UN World Health Organisation and health authorities in Burundi are racing to identify a mysterious illness that has claimed five lives in the country’s north.
UN deputy secretary-general Amina Mohammed has warned that violence against women and girls continues to be fuelled by war.
The UN emergency relief chief, Tom Fletcher, on Wednesday condemned the “$1 billion-a-day” cost of the war in the Middle East.
A special representative of the secretary-general, Vanessa Frazier, has decried the alarming rise in grave violations against children in conflicts.
It also said that in 2025, the WHO and partners supported 30 million people funded through its annual emergency appeal.
The U.S. noted that indefinite pause to visa processing for the countries would take effect from January 21.
Nigeria will face the winner of the second semifinal tie between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon in the mini-tournament final on Sunday.
Left unnamed, the agency stated that 11 Ukrainian citizens have been indicted for “high treason for joining the Wagner and Redut formations.”
Currently, more than 20 million people need relief assistance.
The crisis has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in eastern DRC, with 10,000 to 15,000 fleeing into Burundi in just a few days, according to UNHCR.
