and cold take hold - UNICEF• Fear and uncertainty in DR Congo amid heavy fighting – OCHA, WFP• Venezuela’s national guard linked to serious abuses, say independent investigators