Kingston, Jamaica, 28 October 2025 – In anticipation of Hurricane Melissa’s impact, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is coordinating an early response to support national efforts and deliver life-saving assistance to vulnerable communities expected to be affected.
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Geneva/Nairobi, 27 October 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is scaling up health security operations across Africa, responding swiftly to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and supporting mpox preparedness and response efforts in several countries, including Angola, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Malawi, South Sudan, and Uganda.
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Geneva/Khartoum, 27 October 2025 – More than one million people have returned to Khartoum within the last ten months, according to a new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The Sudan Return Monitoring Snapshot indicates that these returns took place between November 2024 and September 2025, as families made their way back from
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Geneva/Abuja, 23 October 2025 – Senior United Nations officials have commended the Government of Nigeria for its leadership in addressing internal displacement and called for sustained international engagement to ensure that long-term, development-anchored solutions are fully realized.
The UN is ready to support Sudan and South Sudan in resuming talks on the disputed Abyei border region, the Security Council heard on Wednesday.
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UN agencies are stepping up relief operations to help civilians fleeing the escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur state, where fighting has triggered widespread abuses and mass displacement, Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters in New York on Wednesday.
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Around 2.2 million Cubans remain in dire need of assistance across the eastern provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, and Guantanamo as the after effects of Hurricane Mellisa continue, UN aid workers said on Wednesday.
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To South Sudan, where aid teams warn that an already severe food and nutrition crisis could get worse without urgent humanitarian relief.
The push to put social justice at the heart of global policymaking took centre stage at the Second World Summit for Social Development on Wednesday, as leaders gathered for a high-level forum to drive coordinated action in delivering the newly adopted Doha Political Declaration.
Not just dreams, but rights: Social justice in focus at Doha summit Read More »
WTO members participating in the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD) met on 29-30 October to advance work on finalizing outcomes for four sustainability topics for the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14). Technical discussions focused on enhancing the circularity of the electronics sector, and trade in environmental goods and services related to sustainable agriculture. Members
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